Staff Psychologist (Women's Health)

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Major Duties Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Works as a part of a multi-disciplinary team within the Women's Health Clinic/Program, providing various assessment, therapy, and rehabilitative services for Veterans with a wide range of substance use and mental health disorders.
• Provides a wide range of psycho-diagnostic services including, but not limited to, comprehensive psychological assessments, psychological testing and interpretation, and use of the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques to provide quality care to a wide range of patient populations, including specific patient populations.
• Provides assessment and treatment services in a full continuum of clinical settings and modalities to include individual, group, couples/family therapy, video telehealth, telephonic, and face-to-face care formats.
• Participates on an interdisciplinary team to review gender affirming consults.
• Makes use of evidence-based treatments for a wide range of patient populations and psychiatric conditions covered in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th Edition (DSM-V).
• Develops, implements, and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients with the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).
• Participates in treatment team meetings with patients and interdisciplinary staff to recommend and review treatment plans.
• Provides education to patients, family members, and significant others as needed.
• Provides consultation and advise to professional staff within the SAVAHCS and to community providers, concerning clinical assessment findings, appropriate treatment plans for patients, and patient care issues.
• Responsible for timely completion of clinical reminders, consults, return to clinic orders, open encounters, documentation, secure messages, patient correspondence, and other clinical-administrative requirements as required by the MHS, Medical Center or healthcare system, and/or VA.
• Returns patient phone calls and provides guidance to patients on treatment options in a timely manner.
• Accomplishes suicide risk screenings, risk assessments, safety plans, behavior reports, and other processes relevant to suicide prevention standards.
• Provides case management for identified populations as indicated.
• If fully licensed, functions independently as a member of the SAVAHCS Medical Staff, with full clinical privileges as requested and approved during the credentialing process. Assumes complete professional responsibility for his/her clinical assessment findings, patient care decisions, and documentation.
• Provides psychotherapy and/or psychological assessments to include psychological testing for other programs in the Mental Health Service when necessary.
• Completes transplant evaluation consults according to the MHS policy.
• Participates in psychology training committee and related training functions, as requested.
• Staff psychologists may be involved in program evaluation and/or research.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m./8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. work schedule, but work schedule may be adjusted to meet the needs of the service.

Compressed/Flexible: May Be Authorized

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). 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

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.