Staff Psychologist - PCMHI

Department of Veterans Affairs • Gilbert, AZ

35d • 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. NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this occupational series. For more information, refer to Required Documents below. Our outpatient clinic provides primary care and specialty health services, including mental health care, dentistry and oral surgery, laboratory services, women's health services, and more. The Psychologist position is assigned professionally to the Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) - Health Psychology Service of the Phoenix VA Health Care System located at the South East CBOC - Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic and will function as a full member of the Mental Health Medical Staff. This position serves the outpatient primary care clinics and works closely with primary care teams. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Responsibilities

• Provides a range of clinical services (e.g. group and individual), consultation, and functional assessment for Veterans for same-day and time-limited treatment formats.
• Provides education to patients, family members, and significant others. The psychologist will provide time-limited, evidence-based psychotherapies such as cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression (CBT-D) and/or insomnia (CBT-I), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), or Problem-Solving Therapy (PST), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression (IPT). The psychologist may also be asked to conduct Health Psychology duties including Medical Psychology Consult management, individual therapy for health-related concerns, and pre-surgical evaluations (pre-transplant and bariatric surgery).
• Assists the Psychology Section Chief in the design, development, and implementation of clinical programs.
• Provides consultation to PACT teams, professional staff within Phoenix VAMC, and community providers, concerning the behavioral health care needs of the Veteran population, served.
• Develops, implements, and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of clinical reminders.
• Facilitates liaisons with other health care programs in order to effectively coordinate services.
• Attends relevant Psychology Section, Service, and MH&BSS meetings and complies with quality review procedures.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
• Paid Time Off: 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)
• Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
• Parental Leave: 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.
• Child Care Subsidy: 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.
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees