Staff Psychologist - Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs Counselor

Allied Health Professional

Identifies problems/needs from the assessment to be treated and develops the individual treatment plan.

Provides individual professional input and addressing the social aspect of the patient's situation with the treatment team.

Assists Veterans and the treatment team in navigating problems in the residential milieu.

Ensures all case management as assigned for the duration of the Veteran's admission through post-discharge follow-up.

Conducts therapeutic counseling in accordance with specific guidelines and handles crises regularly with minimal supervision.

Serves as therapist/counselor with individuals and groups.

Observes and documents behavior and reaction patterns of patients to be utilized by the multidisciplinary treatment team, and final disposition for follow-up.

Develops and conducts lectures and educational presentations for patients related to various specialty aspects of general mental health, substance use disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or Serious Mental Illness (SMI).

Educates the veteran, their families, and the team on all the options available to them and will collaborate with the veteran and family on the preferred option.

Develops, organizes, and implements a wide variety of outpatient aftercare treatment for patients and their collaterals.

Develops and implements methods to motivate veterans to attend aftercare and/or participate in the outpatient program.

Transports veterans to assist them in assessing resources or taking care of essential business. Government vehicle will be used as well as all processes, trainings, and requirements related to Government vehicle use.

Collaborates with other service providers in reassessing the Veteran's needs.

Educates the veteran and/or caregiver about the available services and assisting them in establishing the appropriate referrals based on the veteran's preference or that of the surrogate decision-maker.

Serves as a field instructor, preceptor, and/or mentor to interns, new/unlicensed, or newly licensed clinicians and peers as needed.

Enters all veteran/family contacts in the electronic record using appropriate/approved formats and templates.

Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with employees, volunteers, consumers, and stakeholders within the VA and outside community agencies.

Attends all appropriate staff meetings, team meetings, committee meetings, or group meetings and perform other duties as required.

Collaborates in the performance improvement process and complies with performance measures as required by the appropriate program offices and local policies.

Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assists in their formulation of the psychological characteristics and appropriate treatment.

Offers consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in specialty areas, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise, and role modeling effective clinical practice skills.

Demonstrates the ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the special area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:30am - 4:00pm

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May Be Authorized GS-13 only

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. Learn more

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

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 51233-A; 51234-A; 51235-A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized