Staff Psychologist - BHIP Therapist

Department of Veterans Affairs•Colorado Springs, CO

42d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. This position is located at VA Eastern Colorado Health Care | Veterans Affairs. The incumbent serves as a fully qualified psychologist in the Mental Health Service. The incumbent has primary assignment as a therapist within a Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team. VA offers a Comprehensive Total Rewards package: Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Responsibilities

Diagnose mental disorders.
Conduct psychological or neuropsychological assessments.
Treat mental disorders through individual, family, and group psychotherapy, utilizing Evidence Based Treatments.
Perform formal and informal assessments for a wide variety of patient conditions and diagnoses, including mental illness, substance abuse and general emotional and cognitive functioning.
Ensure the assessment and care provided accommodate to the cognitive, emotional, chronological maturation, and diversity needs of the person served.
Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions with a strong emphasis on evidence-based models of care in the outpatient mental health setting.
Conduct assessments appropriate to individual patients with attention to the implications of test results for a veteran's every-day, real-world function and successful treatment/management of health problems with an emphasis on behavioral health factors associated with improved quality of life.
Provide psychoeducation to patients and family members to support healthcare adherence and relapse prevention.
Work with assigned Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team to support optimum clinical care.
Consult and coordinate care with community providers following HIPPA practices to support psychosocial recovery of the person served.
Support activities of the Psychology Training Program and participate in relevant educational seminars.
Participate in improvement of clinical supervision skills with emphasis on Evidence Based Practice models.
Participate in program development tasks, as assigned.
Participate in planning of measurement, gathering and analysis of outcome data to guide program
Implement program design and assists in clinical management of program staff, as assigned.
Assume responsibility for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation.
Maintain ongoing scholarly and self-education activities.
May serve as faculty at local or other system-wide education and training conferences.
May serve as primary investigator on research projects.
Serve on committees or workgroups, as assigned.

Benefits

Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
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).
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.
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.
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).

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