Staff Psychologist -SUD Recruitment​/Relocation Incentive - EDRP

Staff Psychologist

The Staff Psychologist is assigned to the Central Texas VA Health Care System with the Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP) Team. The psychologist's primary duties involve initial biopsychosocial assessment, treatment planning and psychological treatment to Veterans with substance use disorders (SUD) with a wide range of co-occurring disorders, including but not limited to anxiety, depression, and personality disorders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Contributing to the gathering of biopsychosocial assessment information.
• Developing detailed treatment plans for Veterans serviced by the SATP.
• Providing recovery planning and psychological treatment to Veterans with a wide range of co-occurring disorders, including but not limited to anxiety, PTSD, depression, substance use, psychosis, and personality disorders.
• Serving as the Mental Health Treatment Coordinator (MHTC) for assigned veterans.
• Participating as a member of an interdisciplinary SUD clinical team providing a full range of psychological services (including group, individual, and couples' psychotherapy) within an outpatient SUD treatment program.
• Providing evidence-based individual, couples, or group psychotherapy to veterans with complex mental health problems, especially in regard to adaptation and rehabilitation.
• Administering/scoring or evaluating psychodiagnostics tests, including neurocognitive screening as appropriate.
• Participating as a member of medical center hospital committee as directed.
• Serving as an advisor, consultant and/or resource person to the staff within the medical center.
• Maintaining appropriate records and follow-up data on patients who are their responsibility.
• Serving as a member of the planning group for evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment program and modifying it to better serve the needs of the patient.
• Complying with national and local performance measures, including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients.
• Complying with all CPRS documentation procedures, including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient check out procedures.
• Attending and participating in administrative and informational meetings as held.
• Attending regular Psychology Service staff meetings, Medical Staff meetings, and Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine (MH&BM) Staff meetings and complying with Psychology Service peer review procedures.
• Providing clinical instruction for psychology interns or other psychology trainees as assigned.

Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday; 7:30am - 4:00pm, 8:00am - 4:30pm, 8:30pm - 5:00pm

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus):
Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized

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

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Pay:
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)

Telework:
As determined by agency policy.

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: GS-11: 56162-F, GS-12: 56163-F, GS-13: 56164-F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized.