Staff Psychologist (PAIN)
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections have content.
We have Duties (Responsibilities). Qualifications (Requirements). Benefits (Paid Time Off, EDRP). Pay (Competitive salary). Schedule (Work Schedule). Possibly Skills? Not explicit. Could omit.
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Qualifications: huge block. We'll need to preserve but maybe condense? Must not summarize away detail; but we can keep as paragraphs? The instruction: Use
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(maybe multiple paragraphs). Must not omit details. However the qualification text is long; we can keep as is but maybe break into paragraphs for readability. Must not invent.
We need to remove filler like "See 'Duties section' for additional information." That's part of summary; we can keep? It's referencing duties; maybe keep but it's not substantive? Might be okay. But we can drop as it's just a reference.
We must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. There's a YouTube link; that's not boilerplate but maybe considered a link; we can keep? It's not required but could be considered extra; but it's not prohibited. Might keep as part of description? Probably safe to keep.
We must not include duplicated lines. There's some repeated lines about Grandfathering Provision etc. We'll keep once.
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Responsibilities
- Provides a full range of psychological assessment services and diagnoses mental disorders - particularly for complex or unusually psychologically complex patients
- Provides education to patients - family members - and significant others
- Provides comprehensive - evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions - including individual - family - and group psychotherapy
- Provides consultation to professional staff within the LBVA HCS and to community providers - concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for patients
- Develops - implements - and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients - including prompt completion of clinical reminders
- Functions independently as a member of the LBVA HCS Medical Staff - with full clinical privileges
- Assumes complete professional responsibility for their clinical assessment findings - patient care decisions - and documentation
- Adheres to operational policies and procedures for the assigned treatment team or clinic - established by the PM&R Healthcare Group Chief and/or PM&R Healthcare Group Deputy Chief
- Assist the PM&R Healthcare Group Chief and/or PM&R Healthcare Group Deputy Chief in the execution of ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical program
- Facilitates liaisons with other health care programs in order to effectively coordinate services
- Complies with national and local performance measures - including timely health care screening and completion of relevant clinical reminders for all patients
- Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures - including timeliness standards for documentation and for completing encounters (e.g. - entering diagnostic and procedure codes)
- Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Chief PM&R HCG - and IPC team leadership
- Complies with Psychology Service peer review procedures
- Completes all required TMS training courses in a timely manner
- Provides clinical supervision and instruction for assigned psychology trainees
- To serve as a primary supervisor for interns - California State licensure is required along with biannual training in supervision
- Completes all required written training documents including initial training contracts and supervisory evaluation forms
- Attends regular supervision and training meetings as convened by the Psychology Training Director
- Complies with all training requirements and standards for pre-doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship training programs as established by the American Psychological Association Committee on Accreditation
Qualifications
Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education: The individual must meet at least one of the requirements below: 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 (there are no job assignments in VHA that require the skills of a school psychologist, therefore - an applicant with a degree in the specialty area of school psychology is not eligible for appointment) OR 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: (a) The re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program and - (b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed (NOTE: The applicant must provide an official transcript and/or certificate documenting the completion of the re-specialization program - which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship) OR Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution - with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature AND Internships: 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 OR New VHA psychology internship programs that are in the process of applying for APA accreditation are acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement - provided that such programs were sanctioned by the VHA Central Office Program Director for Psychology and the VHA Office of Academic Affiliations at the time that the individual was an intern OR VHA facilities that offered full-time - one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96- 151 (pre- 1979) are considered to be acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement OR Applicants who completed an internship that was not accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed may be considered eligible for hire only if they are currently board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed (NOTE: Once board certified - the employee is required to maintain board certification) OR Applicants who have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally- accredited institution with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature may fulfill this internship requirement by having the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience in a site specifically acceptable to the candidate's doctoral program (If the internship experience is not noted on the applicant's official transcript - the applicant must provide a statement from the doctoral program verifying that the equivalent of a one year supervised internship experience was completed in a site acceptable to the doctoral program) NOTE: Psychologists who meet the requirements of this revision and who were employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs prior to the implementation of this standard are considered to have fully met the requirements of this qualification standard. Licensure: Applicants must 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. Exception: Non-licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment as a ""graduate psychologist"" at the GS-12 grade level under the authority of 38 U.S.C.7405 [(c)(2)(B)] for a period not to exceed two years from the date of employment on the condition that such a psychologist provide care 4 only under the supervision of a psychologist who is licensed; Failure to obtain licensure during that period is justification for termination of the temporary appointment. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Board Certification: Persons hired to psychology positions in the VHA who completed an internship that was not accredited at the time the program was completed must be board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed; The board certificate must be current and the applicant must abide by the certifying body's requirement for continuing education. Grade Determinations: GS-12 Graduate Psychologist Experience: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must possess at least one year of creditable experience as a professional psychologist equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) AND can demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: Knowledge of and ability to apply a wide range of professional psychological treatments or assessment methods to a variety of patient populations; Ability to design and implement effective treatment strategies; Ability to incorporate new clinical procedures; Ability to conduct research activities - such as designing and implementing clinical research projects (staff psychologists with specified research job duties); Ability to perform basic research tasks of scholarship and research execution within the context of an established research team - including research participant relations - research documentation - data acquisition - maintenance - and collaboration. GS-13 Staff Psychologist Experience: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must possess at least two years of experience as a professional psychologist - with at least one year equivalent to the GS-12 grade level AND can demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: Knowledge of - and ability to apply - professional psychological treatments to the full range of patient populations; Ability to provide professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional psychology and behavioral health; Knowledge of clinical research literature. Grandfathering Provision: May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Preferred Experience: Pain management experience focusing on treating the cognitive - emotional - and behavioral aspects of chronic pain through evidence based techniques. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range
