<p>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.</p> <p>VA Careers - Psychologist: https://youtube.com/embed/77qHlLw9Xck</p> <p>Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional</p> <p>Position may be filled as a Social Worker or Psychologist. Please ensure you apply to the appropriate announcement.</p> <p>This co-located, collaborative care psychology position is administratively within Mental Health, with primary assignment to the Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) program, located within primary care at the community based outpatient clinic. The Psychologist functions as part of multidisciplinary primary care teams, and delivers brief consultation based services.</p> <ul> <li>Provides rapid triage, problem-focused assessments, and time-limited interventions including but not limited to psychoeducation as well as brief individual and group psychotherapy. </li><li>Provides scheduled and impromptu consultative services and psychoeducation regarding a wide range of mental health and behavioral medicine concerns to patients and non-mental health staff regarding patients. </li><li>Performs routine brief assessments, including but not limited to the PHQ-9, PCL, AUDITC, GAD-7, etc. </li><li>Provides brief mental health and behavioral interventions that are evidence based, including but not limited to behavioral medicine interventions for tobacco cessation, weight management, coping with chronic illness, sleep hygiene, etc. </li><li>Responsible for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation required by the Medical Center, including entering data into the databases as may require. </li><li>Performs routine and in-depth mental health evaluations, including intake assessments. </li><li>Provides evidence-based psychotherapy and other therapeutic interventions utilizing VA based guidance and guidelines. </li><li>Uses the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care. </li><li>Liaisons/advocates on behalf of PCMHI and/or Veteran/caregiver between settings of care, both internal and external to the VA </li><li>Provides patient, family, and caregiver education, both in individual and group formats </li><li>Provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members, as needed. </li><li>Assesses the need for referral for more intensive and/or specialty mental health services. </li><li>Independently identifies high-risk patients and connects with needed resources and services, as needed. </li><li>Consults, collaborates, and coordinates with other staff who provide care to Veteran, routinely consulting with Primary Care Providers and other PACT members about plan of care for patients. </li><li>Completes clinical reminders. </li><li>Reviews relevant data, assesses the data, develops, and implement ideas for improvement. </li><li>Serves as psychologist champion for treatment planning, discharge planning, and psychosocial and psychotherapeutic needs. </li><li>Provides clinical supervision to psychology trainees. </li><li>Serves as a consultant to one or more Vet Center(s), including but not limited to the Vet Centers located in Detroit, Pontiac, Dearborn, and Macomb </li><li>Perform VA police psychological examinations as needed. </li></ul> <p>Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm</p> <p>Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized</p> <p>EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN10HREDRPSLRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more</p> <p>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).</p> <p>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)</p> <p>Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA</p> <p>Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)</p> <p>Telework: Not Available</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position.</p> <p>Functional Statement #: 93188-A, 93189-A, 93190-A,</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p>