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Staff Psychologist (PCMHI)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 56 days ago
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
- →This position is located in Mental Health Service Line.
- →The Salisbury VA Health Care System is accepting applications for current and future vacancies.
- →This vacancy announcement will be used to create an applicant pool.
- →Qualified applicants will be referred as vacancies occur.
- →Multiple appointments are available.
- →The Psychologist diagnoses mental disorders, conducts psychological and/or neuropsychological assessments, treats mental disorders through a variety of modalities, and provides adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders.
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Psychological assessments, psychosocial assessment, diagnostic evaluations, crises interventions, brief psychotherapy, and care management services.
- →Determining patients' needs for psychological evaluations, specialized evaluation procedures, diagnostic procedures, individual, group, and specialized proficiencies and techniques.
- →Performs or refers, when appropriate, candidates to individual and group psychotherapy.
- →Provides the indicated therapeutic, diagnostic, or evaluative intervention.
- →Integrates efforts with those of other professional and administrative personnel who may comprise a multidisciplinary treatment team.
- →Utilizes psychological measures demonstrating basic competence.
- →Respond to requests or consults regarding the need for psychological testing and provides appropriate diagnostic assessment to answer the referral question.
- →Uses a broad range of psychological measures to assess cognitive, emotional, personality, and behavioral conditions.
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: 343dbff8-4ac0-4ebe-8f3a-27a8ccd20bfb
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