Staff Psychologist

Staff Psychologist

This Staff Psychologist provides comprehensive behavioral and mental health services to Veterans including diagnosis of mental disorders, conducting psychological assessments, and treatment of mental disorders through a variety of modalities, including individual, family, and group psychotherapies, with an emphasis on comprehensive mental health evaluation and evidenced-based time-limited interventions that are collaborative and well-coordinated. The Staff Psychologist duties include:

• Provides a full range of mental and behavioral health diagnostic services including Compensation and Pension evaluations as assigned.
• Serves as an authoritative source of information in the use and interpretation of tests to make differential diagnoses.
• Interviews patients, determines the type of assessment battery needed, conducts testing, interprets the results of testing and produces reports with conclusions and/or recommendations.
• Presents informed reports or educates multi-disciplinary staff on the use of newly proven or evidence-based interventions.
• Consults with medical and/or mental health staff on the development or evaluation of mental and/or behavioral health intervention programs.
• Provides comprehensive professional care documentation in the patient record system, adhering with timeliness standards for quality care.
• Engages in clinical care team meetings and ensuring coordination of care with other clinicians involved in the treatment plan of the patient.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday; One day of evening hours worked per week is required. Times and day are negotiable.

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework: Ad-hoc telework available as determined by agency policy.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: GS-11/93925-A, GS-12/93926-A, GS-13/93927-A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized