Summary This position is Recruitment/Relocation incentive eligible for highly qualified individuals 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. Responsibilities The John D Dingell VA Medical Center is a level 1C facility located in the revitalized midtown area of Detroit, Michigan. Our Mental Health Service has over 200 FTE and includes an award-winning Homeless Program, 50-bed Domiciliary, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC), Veterans Community Resource and Referral Center (VCRRC), and Vocational Rehabilitation Program in addition to the typical VA programs- outpatient general mental health (BHIPs), PTSD, SUD, Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI), inpatient mental health, consultation-liaison, and Suicide Prevention. We sponsor psychology internship and postdoctoral training programs as well as a mental health social work internship program in addition to hosting medical students and psychiatry residents from Wayne State University, our main academic affiliate. The incumbent is a psychologist and serves in a full-time capacity within the Mental Health Service. The psychologist will work as a member of a BHIP (Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program) team, providing care to this population. The incumbent will mainly provide psychological assessments and individual psychotherapy and will also likely provide couples psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, perform intakes, conduct psychological assessments and testing to their BHIP's patient panel. Care will be expected to be delivered mainly in person and through VA Video Connect (VVC) to the Veteran's home or other safe location. Patients will be presenting with a broad spectrum of mental health, emotional, and behavioral presentations. The standard location of work is at the John D Dingell VA Medical Center main facility, where BHIP MH programs are generally located. Duties include: Provides a full range of biopsychosocial diagnostic services including psychological testing and assessments as well as neuropsychological screening Provides evidence-based psychotherapy and other therapeutic interventions utilizing VA based guidance and guidelines Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions for patients, including individual, couples, and group psychotherapy Uses the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care Performs routine brief assessments as appropriate Provides brief mental health and behavioral interventions as appropriate Provides clinical care coordination and case management of patients as appropriate Liaisons/advocates on behalf of the BHIP and/or Veteran/caregiver between settings of care, both internal and external to the VA Provides patient and caregiver education, both in individual and group formats Provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as a liaison to family members, as needed Assesses the need for referral for more intensive and/or specialty mental health service Independently identifies high-risk patients and connects with needed resources and services, as needed Consults, collaborates, and coordinates with other staff who provide care to Veteran Completes comprehensive Veteran-centered, recovery-focused treatment plans and updates as appropriate/required Completes clinical reminders Serves as psychology champion for treatment planning, discharge planning, and psychosocial and psychotherapeutic needs Perform VA police psychological examinations as needed May serve as a consultant to one or more Vet Center(s), including but not limited to the Vet Centers located in Detroit, Pontiac, Dearborn, and Macomb Provides clinical supervision to psychology trainees Mary be involved in the training of medical students, medical and psychiatric residents, nursing students, fellows and other graduate or post-graduate trainees, as appropriate Performs routine and in-depth mental health and psychological evaluations, including intake assessments and neuropsychological screening Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday - 8:00 am to 4:30 pm with at least one day offering evening hours (10:00 am to 6:30 pm); compressed tours may be authorized Telework: May be available on ad hoc basis, based upon needs of agency Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 91400-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidate EDRP Authorized: May be authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Requirements 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. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probationary period. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. 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 Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. Qualifications 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. English Language Proficiency Requirement - Per VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, Paragraph 3j: No person will be appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C., chapter 73 or 74, to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA who is not proficient in written and spoken English. Education Requirement - You must have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), 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. OR, have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and, in addition, successfully completed a respecialization program meeting both of the following conditions: a) the respecialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program; and b) the specialty in which you were retrained is consistent with the assignment you are am applying for; OR, have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution, with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature. Internship Requirement - You must have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program that was accredited by APA 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, 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 an