Home Based Primary Care GeriPACT and Community Living Center Staff Psychologist

Geropsychologist

This is an OPEN CONTINOUS ANNOUNCEMENT until December 18, 2026. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available. VA offers a Comprehensive TOTAL REWARD$ package. This position is located at the Pueblo VA Community Living Center within the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care | Veterans Affairs. This position serves as a staff Geropsychologist providing psychological services to the Eastern Colorado Health Care System.

The primary assignments are to Home Based Primary Care Program (HBPC), Pueblo GeriPACT and the Pueblo Community Living Center (CLC). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions in brief episodes of care including: improving health behaviors, reducing MH issues, reducing substance use, care partner coaching, and adapting to physical and/or emotional transitions.
• Conducts assessment appropriate to individual patient with attention on the implications of assessment results
  -world function, cultural and familial ecosystem, and successful treatment/management of health problems with an emphasis on behavioral health factors associated with aging.
• Diagnoses mental disorders.
• Conducts psychological and cognitive assessments.
• Performs evaluations for caregiver stress and need for coaching for Veterans.
• Provides psychoeducation to patients and care partners to support healthcare goals.
• Provides consultation to medical providers related to capacity assessments related to clinical treatments, naming a surrogate, and/or level of care capacity assessments for Veterans as indicated.
• Works closely with interdisciplinary teams to achieve patient's outcome goals.
• Provides consultation and education to ECHCS healthcare staff regarding geropsychology specific issues.
• Consults and coordinates care with community providers following HIPPA practices to support psychosocial recovery of the person served.
• Provides training and guidance to other mental health staff, as directed and based on areas of expertise. Participates in program development tasks, as assigned.
• Participates in planning of measurement, gathering and analysis of outcome data to guide program evaluation and development.
• Assumes responsibility for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation.
• Maintains ongoing scholarly and self-education activities.
• Participates in psychology peer review.

Work Schedule:

Full-time | Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus):
Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VHA.ELRSProgram

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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)

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)

Telework:
Ad-hoc, as determined by agency.

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #:  554--542240

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized.