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Staff Psychologist (Sign on Bonus and Education Debt Repayment)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 15 days ago
About the Role
The Battle Creek VA Medical Center's Psychiatry Service is hiring a Psychologist to serve on the inpatient mental health units. This position has primarily clinical duties in an inpatient unit. The incumbent diagnoses mental disorders, conducts psychological assessments, treats mental disorders through a variety of modalities, and provides adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders.
What You'll Do
- →Due the to nature of the work, there are no remote/telework options for these positions.
- →This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.
- →You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.
- →Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.
- →Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
- →Duties of this position may include, but are not limited to: Psychological assessment and consultation Psychological assessment may involve interviewing and/or testing of patients.
- →The incumbent will be available to consult with other staff members and make recommendations of the types of psychological evaluations that would be beneficial.
- →He/She will oversee the administration and scoring of psychological assessment procedures, interpretations and report the findings of the evaluation in the medical record in a timely fashion.
- →He/She will assist in integrating the findings into the treatment plan for patients.
- →Research Although this is a clinical position, the incumbent psychologist has the opportunity to develop hypotheses and research designs and prepare or implement research programs on his/her own time.
- →Individual research protocols must be submitted for approval to the Committee on the Protection of Human Subjects as well as the Medical Center's Research and Development Committee, and the local Investigational Review Board (IRB) (Ann Arbor).
- →Outcome or other types of research-focused programming may be required by the Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO) and official time will then be allocated as needed to complete any required research directives.
- →Any VACO protocols will have been preapproved by a national IRB and can be implemented as soon as available.
- →The psychologist may serve as a consultant to other staff members on their research projects and may be asked to collaborate with others under the same criteria noted above.
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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓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.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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