This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/466222300. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
This VA serves veterans throughout the state of Delaware, southern New Jersey, eastern Maryland and southeastern Pennsylvania. Wilmington offers easy access to I-95 to cultural and recreational opportunities in Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC. Major league sports abound in Philadelphia, sailing on the Chesapeake Bay and swimming at Atlantic coast beaches are popular summer activities. Wintertime is ski time in the nearby Pocono Mountains. Wilmington is served by major air routes thru Philadelphia and Baltimore and major rail routes thru Amtrak and metroliner service. Delaware has no sales
The Wilmington, Delaware VA Medical is currently recruiting for an experienced full-time Psychologist (Pain Management) to work in the Medical Service Department. Tour of Duty will be Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
03/21/2017 to 08/31/2017
$92,387 - $120,102 per year
GS 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
Not required
No
Permanent - Excepted Service Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
13
No
AC-17-MB-1931095-BU
466222300
He/she reports to the Chief of Medicine, as the first line supervisor, who assumes broad oversight responsibility for the structure and functioning of the program to which the Psychologist is assigned.
Pain Management:
1. Provides comprehensive behavioral health and mental health services to Veterans with complex and chronic disabling pain.
2. Pain management therapy to patients, including cognitive-behavioral interventions, biofeedback, relaxation techniques, and highly specialized electro-anesthetic techniques as endorsed through the Director of Pain Management.
3. Psycho-education to address lifestyle issues related to pain management, disability adjustment, sleep problems, weight loss or medical compliance issues.
4. Screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of depression, anxiety and related Axis I conditions, with an emphasis on the application of time-limited, evidence-based behavioral health care interventions.
5. Services to couples or families, when appropriate, to relieve relationship difficulties, provide support, or promote collaboration with the Pain Management team.
6. Screening for cognitive deficits to address specific functional questions or determine if referral is needed for neuropsychological or dementia assessment
Palliative Care:
1. Provide a full range of psychological assessment and treatment services of mental disorders in palliative care setting with knowledge of and ability to provide age specific care for aging population by adapting to needs of the patient population with attention to safety risks.
2. Sensitive to cultural diversity and serves as a leader in the promotion of culturally sensitive interaction between providers, Veterans and family members.
3. Provide input for specific measures to monitor the effectiveness of the palliative care treatment ensuring that VHA directives and national Palliative Care guidelines are utilized.
4. Prioritizes patient care based on patient acuity and identified needs.
5. Initiate, plan, implement, evaluate, and appropriately document patient care based on identified measurable outcomes. Evaluate and document patients' responses to interventions and updates the plans of care as appropriate.
6. Provide education to patients, family members, and significant others.
7. Provide comprehensive, evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
8. Provide consultation to professional staff within WVAMC and to community providers, concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for patients.
9. Develop, implement, and document the psychotherapeutic treatment plan, including assessments, for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of clinical reminders.
10. Function independently as a member of the WVAMC medical staff, with full clinical privileges. Assumes complete professional responsibility for his/her clinical assessment findings, patient care decisions, and documentation.
Administrative Responsibilities:
1. Assists in the design, development, and implementation of clinical programs for a team of treatment providers.
2. Adheres to operational policies and procedures for the treatment team.
3. Assist in the execution of ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical program.
4. Facilitates liaisons with other health care programs in order to effectively coordinate services.
5. Complies with national and local performance measures, including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients.
6. Complies with all Computer Patient Record System (CPRS) documentation procedures, including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient check out procedures (e.g., entering diagnostic and procedure codes).
7. Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Chief of Medicine and/or Director of Pain Management.
8. Attends monthly staff meetings, interdisciplinary team meetings, and complies with Psychology Service peer review procedures.
9. Provides facility wide education on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of a variety of complex chronic pain disorders and related health issues, including the identification and treatment of mental health disorders within the context of chronic medical illness.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm.
Functional Statement Title/#: Psychologist, (Pain Management, GS-13)
Physical Requirements:
Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary, but may require walking, bending, standing, climbing steps, carrying of light items such as files and manuals
Basic Requirements:
U.S. citizenship. Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Licensure: Current and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States(e.g., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia.
Education: Doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). The specialty area of the degree must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
AND
Have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program that has been accredited by APA; Exceptions : (1)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 Central Office of Academic Affiliations at the time that the individual was an intern and (2) VHA facilities who offered full one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96-151 (pre-1979) are considered to be acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement.
VHA Psychology Qualification Standards (VA Handbook 5005, Pt. II, App. G18) require that a VHA psychologist must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia. It allows an exception to this requirement for an individual psychologist, for a period not to exceed 2 years from the date of employment, on the condition that such a psychologist provide care only under the supervision of a fully licensed psychologist.
The Psychologist for whom this functional statement applies is assigned to the Medicine Service at the Wilmington VAMC and affiliated Community Based Outpatient Centers (CBOC) within the Medicine Service Line.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Quality of Experience. Experience is only creditable if it is post-doctoral degree experience as a professional psychologist directly related to the duties to be performed. Qualifying experience must also be at a level comparable to professional psychology experience at the next lower level.
GS-13
(a) Licensure. Hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States (e.g., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia.
(b) Experience. 1 year of experience as a Psychologist equivalent to the next lower grade level, GS-12. In addition the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs:
(1) Knowledge of, and ability to apply, advanced professional psychological theories and techniques to the full range of patient populations.
(2) Ability to provide professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional psychology and behavioral health.
(3) Knowledge of clinical research literature.
Assignments; This is the full performance level for staff psychologists. At this level psychologists are licensed at the doctoral level to practice independently in the provision of psychological services consulting with peers and supervisors as appropriate. They are assigned to any VHA program and setting, including inpatient or outpatient medicine, surgery, mental health, neurology, rehabilitation medicine, geriatrics, Vet Centers, and the VHA National Center for Organizational Development.
Staff Psychologists diagnose mental disorders, conduct psychological and/or neuropsychological assessments, treat mental disorders through a variety of modalities and provide adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders. Among the modalities provided are individual, family, and group psychotherapies, and other interventions such as biofeedback, psychological hypnosis, and environmental interventions. They consult with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues. Staff psychologists may be involved in program evaluation and/or research activities.
References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/15, PART II, APPENDIX G18, DATED MARCH 17, 2006. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Your application, résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
You will be evaluated on Performance Based Interviews, which is a selection process that uses interviewing techniques to ask job applicants questions about the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics they have that are important in order for them to do a good job. The following website contains information for those preparing for interviews: www.va.gov/pbi.
NOTE: The Professional Standards Board (a peer-review group) will recommend the grade and salary for new appointments.
All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
·OF-306
·Other (VA FORM 10-2850c)
·Resume
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
to make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), documentation to support Veterans Preference claims, etc. You will not be contacted for additional information.
Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents: You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents to your online application, follow the directions located at the following site: Fax Options. The Vacancy ID of the job opportunity announcement is 1931095.
NOTE: If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper application (1203-FX) as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the View Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Thursday, August 31, 2017 to receive consideration.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. During our review, if your résumé and application package do not support your questionnaire answers, we will adjust your rating accordingly. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email (if provided); otherwise, applicants will receive a notification letter via the U.S. Postal Service. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the status of your application at any time by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking on "Application Status." For a more detailed update of your status, click on "more information." Information regarding applicant notification points can be found in the USAJobs Resource Center.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/466222300. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
Learn more about
Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 1931095
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
Bargaining Unit/Union: AFGE - 1276