Unique Primary Care Psychology opportunities serving Veterans
Veterans Health Administration
Application
Details
Posted: 02-Oct-24
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Psychologist
Psychology
Sector:
Government
Salary Details:
Up to $200k in Loan Repayment opportunity
Required Education:
Doctorate
Internal Number: 9
The Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center is actively hiring full-time Psychologists to join our team in a variety of Indiana cities. Join us in our mission to provide veterans with the world-class benefits and services they have earned.
The Primary Care Mental Health Integration Psychologist is an integrated partner in our interdisciplinary primary care team, providing services for a wide range of concerns, resolving problems within the primary care service context. These behavioral health visits are brief (generally 20-30 minutes), limited in number (avg. 2-3 visits), and are provided in the primary care practice area, making mental and behavioral health care part of routine primary care service. PCMHI is fast-paced and Psychologists can expect to provide a variety of services for on average 5-8 patients per day in addition to consulting as needed with their team members.
Highlights:
Opportunity for up to $200K in Student Loan Repayment
Team environment
Typical shift M-F 7:30a-4:00p or 8:00a-4:30p
No call or weekends required
Opportunity to be involved in teaching
Many hybrid positions (with opportunity for up to 2 days per week of Telework)
A variety of outpatient Primary Care locations
Brownsburg
Lafayette
Martinsville
Terre Haute
VA offers... a comprehensive total rewards package:
Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Parental leave: Opportunity for up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave
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 (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Qualifications:
United States Citizenship
Education-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.
Licensure: Candidates must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in any state.
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.