Staff Psychologist - Substance Treatment and Recovery Program (STAR)
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc.
We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract sections:
- Summary: mentions EDRP eligibility. That's benefit.
- Qualifications: huge block with Basic Requirements, Licensure, English Language Proficiency, Grade Determinations (GS-11, GS-12, GS-13), Preferred Experience.
- Duties: includes STAR Psychologist description, Clinical Responsibilities (80%), Administrative responsibilities (5%), Case Management Responsibilities (10%), Additional Responsibilities (5%). Also a YouTube link (maybe ignore as boilerplate? It's a link to video; but it's part of duties? Probably keep as part of responsibilities? It's a link to VA Careers - Psychologist: https://youtube.com/embed/77qHlLw9Xck. Might be considered boilerplate? It's a link to a video; but it's not navigation/legal/EEO. Might be considered part of the posting but not essential. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This is not those. Could keep as part of responsibilities? It's a link to a video about psychologist careers. Might be considered extra but not boilerplate. I'd keep it as a paragraph maybe.
- Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm - or 8:30am - 5:00pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive Contact vhaedrpprogramsupport@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases Paid Time
So we have Work Schedule, Pay, EDRP info (already captured as Benefits). Also mention that EDRP authorized, contact email.
We need to avoid duplication: EDRP already in Benefits; we shouldn't repeat.
We need to format lists.
Let's craft sections:
Responsibilities
with - items summarizing duties? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should list duties as list items. The posting has bullet-like sentences. We'll convert each duty sentence into
- . Might be many; we need to preserve all substantive information. We'll create list items for each duty bullet.
Similarly Qualifications: list items for each requirement.
Benefits: list items for EDRP details.
Pay: maybe just a
because not a list? It says "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". Pay is not a list, so
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Schedule: also not a list, so
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We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Let's extract duties precisely:
From Duties section:
"The STAR Psychologist will provide psychological services with attention to delivering Evidenced-Based Psychotherapy (EBP) to Veterans diagnosed with Substance Use Disorder and or other comorbid mental health diagnoses"
Then list:
Clinical Responsibilities (80% of time)
- Independently provides specialized psychological services at all levels of complexity for patients with primary or comorbid substance abuse disorders - with service delivery to include intake evaluation - diagnostic assessments - psychotherapy and patient education
- Performs clinically indicated evaluations for outpatient and inpatient populations
- Determine when clinician-administered psychometric testing is necessary and integrate the results of such testing into the report of the examination
- Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including the use of psychological testing for patients within VHFNC in areas of special interest/expertise
- Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including individual therapy - group therapy - and psycho-education classes
- Best practices - practice guidelines and Evidence Based Treatment (EBT) protocols are utilized to the extent feasible in all therapeutic interventions
- Consults with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues to include patient's decision-making capacity regarding health care
- Develops person-centered - culturally sensitive treatment plans to address mental health needs of patients
- Conducts evaluations to aid in the differential diagnosis of complex cases
- Complies with national and local performance measures - including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients
Administrative responsibilities: (5% of time)
- Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Chief of Service - Chief of Staff and Director (or duly appointed designees)
- Attends monthly Psychological Service staff meetings and complies with Psychology Service peer review procedures
- Completes assigned Performance Improvement activities at the program - service line - and medical center level
- Attends regularly scheduled treatment team meetings to ensure efficiency and continuity of service delivery to specialized patient population
Case Management Responsibilities: (10% of time)
- Timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation required by the Medical Center or healthcare system - as appropriate
- Respond to patients request for release of records
- return telephone calls - linking of services - and appropriate referrals as needed in a timely fashion
- With permission from patient - collateral consultation with significant others/ support systems to aid in the facilitation of patients' treatment
Additional Responsibilities: (5% of time)
- Attends annual training programs sponsored by the VISN - VAMC and other APA recognized training programs to enhance knowledge - skills - and abilities in area of specialization
- Participates on selection panels for Staff Psychologist position vacancies or other positions as assigned by Chief BHSL
Also there is a YouTube link line: "VA Careers - Psychologist: https://youtube.com/embed/77qHlLw9Xck". Might be considered a link; we could include as a
maybe.
Now Qualifications: huge block. We need to list each requirement as list items. Let's parse.
