Staff Psychologist

Staff Psychologist Position

This position serves as a Staff Psychologist in the National Center for Warrior Independence (NCWI) at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. The position provides a full range of outpatient psychological services for Veterans residing in NCWI housing, with a focus on addiction and treatment. Key job duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Incumbent applies knowledge and experience working in substance use disorders, PTSD and trauma related disorders, and telemental health delivery.
• Diagnose mental disorders, conduct psychological assessments, treat mental disorders through a variety of modalities, provide adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders.
• Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment and using the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care to patients diagnosed with a variety of mental disorders including but not limited to adjustment disorders, substance use disorders, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), thought disorders problems related to Trauma Brain Injury (TBI) or other medical conditions as well as personality/characterological disorders.
• Provides both within clinic & field-based psychological services.
• Consult with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues.
• May be involved in program coordination and/or evaluation, teaching, training, and research activities.
• Provides direct psychological services approximately 80% of the time.
• Coordination, development and promotion of programs emphasizing group and individual treatment, and other psychological treatment modalities, for the treatment of alcohol and substance abuse.
• Complies with all required documentation procedures, including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient check out procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Various tours of duty based on the needs of the service.

Compressed/Flexible: May be available based on the needs of the service.

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for highly qualified applicants.

EDRP Authorized: This position is eligible for 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 your start date. 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. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io for questions/assistance. Learn more

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases

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)

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: Not Authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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