Staff Psychologist

Department of Veterans Affairs•Battle Creek, MI

56d•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 eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply Major duties of this position include but are not limited to: Serves as a treatment provider conducting assessment interviews, composing psychosocial assessment reports, formulating diagnostic impressions, developing treatment plans, providing psychotherapy to patients through individual and group sessions, making referrals for aftercare and placement, and documenting services provided and the course of treatment of patients. Performs professional work describing human behavior, determining the reasons for that behavior and predicting and/or modifying the behavior. Administers/scores or evaluates psychodiagnostic tests. Administers and interprets a variety of psychological/psychodiagnostic group and individual tests selected by the incumbent and composes reports summarizing and interpreting psychological testing results. Through testing and clinical interviews and observation, assesses intelligence, behavior and personality variables. Assists in differential diagnosis. Serves as an authoritative source of information in the use and interpretation of tests to differentiate the basis for patients' symptomatology. Is capable of supervising others in the use of psychological tests. Provides expert consultation to others with regard to test administration and evaluation. Gathers objective psychodiagnostic information. Conducts interviews, uses rating scales, questionnaires or other measurement devices or observes the patient to assess emotional, functional or psychological condition. Has an expert professional mastery of the assessment tools available to effectively diagnose abnormalities or variations thereof in the specialized area of psychology. Provides a practical environment for assessment in the specialization. Plans Effective Treatment. Based on data gathered during the assessment, plans an appropriate clinical treatment for individual patients. Conceptualizes, develops and presents detailed treatment plans for a full range of psychological services for a specialized unit or an entire location Patients' ages and varying environmental factors are extremely diverse. Administers Treatment. Plans and conducts group and individual psychotherapy, effectively utilizing one or more of the following therapeutic techniques: cognitive-behavioral, evidence- based psychotherapeutic approaches, behavior modification, supportive, analytic, eclectic, biofeedback, hypnosis, meditation, couples or family therapy, treatment of sexual dysfunction, etc. Promotes, supervises or provides individual and group psychotherapy. Conducts psychotherapy in difficult, multifaceted cases. As an expert in the specialized area, serves as a key member of the multidisciplinary team providing the full range of psychotherapy for a widely diverse patient base. Evaluates/Adjusts treatment, as necessary. Continually monitors patient's progress. Determines when reassessment is appropriate and adjusts treatment plan accordingly. Maintains current knowledge of psychotherapeutic techniques by reviewing and/or participating in research and/or attending relevant continuing education. Independently exercises authoritative judgment in the adjustment of treatment plans. Serves as expert psychological resource for the multidisciplinary team or devises programs that employ psychological techniques to ensure a therapeutic environment. Participates in provision of a psychologically therapeutic program or clinic in the area of assignment in the Medical Center, as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team. Oversees other professionals or works as a key team member providing comprehensive care for a group of individuals. Promotes a psychotherapeutic atmosphere among the professional treatment staff. Serves as a member of planning committees for evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment program and modifying it to better serve the needs of the patients, when called upon to do so. Provides consultation to other staff professionals in an attempt to promote and preserve a therapeutic environment for individual patients. Encourages or establishes a standard for general therapeutic techniques in dealing with all patients. Provides advice regarding appropriate staff response toward a patient or specific environmental factors that will stimulate more self reliance, reduce anxiety, or achieve more socially adaptable behavior patterns. Instructs and supervises psychology trainees or interns, medical students, or residents in the assessment and provision of psychological services in the medical center.

Responsibilities

Serves as a treatment provider conducting assessment interviews, composing psychosocial assessment reports, formulating diagnostic impressions, developing treatment plans, providing psychotherapy to patients through individual and group sessions, making referrals for aftercare and placement, and documenting services provided and the course of treatment of patients.
Performs professional work describing human behavior, determining the reasons for that behavior and predicting and/or modifying the behavior.
Administers/scores or evaluates psychodiagnostic tests.
Administers and interprets a variety of psychological/psychodiagnostic group and individual tests selected by the incumbent and composes reports summarizing and interpreting psychological testing results.
Through testing and clinical interviews and observation, assesses intelligence, behavior and personality variables.
Assists in differential diagnosis.
Serves as an authoritative source of information in the use and interpretation of tests to differentiate the basis for patients' symptomatology.
Is capable of supervising others in the use of psychological tests.
Provides expert consultation to others with regard to test administration and evaluation.
Gathers objective psychodiagnostic information.
Conducts interviews, uses rating scales, questionnaires or other measurement devices or observes the patient to assess emotional, functional or psychological condition.
Has an expert professional mastery of the assessment tools available to effectively diagnose abnormalities or variations thereof in the specialized area of psychology.
Provides a practical environment for assessment in the specialization.
Plans Effective Treatment. Based on data gathered during the assessment, plans an appropriate clinical treatment for individual patients.
Conceptualizes, develops and presents detailed treatment plans for a full range of psychological services for a specialized unit or an entire location Patients' ages and varying environmental factors are extremely diverse.
Administers Treatment. Plans and conducts group and individual psychotherapy, effectively utilizing one or more of the following therapeutic techniques: cognitive-behavioral, evidence- based psychotherapeutic approaches, behavior modification, supportive, analytic, eclectic, biofeedback, hypnosis, meditation, couples or family therapy, treatment of sexual dysfunction, etc.
Promotes, supervises or provides individual and group psychotherapy.
Conducts psychotherapy in difficult, multifaceted cases.
As an expert in the specialized area, serves as a key member of the multidisciplinary team providing the full range of psychotherapy for a widely diverse patient base.
Evaluates/Adjusts treatment, as necessary. Continually monitors patient's progress.
Determines when reassessment is appropriate and adjusts treatment plan accordingly.
Maintains current knowledge of psychotherapeutic techniques by reviewing and/or participating in research and/or attending relevant continuing education.
Independently exercises authoritative judgment in the adjustment of treatment plans.
Serves as expert psychological resource for the multidisciplinary team or devises programs that employ psychological techniques to ensure a therapeutic environment.
Participates in provision of a psychologically therapeutic program or clinic in the area of assignment in the Medical Center, as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team.
Oversees other professionals or works as a key team member providing comprehensive care for a group of individuals.
Promotes a psychotherapeutic atmosphere among the professional treatment staff.
Serves as a member of planning committees for evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment program and modifying it to better serve the needs of the patients, when called upon to do so.
Provides consultation to other staff professionals in an attempt to promote and preserve a therapeutic environment for individual patients.
Encourages or establishes a standard for general therapeutic techniques in dealing with all patients.
Provides advice regarding appropriate staff response toward a patient or specific environmental factors that will stimulate more self reliance, reduce anxiety, or achieve more socially adaptable behavior patterns.
Instructs and supervises psychology trainees or interns, medical students, or residents in the assessment and provision of psychological services in the medical center.