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Psychologist - Home Based Primary Care

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$77K/yr - $143K/yr

1+ years exp

The Erie VA Medical Center is seeking a Psychologist for their Home Based Primary Care program. The role involves providing screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of various mental health conditions, as well as supporting families of Veterans with cognitive decline.

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U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Providing screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of depressive and anxiety-related disorders, as well as other mental health conditions, with an emphasis on the application of time-limited, evidence-based approaches

Assessing and providing treatments for subclinical symptoms of dysphoria and anxiety, adjustment difficulties, or misuse of substances

Providing services to the families of Veterans with cognitive decline being served by HBPC, when such care is directly related to the overall treatment plan for the Veteran and will allow better care and allow the family to sustain the Veteran at home

Providing screening for cognitive deficits to address specific functional questions or to determine if a referral for a complete neuropsychological evaluation is needed

Performing capacity/competency assessments when there are questions about a patient's ability to make medical decisions, perform other specific functions, or live independently

Assessing patients' understanding of advanced directives and other forms of consent and assisting staff in determining how to present treatment options and other such material to patients in a format they can understand

Providing individual interventions to support patients that are coping with feelings of grief and loss associated with physical health changes and other life transitions

Providing psychoeducational and supportive interventions, in conjunction with the Veteran, for spouses, family members/caregivers, and others

Providing effective interventions with couples or families, when appropriate, to relieve relationship difficulties, provide support to caregivers of Veterans with dementia or other significant frailty, and/or promote collaboration with the HBPC team

Facilitating transition and adjustment to new living situations, and providing seamless intervention services, as appropriate

Providing behavioral modification interventions to manage pain, physical health challenges, address sleep problems, facilitate weight loss, promote tobacco cessation, and enhance medical compliance

Promoting communication/interactions between medical team members, patients, and their families to facilitate the medical treatment process

Responsible for identification of patient problems requiring consultation with other multi-disciplinary medical center staff and making appropriate referrals

Fully accountable for practice, including scheduling and documenting patient visits, measuring outcomes to interventions, and meeting productivity standards

Adheres to operational policies and procedures for the treatment team established by the BH Clinic and HBPC Program

Complies with national and local performance measures including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients

Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient check out procedures

Supervise, teach, and mentor psychology trainees and participate in the doctoral internship program

Coordinators or points of contact for a variety of specialty programs. Administrative oversight of the program

Serve as a behavioral health representative on BH and Medical Center committees and workgroups. May be asked to participate in the selection panels for vacant positions

May act as a consultant on psychological issues for BH providers

Attends and participates in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings

Participates in peer review processes, assessing the quality of professional psychology standards provided within the medical center and, at times, other VAs

Advocates for the delivery of trauma-informed care across programs

All staff are encouraged to participate in systems redesign activities and are allotted time to participate in activities that will contribute to the overall efficiency, quality, and satisfaction of Veterans and employees

Serve as a clinical supervisor as part of the APA accredited doctoral internship training program

Qualification

Doctoral degree in psychologyAPA accredited internshipLicensed psychologistGeriatric populationEnglish proficiency

Required

Be a citizen of the United States

You 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

Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and, in addition, successfully completed a re-specialization program meeting both of the following conditions: a) the re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program; and b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed

Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution, with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature

You must 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

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

VHA facilities that offered full-time, one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96-151 (pre-1979) are considered to be acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement

Candidates must 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

Psychologists must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j