Staff Psychologist - Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program

Job Title

Allied Health Professional

Job Description

To provide specialty mental health treatment to Veterans enrolled for care for the Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks and its Community Based Outpatient Clinics. Services include providing a full range of biopsychosocial evaluations, basic mental health symptom screening, evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy, and treatment planning. Duties include but not limited to:

• Provides a full range of psychological assessment services and the diagnoses of mental disorders, particularly in complex or unusually difficult cases.
• Provides education to patients, family members, and significant others.
• Provides comprehensive, evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
• Fully participates as a Mental Health Service BHIP team member, assuming a collaborative role with Veterans and other team members in developing and implementing recovery-oriented treatment plans and functioning on the team as a consultant, mentor, leader, or other roles as appropriate to promote the team mission.
• Provides consultation to professional staff within the Mental Health Service and the larger medical center, as well as to community providers when appropriate, concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for patients.
• Develops, implements, and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of Clinical Reminders.
• Functions independently as a member of the VHSO's Mental Health Service staff, with full clinical privileges. The incumbent assumes complete professional responsibility for his/her clinical assessment findings, patient care decisions, and documentation.
• Assists the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS), Mental Health Service and Lead Psychologist with the design, development, and implementation of clinical programs for a team of treatment providers.
• Adheres to operational policies and procedures for Mental Health Service and the VA Medical Center.
• Assists the ACOS of Mental Health Service and Lead Psychologist with ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects to monitor the effectiveness of mental health programs.
• Facilitates liaisons with other health care programs within the Medical Center and at other VA Medical Centers to effectively coordinate services.
• Complies with national and local performance measures, including timely health care screening and completion of Clinical Reminders in the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) for all patients.
• Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures, including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient check out procedures (e.g., entering diagnostic, procedure, and Service Connection/Special Authority codes).
• Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Lead Psychologist, the ACOS, Mental Health Service, the VHSO Chief of Staff, and the Medical Center Director.
• Attends regular Mental Health Service and BHIP staff meetings, and complies with peer review procedures.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, subject to change based on needs of the facility.

Incentives

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): not authorized

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.

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

Available.

Functional Statement #

01603F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not authorized.