Staff Psychologist - EDRP Authorized

Department of Veterans Affairs • Temple, TX

78d • Remote

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 is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until March 27, 2026. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be October 13, 2025, with subsequent cut-off dates on the 1st of each month. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Applicant Expiration: Applicants will remain active for 3 months after their initial application is received and/or updated. After that time, you must update your application through your USA Jobs account if you would like to be made active again for possible consideration during the open period.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the gathering of biopsychosocial assessment information.
• Uses shared decision making with Veterans to develop a detailed treatment plan for Veterans serviced by BHIP.
• Provides recovery planning and psychological treatment to Veterans with a wide range of co-occurring disorders, including but not limited to anxiety, PTSD, depression, substance use, psychosis, and personality disorders.
• Participates as a member of an interdisciplinary team providing a full range of psychological services (e.g., individual and group psychotherapy) and consultative services within an outpatient general mental health treatment setting.
• Provides evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy to Veterans with complex mental health problems.
• Administers, scores, documents, and discusses psychodiagnostics tests and screening instruments as well as neurocognitive screening to clarify diagnoses and monitor treatment outcomes.
• Participates as a member of medical center hospital committees as directed.
• Serves as an advisor, consultant, and/or point of resource to staff within the medical center.
• Maintains appropriate records and follow-up data on patients who are assigned to their patient panel.
• Actively participates in process redesign efforts aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment program and modifications to better serve the needs of the Veterans.
• Complies with national and local performance measures, including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients.
• Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures, including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient check-out procedures.
• Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings as held by CTVHCS and MH&BM management.
• Regularly attends and participates in program level meetings including BHIP Huddles, BHIP Treatment Team meetings, and others as directed.
• Provides clinical instruction for psychology interns or other psychology trainees, as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increase
• 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave after 12 months of employment
• Childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children after 60 days of employment
• 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 insurance programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees