Staff Psychologist

Staff Psychologist Duties

The duties of the Staff Psychologist include, but are not limited to:

Provides professional psychological treatments to the full range of patient populations.

Provides professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional psychology and behavioral health.

Utilizes and remains knowledgeable in clinical research literature.

Duties are performed in patient's home and in an office/clinic setting for documentation.

Clinical: The HBPC Psychologist functions as a mental health provider of the HBPC patients, providing mental health prevention, assessment, treatment, management, and professional consultation services. This individual may collaborate with geriatrics and extended care programs.

Provides screenings, assessments, diagnoses, and treatments for depressive and anxiety-related disorders, as well as other behavioral health conditions, with an emphasis on the application of time-limited, evidence-based approaches.

Assesses and provides treatment for subclinical symptoms of dysphoria and anxiety, adjustment difficulties, & excessive use or misuse of alcohol or other drugs.

Provides psychological prevention services to patients at significant risk for psychological problems.

Provides services to the caregivers and/or families of veterans with dementia being served by HBPC and allows the caregiver and/or family to sustain the veteran in the home environment.

Provides effective interventions with couples or families, when appropriate, to relieve relationship difficulties, address crisis situations, provide support to caregivers of veterans with dementia or other significant frailty, and/or promote collaboration with the HBPC team, for the benefit of the veteran.

Administration:

Participates fully in peer review, assessing the quality of professional psychology standards provided in the organization.

Responsible for identification of patient problems requiring consultation with other multi-disciplinary medical center staff and making appropriate referrals.

Research:

Participates in research as appropriate through case finding and referral of patients to clinical investigators engaged in research or through participating in research studies.

Utilizes new approaches to patient care through integration of approved investigative and research methods in clinical practice, basing interventions on evidence of effectiveness.

Education:

Provides and, where appropriate, refers patients, families and significant others for counseling in health maintenance and disease prevention.

Promotes patient independence and achievement of optimal health through appropriate psychosocial education and community referrals.

Participates fully in educational development through staff and section meetings.

Assumes responsibility for professional development by attending relevant training and regularly reviewing literature to improve clinical competencies and meeting professional continuing education requirements to maintain current competence and licensure.

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

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

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 598-00088-F; 598-00089-F; 598-00090-F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized