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Staff Psychologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 123 days ago
About the Role
This full-time Health Psychologist will work within Specialty Medicine Clinics to assist in the delivery of evidence-based care for patients with comorbid biomedical and mental health diagnoses. S/he will be responsible for supporting integrated care by being an integral member of an interdisciplinary treatment team by providing behavioral medicine interventions, psychotherapy, assessment, treatment recommendations, education and support, etc.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Psychologist: https://youtube.com/embed/77qHlLw9Xck Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Clinical Responsibilities Provides a range of evidence-based behavioral medicine/health psychology interventions, to include group and individual psychotherapy, as well as assessment and to Veterans with biomedical and comorbid mental health disorders.
- →Performs psychological evaluations for patients with biopsychosocial concerns throughout the facility, to include behavioral and mental health issues related to disease management.
- →Evaluations will include chart review and psychological testing/interviewing techniques as determined by the clinician.
- →Contributes to Health Psychology, Behavioral Medicine and Behavioral Health programming through the facility (e.g.
- →Shared Medical Appointments).
- →Consults and liaisons with Specialty Medicine, Primary Care, and Behavioral Health staff on a wide variety of patient care issues in the area of Health Psychology.
- →S/He must develop and maintain excellent working relationships with Specialty Medicine and Behavioral Health staff and supervisors.
- →Demonstrates competency in a least one evidence-based psychotherapy such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, as appropriate for the treatment of behavioral medicine conditions.
- →Staff psychologists may be involved in program evaluation and/or research activities.
- →Enriching Elements May hold faculty appointment at an affiliated university.
- →May provide training opportunities to various disciplines (PA students, Psychiatry Residents, Family Practice Residents, and Nursing Students).
- →May be involved in the Psychology Training Program and Training Committee.
- →Provides consultation to staff on units to which assigned.
- →Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assist in their formulation of the psychological characteristics and appropriate treatment expectations regarding their patients (mostly in Mental Health).
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.
- ✓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
Job ID: 2cf2b1b9-3bd8-4bba-bd3b-d18d9980c8d1
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