Psychologist Position

This Psychologist position is assigned to a 20-bed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (PTSD RRTP) for Veterans within the Mental Health and Behavioral Science Service. The psychologist provides a full range of psychological services to Veterans in the PTSD RRTP. A complex spectrum of specialized psychosocial care, including evaluation, treatment, and case management, is provided within the MH RRTP bed sections at VA ECHCS. Veterans receiving care in the residential treatment setting traditionally have complex health care and psychosocial problems and needs, requiring a high degree of clinical oversight and creative problem solving. The Psychologist will work as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team that provides care to Veterans with a range of psychosocial issues, including chronic PTSD and substance abuse.

Clinical responsibilities for this position include:

• Performs evaluations for patient conditions that include PTSD, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and general emotional and cognitive functioning.
• Generates interpretive summaries of Veterans' condition for use in Recovery Planning.
• Writes Veteran-centered recovery/treatment plans
• Provides assessment and care that accommodate the cognitive, emotional, chronological maturation, and diversity needs of the person served.
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions with a strong emphasis on evidence-based models of care in the residential rehabilitation setting.
• Conducts assessment appropriate to individual patient with attention to on the implications of test results for a Veteran's every day, real-world function and successful treatment/management of health problems with an emphasis on behavioral health factors associated with homelessness.
• Provides group, individual, and family psychotherapy and counseling to Veterans and family members as indicated through assessment process.
• Provides psycho-education to patients and family members to support healthcare adherence and relapse prevention.
• Works closely with the interdisciplinary team to achieve patients outcome goals.
• Works with Interdisciplinary team to coordinate the care of the person served.
• Consults to ambulatory care staff and primary care providers on a wide variety of patient care issues pertinent to medical treatment and psychosocial recovery.
• Consults and coordinates with community providers following HIPPA practices to support psychosocial recovery of the person served.
• Attends treatment team meetings and reports relevant details to the treatment team.
• Other duties may include:
• Provides clinical supervision to pre-doctoral practicum students in clinical/counseling psychology, pre-doctoral interns in clinical psychology, and post-doctoral fellows in clinical psychology.
• Supports activities of Psychology Training Program and participates in relevant educational seminars.
• Participates in improvement of clinical supervision skills with emphasis on Evidence Based Practice models.
• Provides training and guidance to other behavioral health staff.
• Participates in planning of measurement, gathering and analysis of outcome data to guide program evaluation and development.
• Implements program design and assists in clinical management of program staff as assigned.
• Assumes responsibility for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation.
• Maintains ongoing scholarly and self-education activities.
• Participates in psychology peer review.
• May have a faculty position at University of Colorado Denver or other academic institution.
• Serves on committees as assigned.

Preferred Experience: Training or Experience providing Evidence Based Psychotherapy Interventions for PTSD including Prolonged Exposure or Cognitive Processing Therapy

Work Schedule: M-F 8:00-4:30 p.m. May be required to work some evenings.

Compressed/Flexible: May be available for highly qualified applicants

Position Title/Functional Statement #: Clinical Psychologist/PD000000 and PD000000 EDRP Authorized: Yes

Requirements

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship.
• Education.
• Internships.
• Licensure.
• English Language Proficiency.

Grade Determinations:

• GS-11: None beyond basic requirements
• GS-12: At least one year of experience as a professional psychologist equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11).
• GS-13: At least two years of experience as a professional psychologist, with at least one-year equivalent to the GS-12 grade level.

Education IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.