Staff Psychologist-BHIP

Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

Primary Responsibility

The incumbent in this position has a primary responsibility for the provision of psychotherapy services through the outpatient Mental Health Clinic (MHC) Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) located at the Fredericksburg Health Care Center (FxHCC), in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Responsibilities

• Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic and psychotherapy services and uses the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care.
• Performs psychological evaluations for patients on units to which the psychologist is assigned to provide coverage.
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions to units/programs in the Medical Center to which the psychologist is assigned and has clinical privileges to practice including individual psychotherapy and/or counseling, vocational counseling, group therapy, family therapy and/or counseling, crisis intervention, administration and interpretation of psychometric tests (objective), administration and interpretation of psychometric tests (projective), program evaluation, psychological research, and consultation.

Academic/Teaching/Training

• Involved in Psychology Training Programs, Service Line Committees, Department Committees and/or medical center Committees.
• Provides leadership guidance and consultation to staffs of units to which assigned.
• Is involved in the training of graduate trainees, as appropriate.
• Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assist in their formulation of the psychological characteristics and appropriate treatment expectations regarding their patients.

Evaluation/Research

• Oversees the establishment of program monitors and outcome measurements within programs assigned using a data-driven quality assurance process.
• Is responsible for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation required by the Medical Center or healthcare system, as appropriate.
• Presents outcome data and research results at medical center, VA, regional or national scientific or professional meetings.

Other Significant Responsibilities

• Serves on Medical Center or Healthcare System, VISN, and/or National VA committees or task forces.
• Represents psychology on decision-making committees at the Medical Center or Healthcare System, as assigned/appropriate.
• Actively participates in leadership roles on local, state, and national professional organizations.
• May Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS), or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) at the time the program was completed. The specialty area of the degree must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and, in addition, successfully complete a re-specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of the re-specialization program) meeting both of the following conditions:
  • The re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program; and,
  • The specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution, with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature.
• Have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program that was accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed and that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• Hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.