Staff Psychologist-Primary Care Mental Health Integration

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Saint-Cloud; Sur place; EUR 66 000 - 84 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A federal health institution in France is seeking a Psychologist to join its Primary Care Mental Health Integration team. The psychologist will provide mental and behavioral health care, conduct assessments, and lead individual and group psychotherapy sessions. Candidates should demonstrate strong assessment skills and the ability to work collaboratively with medical staff. This role offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a structured work schedule, emphasizing the importance of mental health care in the community.

Prestations

Competitive salary

Paid Time Off (37-50 days annually)

Federal health insurance options

Qualifications

• Strong ability to provide psychological assessments and evaluations.
• Experience in individual and group psychotherapy.
• Capacity to consult with other professionals in mental health.

Responsabilités

• Provide mental/behavioral health care in the Primary Care setting.
• Conduct assessments, individual and group psychotherapy sessions.
• Train psychologists and participate in training programs.

Description du poste

Overview

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

Responsibilities

• The Psychologist is a member of the Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) team assigned to provide mental/behavioral health care/psychological services in the Primary Care setting at the St. Cloud VA Health Care System. The psychologist will provide clinical services for patients presenting in Primary Care for a variety issues. The incumbent provides the full range of psychological services as an integral member of the primary care team, including assessment, individual counseling, psychoeducational groups, and assisting the team in the clinical management of their patients by providing psychological expertise to the medical staff.
• Assessment and Evaluation: Administers, scores, and interprets psychological assessment instruments. Obtains and evaluates personal, educational, and vocational histories, reviews records of other services for pertinent data, and prepares evaluative reports. Incumbent interviews and evaluates patients in order to analyze historical and dynamic factors pertaining to their illness with special concern for factors relating to diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment variables. Works with patients who present particularly difficult diagnostic, prognostic, or treatment problems. When assessing or providing patient care, the employee considers the age of the patient as it relates to the ability to understand directions, to provide objective self-assessment, or to respond to any other medical milieu appropriate to the overall treatment plan. This requires the knowledge of psychological characteristics of all age groups.
• Individual Psychotherapy: May plan, conduct, record, evaluate, and report on individual psychotherapy sessions. Individual psychotherapy refers to the professional process whereby the psychologist assists the patient in working through problems and formulating plans and ideas as distinct from those activities principally concerned with evaluating his/her potential and past history of training/experience. Specifically, incumbent assists patients by evaluating their assets and liabilities and in their attempts to understand themselves, to achieve better interpersonal relationships, and to adapt themselves more effectively to their environments.
• Group Psychotherapy: May plan, conduct, record, evaluate and report on group psychotherapy sessions, as well as facilitate patient education meetings, milieu and ward therapy programs in addition to the professional processes outlined above in paragraph 2. May conduct family therapy sessions.
• Consultation: May consult with other psychologists, consultants, professional staff, medical center management, or individuals and organizations in the community, usually relating to the status of or plans for patients, problems or procedures related to the operation of the Mental Health Partners Outpatient Clinic, and/or problems referred by other services. May serve persons other than patients, such as screening or counseling of personnel when they are referred.
• Research: May review professional literature for research planning, hypothesis development, instrumentation, data analysis, and scientific reports. May conduct research that is local, fact-finding, or basic and developmental. May also conduct research that involves direct or indirect service to patients or to the medical center.
• Training: May plan and personally participate in station-wide training programs and in the training of psychologists and other personnel. May serve on the Psychology Training Committee. Receives training from staff psychologists and other professional personnel including supervision, in-service training, and station workshops and seminars.
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm Evenings and weekends may be required
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for highly qualified applicants.
• Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
• EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact [e-mail], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
• Telework: Not Available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
• Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
• Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• 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)
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Requirements

No explicit qualifications are listed beyond the duties described in this description.