This Staff Psychologist position serves the Central Arkansas Veterans Heatlhcare System, Mental Health Service and conducts psychological assessments, diagnose mental disorders, treat mental disorders through a variety of modalities, provides adjunctive interventions for the treatment of medical disorders, and provides behavioral health consultation to providers on medical, mental health, and a variety of other patient care issues.
Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties of the Staff Psychologist include, but are not limited to: Conducts comprehensive psychological assessments and formulates diagnostic impressions using standardized and clinically appropriate methods Delivers evidence-based and evidence-informed psychotherapy for mental health, substance use, behavioral, and psychosocial concerns within granted clinical privileges Completes all required clinical documentation and charting in accordance with healthcare system timelines, quality standards, and accreditation requirements Provides clinical supervision to unlicensed staff and trainees, guidance and education to assigned staff in psychological service delivery Serves as a resource to other professional personnel by offering consultation regarding psychological services and treatment planning Offers education to patients, patients' family members, professional staff, and trainees on mental health conditions and treatment approaches Performs risk assessments for self-harm or harm to others and implements suicide prevention and crisis management procedures Functions as a contributing member of multidisciplinary medical and mental health teams in inpatient, outpatient, or specialty care settings Participates in performance improvement and quality assurance activities relevant to psychological services and assigned clinical programs Abides by the ethical principles addressed by psychology licensing boards Supports and/or participates in scientific activity May serve on internal and external committees May have administrative responsibilities of limited scope and complexity Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm or 8:00am-4:30pm (Subject to change based on the needs of the service) Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not 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 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 (13-26 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 $416.66.
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: Available, per supervisor discretion Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: GS-11, 99256; GS-12, 99255; GS-13, 99253 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Preferred Experience: Active License Preferred One and a half years (1.5 years) of experience with PCMHI certification as a CCC or similar experience working on integrated behavioral health teams Demonstrated success in teamwork, collaboration, and interpersonal effectiveness especially in busy settings Experience and success in PCMHI same-day access and implementation via scrubbing the PCMHI dashboard to generate patient referrals, huddling with PACT teams, creative outreach Strong computer and written communication skills Experience providing suicide risk assessments and initial treatments Commitment to continual growth in culturally competent practice Experience in treating behavioral health conditions such as chronic pain, sleep disturbance, diabetes treatment adherence, and tobacco cessation Strong background in the provision of brief, individual and group evidence-based therapies (i.e., Motivational Interviewing/Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Behavioral Activation, Mindfulness and Acceptance-based interventions, Problem Solving Therapy, CognitiveBehavioral Therapy for Insomnia, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain) Experience providing tele-mental health services Experience and willingness to supervise and train interns and fellows Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected at GS-11 to GS-13. Physical Demands: Physical aspects associated with work required of this assignment are typical for the occupation, see Duties section for essential job duties of the position. May require standing, lifting, carrying, sitting, stooping, bending, puling, and pushing.
May be required to wear personal protective equipment and undergo annual TB screening or testing as conditions of employment. Work Environment: Work is performed in an office/clinic setting with minimal risks that requires normal safety precautions; the area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. However, the work environment requires someone with the ability to handle several tasks at once in sometimes stressful situations.
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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
alan.stagg-scalia@va.gov · (228) 229-3031
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $94034 – $174233/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-12.
This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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