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The psychologist provides direct patient care services to selected patients. The staff psychologist will establish and maintain therapeutic relationships and exercise professional judgment to provide treatment for Veterans. Clinical responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services
- Chooses the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care in the primary care medical setting.
- Performs evaluations and short-term interventions for a wide range of patients addressing a range of mental health and physical disorders.
- Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including: individual, marital and group therapy and psycho-educational classes.
- Involved with program evaluation, process improvement, and limited research activities.
- Provides independent psychological services at all levels of complexity and consults with peers and supervisors as appropriate.
- Provides clinical supervision to more junior psychologists.
- May hold a faculty appointment such as at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine; as appropriate to location.
- Provides clinical supervision to various disciplines and levels of training: medical students, psychiatric residents, psychology graduate students, psychology postdoctoral fellows and psychology interns, as appropriate to location.
- Provides leadership guidance and consultation to staffs of units to which assigned.
- Serves as a consultant to other VA Health Care System staff and trainees and assists in their case formulation and forming appropriate treatment expectations regarding their patients.
- Oversees/implements program monitors and outcome measurements within program assigned using a data-driven quality assurance process.
- Is responsible for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation required by the medical center, as appropriate.
- If applicable and time allows, plans and oversees the completion of personal research programs, designed to provide information regarding program planning and relevant treatment approaches.
- Presents outcome data and research results at VA and regional or national scientific or professional meetings.
- Assists in preparation of RFP's and grant proposals as assigned.
- Serves on OKC VA Health Care System or VISN and/or national VA committees or task forces.
- Actively participate in local, state and/or national professional organizations
- Represents the medical center at professional programs and/or events, or on VA or community committees.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Irregular tours and/or Saturday work may be required.
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Title/Functional Statement #:Psychologist-Primary Care Mental Health Integration/PD000000, PD53174-A, PD53175-A, and PD53176-A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact Khristine.Yates@VA.gov , the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Personnel

Qualifications

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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: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Licensure. 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.
• Education
  (1) Have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (AP A), the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS), or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) at the time the program was completed. The specialty area of the degree must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be
  employed. For the purpose of meeting this requirement, the term "specialty area" refers to the specific specialty areas recognized by the accrediting body and not to specific job duties that might require special skills. Currently, AP A accredits doctoral programs in the specialty areas of clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, or combinations of two or more of those areas. PCSAS
  accredits doctoral programs in psychological clinical science. CPA accredits doctoral programs in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, clinical neuropsychology, and school psychology.
  OR
  (2) Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and, in addition, successfully complete a re-specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of the 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.
  NOTE: The applicant must provide an official transcript and/or certificate documenting the completion of the re-specialization program, which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship. [Psychologists who have successfully completed a re-specialization program as described above and who were employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs prior to the implementation of this standard
  are considered to have fully met the educational requirements of these qualification standards.]
  OR
  (3) Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution, with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature.]
  AND
  ( 4) Internships
  (a) Have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program that was accredited by AP A or CPA at the time the program was completed and that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
  OR
  (b) New VHA psychology internship programs that are in the process of applying for AP A 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;
  OR
  ( c) 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;
  OR
  ( d) Applicants who completed an internship that was not accredited by AP A or CPA at the time the program was completed may be considered eligible for hire only if they are currently board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. (NOTE: Once board certified, the employee is required to
  maintain board certification.)
  [OR
  (e) Applicants who have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally accredited institution with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature may fulfill this internship requirement by having the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience in a site specifically acceptable to the candidate's doctoral program. If the internship experience is not noted on the applicant's official transcript, the applicant must provide a statement from the doctoral program verifying that the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience was completed in a site acceptable to the doctoral program.
  NOTE: Psychologists who meet the requirements of this revision and who were employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs prior to the implementation of this standard are considered to have fully met the requirements of this qualification standard.}

How you will be evaluated

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, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.

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.