Psychologist

Department of Veterans Affairs•Dayton, OH

55d

About The Position

There are multiple Clinical Psychologist opportunities within the Mental Health Service at the Dayton VA Medical Center. Tour of Duty and hours will be discussed during time of interviews. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Psychologist: Mental Health Service (GS 11/12/13) Provides direct clinical care management to an assigned cohort of patients; Provides a full range of psychological services to typical and atypical cases in areas of patient treatment assignment, consistent with approved clinical privileges and type of hospital appointment, with evidence of acceptable work quality by satisfactory supervisory of peer case review ratings and not more than one documented justified complaint/observation of errors in professional procedure/judgments during the rating period. A full range refers to evidence based psychotherapy, psychological testing/evaluation, interviewing, therapeutic programming, team participation, chart documentation, and specialized techniques appropriate to specific treatment assignment area; Maintains productivity standards as indicated by maintaining casework loads in compliance with established service policies and response to requests for patient treatment services in a timely manner. Timely manner refers to initiation of services within two work days after receiving consult request and completions within 30 workdays. There will be no more than one quarter of unsatisfactory caseload maintenance. Psychologist: Substance Use Disorder (SUD)/MH RRTP (Residential) (GS 11/12/13) Provides a full range of diagnostic and evaluation services appropriate to the care setting, with an emphasis on the evaluation and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders; Completes general psychological evaluation of emotional and behavioral problems and focused psychosocial, cognitive, or other assessments; Consistently uses measurement based care to inform treatment planning; Treatment planning and monitoring: Actively engages in treatment planning and clinical care meetings both with and without Veterans present, to facilitate care planning and collaborative, complex care management and coordination; Facilitates care coordination including warm handoffs for Veterans with complex needs related to a variety of addiction, mental health and primary care services at the medical center. Provides comprehensive professional care documentation in the patient record system, adhering with timeliness standards for quality care. Participates in program development, and to aid in the development of processes to integrate clinical care for Veterans. Psychologist: Integrated Care (GS 11/12/13)Serves as Team Member for an inter-professional clinical team, co-located within primary care or specialty medicine teams. Provides a full range of diagnostic and evaluation services appropriate to the medical setting, especially in the areas of general psychological evaluation of emotional and behavioral problems and focused functional assessments. Provides a full range of psychological interventions consistent with training and expertise, with special emphasis on brief and evidenced-based interventions found to be effective in primary care and/or medical settings. Facilitates patient and family education appropriate to primary care and/or medical settings and the specific presenting mental or behavioral health issues. Provides consultation services for medical providers (PCP) to maximize the effectiveness of their interventions in reducing health-risk behaviors and enhancing health promoting behaviors, with a significant emphasis on a prevention-oriented model of care. Psychologist: Pain Psychology & Integrated Care (GS 11/12/13) Serves as Team Member for an inter-professional clinical team, co-located within the Integrative Medicine (IM) and primary care or specialty medicine teams (split between Pain Psychology and Integrated Care into medical settings). Provides a full range of diagnostic and evaluation services appropriate to the IM setting, especially pertaining to the evaluation and treatment of pain conditions, emotional and behavioral problems and focused functional assessments. Provides a full range of psychological interventions consistent with training and expertise, with special emphasis on brief and evidenced-based interventions found to be effective in IM and primary care and/or medical settings. Facilitates patient and family education appropriate to the IM (e.g., CBT-CP) and primary care and/or medical settings and the specific presenting mental or behavioral health issues. Provides consultation services for IM and medical providers (PCP) to maximize the effectiveness of their interventions in reducing health-risk behaviors and enhancing health promoting behaviors, with a significant emphasis on a prevention-oriented model of care.

Responsibilities

Provides direct clinical care management to an assigned cohort of patients
Provides a full range of psychological services to typical and atypical cases in areas of patient treatment assignment
Maintains productivity standards as indicated by maintaining casework loads in compliance with established service policies and response to requests for patient treatment services in a timely manner
Provides a full range of diagnostic and evaluation services appropriate to the care setting, with an emphasis on the evaluation and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders
Completes general psychological evaluation of emotional and behavioral problems and focused psychosocial, cognitive, or other assessments
Consistently uses measurement based care to inform treatment planning
Actively engages in treatment planning and clinical care meetings both with and without Veterans present, to facilitate care planning and collaborative, complex care management and coordination
Facilitates care coordination including warm handoffs for Veterans with complex needs related to a variety of addiction, mental health and primary care services at the medical center
Provides comprehensive professional care documentation in the patient record system, adhering with timeliness standards for quality care
Participates in program development, and to aid in the development of processes to integrate clinical care for Veterans
Serves as Team Member for an inter-professional clinical team, co-located within primary care or specialty medicine teams
Provides a full range of diagnostic and evaluation services appropriate to the medical setting, especially in the areas of general psychological evaluation of emotional and behavioral problems and focused functional assessments
Provides a full range of psychological interventions consistent with training and expertise, with special emphasis on brief and evidenced-based interventions found to be effective in primary care and/or medical settings
Facilitates patient and family education appropriate to primary care and/or medical settings and the specific presenting mental or behavioral health issues
Provides consultation services for medical providers (PCP) to maximize the effectiveness of their interventions in reducing health-risk behaviors and enhancing health promoting behaviors, with a significant emphasis on a prevention-oriented model of care