This Psychologist position is located in Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 1 Primary Care at one of the VISN 1 campus locations. Incumbent will be required to reside within VISN 1. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. This position is also open to the Public under CBGS-12155665-24-TLW; Nurse Practitioner(NP), Registered Nurse (RN), or Psychologist. For NPs apply to CBTD-12161638-HL, RNs apply to CBTD-12161637-HL, Physicians apply to CBTD-12161302-24-MT.

Duties

This position is a temporary position not to exceed 2 years. Individuals could give up permanent tenure if selected for this position. Location Negotiable is within VISN 1 facilities to include: Augusta, ME; Manchester, NH; White River Junction, VT; Northampton, MA; Bedford, MA; West Roxbury, MA; Jamaica Plain, MA; Brockton, MA; Providence, RI; Newington, CT; West Haven, CT to be negotiated later. The incumbent is a member of the VISN 1 Primary Care Integrated Clinical Community, aligned under VISN 1 Primary Care and reports directly to the VISN 1 Primary Care Director. As the Primary Care Educator, the incumbent will support and represent VISN1 and facility goals by developing an organized education strategic plan for primary care optimization. The incumbent focuses on supporting the full implementation of the patient aligned care team (PACT) model and the primary care delivery system within a whole health system of care. Role-specific competencies and duties include: Assist with assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, evaluating, updating, and maintaining Primary Care orientation, training programs and activities as related to Primary Care optimization. Establishing an infrastructure to support VISN wide Primary Care education and communication pathways. Member of the VISN 1 Primary Care Education Committee and the VISN 1 Primary Care Integrated Clinical Community. Serves as a lead Point Of Contact (POC) and collaborates with the Office of Primary Care (OPC) Clinical Learning department and VISN wide education departments. Reviews all relevant data sources such as eQM, VSSC, and PACT Profile reports to develop data driven processes. Applies various teaching modalities/educational standards to achieve the learning objectives. Assists Primary Care leaders at each facility to identify opportunities for improvement and works collaboratively to create and implement action plans. Maintains expertise and serves as a consultant on the PACT model and the Primacy Care Delivery System standard work. Shares identified barriers that impede full implementation of the model with facility and VISN Primary Care leadership for assistance. Fosters effective collegial relationships with other educators/staff development specialists across the VISN and the larger VA health care community. Leads the development of an education plan that includes standardized Primary Care Delivery System orientation/training and communicates changes to Primary Care leaders. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Compressed/Flexible:Compressed or Flexible work schedule may be available Telework: Authorized Remote: Remote not Authorized Functional Statement #: F06235 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Notifications: This position is in the Excepted Service. Veterans' preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees. This position is a AFGE Bargaining Unit position. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay. May be required to attend conference at other facilities or other VA sites on occasion. All applicants must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Requirements

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: The basic requirements for employment as a VHA psychologist are prescribed by Public Law 96-151 codified in 38 U.S.C. § 7402. To qualify for appointment, all applicants for the position of psychologist in VHA must meet the following: a. Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g this part). b. English Language Proficiency: Psychologists must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j. c. Education:To qualify for appointment, all applicants for the position of psychologist in VHA must possess one of the education credentials as described below. (1) 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. 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, APA 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. There are no job assignments in VHA that require the skills of a school psychologist; therefore, an applicant with a degree in the specialty area of school psychology is not eligible for appointment. Strictly for the purpose of determining eligibility for appointment as a psychologist in VHA, there is no distinction between the specialty areas (with the exception of 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. OR, (3) Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution, with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature. d. Internship:In addition to meeting the education requirements, you must also meet the internship requirements to be found qualified for this position: (a) 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, (b) 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 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 APA 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. e. 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. f. Board Certification and Loss of Credential: (1) Board Certification. Persons hired to psychology positions in the VHA who completed an internship that was not accredited at the time the program was completed must be 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. The board certificate must be current and the applicant must abide by the certifying body's requirement for continuing education. (2) Loss of Credential. Once board certified, psychologist must maintain a full, valid and unrestricted board certification to remain qualified for employment. A psychologist who fails to maintain the required board certification must be removed from the occupation, which may result in termination of employment. At the discretion of the appointing official, an employee may be reassigned to another occupation if qualified and if a placement opportunity exists. GRADE DETERMINATION: Clinical Psychologist GS-11 a) Experience. None beyond the basic requirements. GRADE DETERMINATION: Clinical Psychologist GS-12 a. Experience: At least 1 year of experience as a professional psychologist equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11). Psychologists who are not licensed must practice under the supervision of a licensed psychologist but with less intense supervision than at the GS-11 grade level. b. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): In addition to the criteria listed above, you must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: 1. Apply a wide range of professional psychological treatments or assessment methods to a variety of patient populations. 2. Design/implement effective treatment strategies. 3. Incorporate new clinical procedures. 4. Conduct research activities, such as designing and implementing clinical research projects (staff psychologists with specified research job duties). 5. Perform basic research tasks of scholarship and research execution within the context of an established research team, including research participant relations, research documentation, data acquisition, maintenance, and collaboration. GRADE DETERMINATION: Clinical Psychologist GS-13 a. Experience: Applicants applying at the GS-13 grade level must have at least 2 years of experience as a professional psychologist, with at least one year equivalent to the GS-12 level b. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): In addition to the criteria listed above, you must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: (1)Apply, professional psychological treatments to the full range of patient populations. (2) Provide professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional psychology and behavioral health. (3) Knowledge of clinical research literature.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address VISN 1 VA New England Healthcare System 200 Springs Rd Bedford, MA 01730 US
• Name: Thomas Whiddon
• Phone: 508-521-4067
• Email: [email protected]