Staff Psychologist - Beaumont, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

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. 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.

Duties

This vacancy may be used to fill various programs throughout the main facility and outpatient offices as they come available; select all locations you are willing to consider as this announcement may be used to fill current and future vacancies at all listed locations.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2024 or until these positions are filled.

Current permanent VA employees, Federal employees from other federal agency, and HPTs should apply under CBST TC

This position serves as a fully qualified staff psychologist in at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC). The function of this position is to provide care to Veterans with mental illness presenting to the MEDVAMC or its affiliated CBOC's. Psychologists in this position may work in any one of several clinics throughout the careline including: General mental health clinic, Behavioral Health Program, PTSD Clinical Team, Substance Use Disorders Clinic, Inpatient Psychiatry, Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, etc. They work with patients who present with a broad range of mental health and physical conditions. They provide diagnostic assessments and evidence based psychotherapies for these conditions. Case management services for high risk patients are also provided when appropriate. In most cases, care is delivered in and the Psychologist will work as member of an interdisciplinary treatment team comprised of psychiatrists, nursing staff, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychologist, marriage and family therapists, pharmacists, social workers and other disciplines when present. However, some staff may be assigned to units that are primarily medical in nature and interdisciplinary team membership varies from team to team.Major duties include the following but not limited to:

• Provide biopsychosocial diagnostic assessments to Veterans with a wide range of mental health concerns.
• Provide time-limited, recovery-oriented, and goal-focused individual, couples/family, and/or group evidence-based or evidence-informed psychotherapies and interventions.
• Incorporate measurement-based care to track treatment progress and use the results to inform shared-decision making about treatment direction with Veterans
• Develop and update treatment plans to reflect recovery goals and objectives, functioning, and treatment needs/response.
• Provide emergency/crisis assessment and intervention services including ER/inpatient care transfer for therapy/intake Veterans experiencing acute psychological crises who may need hospitalization.
• Provide consultation to treatment team members on patient care issues.
• Collaborate with Suicide Prevention Coordinators, Behavioral Health Program, General Mental Health Clinic, Inpatient, ER, and specialty mental health programs such as PCT, SDTP, PRRC, MHICM to ensure Veterans receive a seamless transition to appropriate services.
• Facilitate enrollment and discharge planning from therapy or the assigned clinic to the appropriate level of care/service.
• Provide clinical supervision to unlicensed staff and trainees providing direct clinical care.
• Utilize tools and resources related to reporting and evaluation (i.e., dashboards, measures, note templates with health factors, etc.) to comply with national, regional, and local performance measures related to suicide prevention, access to care, quality of care, etc

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm

Telework: Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: F: GS-11; F: GS-12; F: GS-13

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized

EDRP Authorized: Contact , the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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