Staff Psychologist - Primary Care Mental Health Integration ( PCMHI

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. 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.

• United States citizenship:
  Non‑citizens may be appointed only when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA policy.
• Education:
  
  Must have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) – the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) – or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) at the time the program was completed.
• The specialty area of the degree must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• There are no job assignments in VHA that require the skills of a school psychologist; therefore a degree in the specialty area of school psychology is not eligible for appointment.
• OR have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and, in addition, successfully complete a re‑specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of the re‑specialization program) meeting both of the following conditions:
  The re‑specialization program must be completed in an APA or CPA accredited doctoral program.
• AND the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• OR have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally accredited institution with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature.
• Basic internship requirement:
  The basic requirements for employment as a VHA psychologist are prescribed by Public Law 96‑151 codified in 38 U.S.C. § 7402.
• To qualify for appointment, all applicants for the position of psychologist in VHA must meet the following:
  Have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program that was accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed and that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• OR new VHA psychology internship programs that are in the process of applying for APA accreditation are acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement – provided that such programs were sanctioned by the VHA Central Office Program Director for Psychology and the VHA Office of Academic Affiliations at the time that the individual was an intern.
• OR VHA facilities that offered full‑time, one‑year pre‑doctoral internships prior to PL 96‑151 (pre‑1979) are considered acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement.
• OR applicants who completed an internship that was not accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed may be considered eligible for hire only if they are currently board‑certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. (
  
  Note:
  
  Once board certified, the employee is required to maintain board certification.)
• Licensure:
  Hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• Exception:
  Non‑licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment as a "graduate psychologist" at the GS‑11 or GS‑12 grade under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405[(c)(2)(B)] for a period not to exceed two years from the date of employment on the condition that such a psychologist provide care only under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.
• Failure to obtain licensure during that period is justification for termination of the temporary appointment.
• English language proficiency:
  Psychologists must be proficient in spoken and written English in…