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States (Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy)
- Education (1) 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
- For the purpose of meeting this requirement - the term ""specialty area"" refers to the specific specialty areas recognized by the accrediting body and not to specific job duties that might require special skills
- Currently - APA accredits doctoral programs in the specialty areas of clinical psychology - counseling psychology - school psychology - or combinations of two or more of those areas
- PCSAS accredits doctoral programs in psychological clinical science
- CPA accredits doctoral programs in clinical psychology - counseling psychology - clinical neuropsychology - and school psychology
- 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 - (2) 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
- (b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed
- OR - (3) Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution - with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature
AND (4) Internships (a) 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 - (b) 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 - (c) 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 - (d) 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 - (e) 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
NOTE: 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:
- 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-11 or GS-12 grade 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 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
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc. We need to parse the posting. Let's extract sections: - Summary: mentions EDRP eligibility. That's benefit. - Qualifications: huge block with Basic Requirements, Licensure, English Language Proficiency, Grade Determinations (GS-11, GS-12, GS-13), Preferred Experience. - Duties: includes STAR Psychologist description, Clinical Responsibilities (80%), Administrative responsibilities (5%), Case Management Responsibilities (10%), Additional Responsibilities (5%). Also a YouTube link (maybe ignore as boilerplate? It's a link to video; but it's part of duties? Probably keep as part of responsibilities? It's a link to VA Careers - Psychologist: https://youtube.com/embed/77qHlLw9Xck. Might be considered boilerplate? It's a link to a video; but it's not navigation/legal/EEO. Might be considered part of the posting but not essential. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This is not those. Could keep as part of responsibilities? It's a link to a video about psychologist careers. Might be considered extra but not boilerplate. I'd keep it as a paragraph maybe. - Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm - or 8:30am - 5:00pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive Contact vhaedrpprogramsupport@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases Paid Time So we have Work Schedule, Pay, EDRP info (already captured as Benefits). Also mention that EDRP authorized, contact email. We need to avoid duplication: EDRP already in Benefits; we shouldn't repeat. We need to format lists. Let's craft sections:
Responsibilities
with- items summarizing duties? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should list duties as list items. The posting has bullet-like sentences. We'll convert each duty sentence into
- . Might be many; we need to preserve all substantive information. We'll create list items for each duty bullet.
Similarly Qualifications: list items for each requirement.
Benefits: list items for EDRP details.
Pay: maybe just a
because not a list? It says "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". Pay is not a list, so
. Schedule: also not a list, so
. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Let's extract duties precisely: From Duties section: "The STAR Psychologist will provide psychological services with attention to delivering Evidenced-Based Psychotherapy (EBP) to Veterans diagnosed with Substance Use Disorder and or other comorbid mental health diagnoses" Then list: Clinical Responsibilities (80% of time) - Independently provides specialized psychological services at all levels of complexity for patients with primary or comorbid substance abuse disorders - with service delivery to include intake evaluation - diagnostic assessments - psychotherapy and patient education - Performs clinically indicated evaluations for outpatient and inpatient populations - Determine when clinician-administered psychometric testing is necessary and integrate the results of such testing into the report of the examination - Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including the use of psychological testing for patients within VHFNC in areas of special interest/expertise - Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including individual therapy - group therapy - and psycho-education classes - Best practices - practice guidelines and Evidence Based Treatment (EBT) protocols are utilized to the extent feasible in all therapeutic interventions - Consults with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues to include patient's decision-making capacity regarding health care - Develops person-centered - culturally sensitive treatment plans to address mental health needs of patients - Conducts evaluations to aid in the differential diagnosis of complex cases - Complies with national and local performance measures - including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients Administrative responsibilities: (5% of time) - Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Chief of Service - Chief of Staff and Director (or duly appointed designees) - Attends monthly Psychological Service staff meetings and complies with Psychology Service peer review procedures - Completes assigned Performance Improvement activities at the program - service line - and medical center level - Attends regularly scheduled treatment team meetings to ensure efficiency and continuity of service delivery to specialized patient population Case Management Responsibilities: (10% of time) - Timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation required by the Medical Center or healthcare system - as appropriate - Respond to patients request for release of records - return telephone calls - linking of services - and appropriate referrals as needed in a timely fashion - With permission from patient - collateral consultation with significant others/ support systems to aid in the facilitation of patients' treatment Additional Responsibilities: (5% of time) - Attends annual training programs sponsored by the VISN - VAMC and other APA recognized training programs to enhance knowledge - skills - and abilities in area of specialization - Participates on selection panels for Staff Psychologist position vacancies or other positions as assigned by Chief BHSL Also there is a YouTube link line: "VA Careers - Psychologist: https://youtube.com/embed/77qHlLw9Xck". Might be considered a link; we could include as a
maybe. Now Qualifications: huge block. We need to list each requirement as list items. Let's parse. Basic Requirements: - United States Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States (Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy) - Education (1) 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 - For the purpose of meeting this requirement - the term ""specialty area"" refers to the specific specialty areas recognized by the accrediting body and not to specific job duties that might require special skills - Currently - APA accredits doctoral programs in the specialty areas of clinical psychology - counseling psychology - school psychology - or combinations of two or more of those areas - PCSAS accredits doctoral programs in psychological clinical science - CPA accredits doctoral programs in clinical psychology - counseling psychology - clinical neuropsychology - and school psychology - 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 - (2) 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 - (b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed - OR - (3) Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution - with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature AND (4) Internships (a) 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 - (b) 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 - (c) 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 - (d) 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 - (e) 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 NOTE: 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: - 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-11 or GS-12 grade 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 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
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". Pay is not a list, so