Staff Psychologist (Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program)

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Psychologist (Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program – BHIP)

• Setting: Outpatient behavioral health clinic as part of an interdisciplinary team

• Schedule: 9:00am–5:30pm

• Telework: May be approved per agency standards; not a virtual position

Description

The Staff Psychologist will provide outpatient, evidence-based psychological services to Veterans within the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) as a generalist clinician. The position includes diagnosis, psychological/neuropsychological assessment, and psychotherapy across individual, couple, family, and group modalities, along with consultation and crisis intervention. The psychologist will develop, implement, and document treatment plans with timely completion of clinical reminders.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose mental disorders and conduct psychological or neuropsychological assessments

• Deliver psycho-diagnostic services and apply appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques

• Provide empirically supported therapeutic interventions (individual, family, and group psychotherapy)

• Provide initial assessments; individual and group psychotherapy; couple and family therapy; treatment planning; consultation/referral; and crisis intervention

• Treat mental disorders using a variety of modalities, including biofeedback, psychological hypnosis, and environmental interventions

• Provide adjunctive interventions for medical and mental disorders

• Educate Veterans, family members, and significant others

• Actively participate as a treatment team member and consult with medical center staff on patient care issues

• Develop and document psychotherapeutic treatment plans for an assigned BHIP caseload and complete clinical reminders promptly

• Support program evaluation, teaching/training, and research activities as assigned

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship

• Proficient in written and spoken English

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Full, current, and unrestricted doctoral-level license to practice psychology in a U.S. state/territory/commonwealth or the District of Columbia

• Doctoral degree in psychology from an APA/PCSAS/CPA-accredited program (or meet an approved alternative education pathway)

• Successfully completed an APA/CPA-accredited professional psychology internship (or meet an approved alternative internship pathway)

• Complete required onboarding and pre-employment conditions, including a pre-employment physical evaluation/examination

Benefits

Federal employee benefits package (eligibility depends on position type and full-time/part-time/intermittent status).