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Staff Psychologist (Clinical)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
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.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Staff Psychologist is assigned to the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team in General Mental Health (GMH) services at the Joplin CBOC of the Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks (VHSO).
- →The BHIP team provides care to Veterans with a wide variety of mental health symptoms and uses a collaborative care model and a recovery framework to delivery evidence-based treatments to the eligible veteran population.
- →Clinical care focuses on the implementation of Evidence Based Psychotherapy (EBP) as a primary intervention and using Measurement Based Care (MBC) to regularly assess treatment progress and outcomes.
- →Clinical services include clinical assessment, differential diagnosis, utilization of MBC, team decision making for individualized treatment planning, as well as direct delivery of clinical services in individual, group, couples/family, and telehealth formats.
- →The Clinical Psychologist will provide all services in accordance with relevant policies and VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines, with a strong emphasis on delivering EBPs whenever possible and clinically indicated.
- →Duties will include but not limited to: Provides culturally sensitive clinical services for a wide range of mental disorders.
- →This includes identification of at-risk patients and delivery of comprehensive risk assessments and safety planning.
- →This also includes thorough and complete psychodiagnostic assessments of both their own patients and as a consultant to other clinicians.
- →Provides education to patients, family members, and significant others.
- →Provides comprehensive, evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
- →Assumes a collaborative role with Veterans and other team members in developing and implementing recovery-oriented treatment plans.
- →Functions on the BHIP team as a consultant, mentor, or other roles as appropriate to promote the team mission.
- →Provides consultation to professional staff within the BHIP team, the CBOC, the Mental Health Service and the larger medical center, as well as to community providers when appropriate.
- →Develops, implements, and documents the individualized treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 08f4bf54-efca-486e-a8ae-3b8b393c64c9
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