Staff Psychologist

Psychologist

The psychologist will be a key member of the Home Based Primary Care team providing outpatient psychological assessment and evidence based psychotherapy to Veterans presenting with a broad spectrum of diagnoses, including depressive disorders, anxiety/trauma related conditions and personality disorders. Care is delivered to homebound Veterans with complicated medical diagnoses either in the Veteran's residence or using video telehealth/VVC when appropriate. In addition to providing direct services to Veterans the incumbent will work in collaboration with medical staff, social work and case management providing expert consultation on cognitive, emotional and behavioral factors impacting care as well as providing recommendations for treatment and outcome assessment.

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Diagnosing mental health disorders by conducting psychological assessments to include clinical interviewing, and relevant testing.
• Treating mental health disorders through a variety of evidence-based psychotherapies to include group and individual psychotherapy.
• Performing evaluations for Veterans with a variety of mood, anxiety, SMI and substance use issues, including the dually diagnosed.
• Providing a full range of therapeutic interventions (e.g. group and individual psychotherapy) and demonstrating competency in a least one evidence-based psychotherapy such as Motivational Interviewing Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Interpersonal Psychotherapy and/or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
• Providing prevention services/education to patients at significant risk for psychological problems.
• Providing services to the families of Veterans with dementia being served by HBPC, when such care is directly related to the overall treatment plan for the Veteran and will allow better care for the Veteran and for the family to sustain the Veteran in the home environment.
• Providing behavioral interventions to manage pain, disability, address sleep problems, facilitate weight loss, promote smoking cessation, and enhance medical compliance.
• Consulings with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues.
• Staff psychologist may be involved in program evaluation and/or research activities.
• If other duties mentioned below are not in effect, additional clinical time is expected