Supervisory Psychologist

NOTE:
This position is multi-disciplinary and can be filled by:
Social Worker, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, and Psychologist. Applicants must apply to the appropriate vacancy announcement.

The incumbent serves as Supervisory Psychologist on the multidisciplinary team that is located in a community-based Vet Center that provides veterans with community outreach, counseling, therapy, treatment and direct services and referral to VA and community resources and community education regarding the problems and needs of the Veteran.

The incumbent's primary responsibility is to provide clinical and administrative leadership, management and supervision of all Vet Center staff and all other professional, paraprofessional and nonprofessional staff assigned to work at the Vet Center and to plan, develop, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate all treatment services of the Vet Center.

Additional duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Ensures that the Vet Center operates in an efficient manner that ensures good patient care. Budget management, clinical staff supervision, compliance to applicable RCS and VHA policy is performed on a routine basis.
Responsible for staff selection, education and career development.

Provides clinical, professional, and administrative supervision to the clinical staff of the Vet Center, to include evaluating staff performance.

Provides screening/assessment of Veteran clients, treatment planning and goal setting, referral to service providers, development of a resource file, Veteran advocacy, crisis intervention, education/health promotion, coordination of non-institutional and institutional services, and individual/group counseling.

Develops, implements, and measures market penetration of Vet Center services through a comprehensive outreach plan for the primary service area of the Vet Center.

Ensures the most efficient assignment of staff to meet client needs within allotted resources.
Provides crisis intervention, stabilization and follow-up for Veterans and significant others.
Keeps abreast of current state-of-the-art procedures, processes and data-driven treatment approaches.

Develops and determines appropriate community referral resources in the VA and private sector, and will refer Veterans and their family members to those available resources when appropriate.

Other duties as assigned.

VA Careers - Psychologist:Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Psychologist:Work Schedule
: 8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday -Friday; Some evenings and weekends may be required to meet the needs of Veterans

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized

Pay:

Competitive salary and regular salary increases when setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off:
37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

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.

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.

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Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework
:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #

: 76787A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO):
Not Authorized

Fi

nancial Disclosure Report:
Not required

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