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Staff Psychologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 24 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
- →VA Careers - Psychologist: https://youtube.com/embed/77qHlLw9XckTotal-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Psychologist: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Psychology-Career-Flyer.pdf Duties Include but not limited to the following: Provides a full range of psychotherapy services including psychological assessments for treatment purposes.
- →Uses the most appropriate techniques in providing quality care to Veterans served by the Hilo CBOC, including services for patients with Depressive Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Trauma Disorders and other psychiatric diagnoses as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5-TR.
- →Demonstrates expertise in using contemporary interview and psychometric assessment methods for behavioral health conditions and/or mental disorders.
- →Provides evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions as indicated and appropriate for the specific job setting and duties of the psychologist, which may include individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy and psychoeducation.
- →Provides consultation to health care providers about assessment findings and treatment plan for patients to ensure that care is coordinated, collaborative, and integrated within the patient's care team.
- →Provides clinical care coordination, as indicated and appropriate, for the specific job setting and duties of the psychologist.
- →Complies with all Service Line documentation requirements, including standards for timely completion of CPRS/EMR patient contact notes, use of required documentation templates, clinical reminders, treatment plans, and risk assessment protocols.
- →Adheres to all Facility and Service Line policies and practices for delivering clinical care, including but not limited to risk assessment and reduction practices for potentially dangerous behavior (suicide and violence), timeliness of care and access standards, professional conduct requirements, and CPRS/EMR documentation conventions.
- →Achieves minimal clinical workload expectations as established by the Service Line.
- →Collaboration with the interdisciplinary CBOC team on recommended interventions and treatment strategies; provision of behavioral health services via tele-health modality; possible provision of mental health services via tele-health modality.
- →Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services appropriate in a CBOC clinical setting, which may include structured interviews, behavioral assessments, and standardized psychological evaluation instruments to assess cognitive, emotional or personality factors for treatment purposes.
- →Provides the highest quality of care through selecting and applying the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques, with an emphasis on evidence-based treatments consistent with practice guidelines; interventions may include individual, couples or group modalities, or may involve psycho-educational and/or supportive services for family members and significant others.
- →Provides evaluations specifically to assess combat-related psychological conditions, the effects of military sexual trauma, and/or to determine the need for evaluation and referral for substance use disorders.
- →May provide adjunctive interventions for the treatment of medical disorders, such as those which address stress management, compliance with medical treatments, and similar conditions, following an integrated care model.
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: 6ca9cacc-6918-48b2-a167-0d092ce4ff2a
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