for prose. So we can put qualification text in
(maybe multiple paragraphs). Must not omit details. However the qualification text is long; we can keep as is but maybe break into paragraphs for readability. Must not invent. We need to remove filler like "See 'Duties section' for additional information." That's part of summary; we can keep? It's referencing duties; maybe keep but it's not substantive? Might be okay. But we can drop as it's just a reference. We must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. There's a YouTube link; that's not boilerplate but maybe considered a link; we can keep? It's not required but could be considered extra; but it's not prohibited. Might keep as part of description? Probably safe to keep. We must not include duplicated lines. There's some repeated lines about Grandfathering Provision etc. We'll keep once. Let's craft HTML:
Responsibilities
- Provides a full range of psychological assessment services and diagnoses mental disorders - particularly for complex or unusually psychologically complex patients
- Provides education to patients - family members - and significant others
- Provides comprehensive - evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions - including individual - family - and group psychotherapy
- Provides consultation to professional staff within the LBVA HCS and to community providers - concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for patients
- Develops - implements - and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients - including prompt completion of clinical reminders
- Functions independently as a member of the LBVA HCS Medical Staff - with full clinical privileges
- Assumes complete professional responsibility for their clinical assessment findings - patient care decisions - and documentation
- Adheres to operational policies and procedures for the assigned treatment team or clinic - established by the PM&R Healthcare Group Chief and/or PM&R Healthcare Group Deputy Chief
- Assist the PM&R Healthcare Group Chief and/or PM&R Healthcare Group Deputy Chief in the execution of ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical program
- Facilitates liaisons with other health care programs in order to effectively coordinate services
- Complies with national and local performance measures - including timely health care screening and completion of relevant clinical reminders for all patients
- Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures - including timeliness standards for documentation and for completing encounters (e.g. - entering diagnostic and procedure codes)
- Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Chief PM&R HCG - and IPC team leadership
- Complies with Psychology Service peer review procedures
- Completes all required TMS training courses in a timely manner
- Provides clinical supervision and instruction for assigned psychology trainees
- To serve as a primary supervisor for interns - California State licensure is required along with biannual training in supervision
- Completes all required written training documents including initial training contracts and supervisory evaluation forms
- Attends regular supervision and training meetings as convened by the Psychology Training Director
- Complies with all training requirements and standards for pre-doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship training programs as established by the American Psychological Association Committee on Accreditation
Qualifications
Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education: The individual must meet at least one of the requirements below: 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 (there are no job assignments in VHA that require the skills of a school psychologist, therefore - an applicant with a degree in the specialty area of school psychology is not eligible for appointment) OR 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: (a) The re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program and - (b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed (NOTE: The applicant must provide an official transcript and/or certificate documenting the completion of the re-specialization program - which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship) OR Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution - with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature AND Internships: 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 OR New VHA psychology internship programs that are in the process of applying for APA accreditation are acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement - provided that such programs were sanctioned by the VHA Central Office Program Director for Psychology and the VHA Office of Academic Affiliations at the time that the individual was an intern OR VHA facilities that offered full-time - one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96- 151 (pre- 1979) are considered to be acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement OR Applicants who completed an internship that was not accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed may be considered eligible for hire only if they are currently board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed (NOTE: Once board certified - the employee is required to maintain board certification) OR Applicants who have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally- accredited institution with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature may fulfill this internship requirement by having the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience in a site specifically acceptable to the candidate's doctoral program (If the internship experience is not noted on the applicant's official transcript - the applicant must provide a statement from the doctoral program verifying that the equivalent of a one year supervised internship experience was completed in a site acceptable to the doctoral program) NOTE: Psychologists who meet the requirements of this revision and who were employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs prior to the implementation of this standard are considered to have fully met the requirements of this qualification standard. Licensure: Applicants must 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. Exception: Non-licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment as a ""graduate psychologist"" at the GS-12 grade level under the authority of 38 U.S.C.7405 [(c)(2)(B)] for a period not to exceed two years from the date of employment on the condition that such a psychologist provide care 4 only under the supervision of a psychologist who is licensed; Failure to obtain licensure during that period is justification for termination of the temporary appointment. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Board Certification: Persons hired to psychology positions in the VHA who completed an internship that was not accredited at the time the program was completed must be board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed; The board certificate must be current and the applicant must abide by the certifying body's requirement for continuing education. Grade Determinations: GS-12 Graduate Psychologist Experience: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must possess at least one year of creditable experience as a professional psychologist equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) AND can demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: Knowledge of and ability to apply a wide range of professional psychological treatments or assessment methods to a variety of patient populations; Ability to design and implement effective treatment strategies; Ability to incorporate new clinical procedures; Ability to conduct research activities - such as designing and implementing clinical research projects (staff psychologists with specified research job duties); Ability to perform basic research tasks of scholarship and research execution within the context of an established research team - including research participant relations - research documentation - data acquisition - maintenance - and collaboration. GS-13 Staff Psychologist Experience: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must possess at least two years of experience as a professional psychologist - with at least one year equivalent to the GS-12 grade level AND can demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: Knowledge of - and ability to apply - professional psychological treatments to the full range of patient populations; Ability to provide professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional psychology and behavioral health; Knowledge of clinical research literature. Grandfathering Provision: May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Preferred Experience: Pain management experience focusing on treating the cognitive - emotional - and behavioral aspects of chronic pain through evidence based techniques. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range