Home Based Primary Care GeriPACT and Community Living Center Staff Psychologist

Summary

This is an OPEN CONTINOUS ANNOUNCEMENT until 11Dec2026. This position is eligible for EDRP (Education Debt Reduction Program), a student loan reimbursement program. Must meet specific eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit an EDRP application within (4) months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (1-5 years) are determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the application.

Duties

• This is an OPEN CONTINOUS ANNOUNCEMENT, applications will be accepted until 11-Dec-2026 or until vacancies are filled. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available. VA offers a Comprehensive TOTAL REWARD$ package. This position is located at the at Pueblo VA Community Living Center within the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care | Veterans Affairs. This position serves as a staff Geropsychologist providing psychological services to the Eastern Colorado Health Care System. The primary assignments are to Home Based Primary Care Program (HBPC), Pueblo GeriPACT and the Pueblo Community Living Center (CLC). Duties include but are not limited to: Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions in brief episodes of care including: improving health behaviors, reducing MH issues, reducing substance use, care partner coaching, and adapting to physical and/or emotional transitions. Conducts assessment appropriate to individual patient with attention on the implications of assessment results -world function, cultural and familial ecosystem, and successful treatment/management of health problems with an emphasis on behavioral health factors associated with aging. Diagnose mental disorders. Conduct psychological and cognitive assessments. Performs evaluations for caregiver stress and need for coaching for Veterans . Provides psychoeducation to patients and care partners to support healthcare goals. Provides consultation to medical providers related to capacity assessments related to clinical treatments, naming a surrogate, and/or level of care capacity assessments for Veterans as indicated. Works closely with interdisciplinary teams to achieve patient's outcome goals. Provides consultation and education to ECHCS healthcare staff regarding geropsychology specific issues. Consults and coordinates care with community providers following HIPPA practices to support psychosocial recovery of the person served. Provides training and guidance to other mental health staff, as directed and based on areas of expertise. Participates in program development tasks, as assigned. Participates in planning of measurement, gathering and analysis of outcome data to guide program evaluation and development. Assumes responsibility for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation. Maintains ongoing scholarly and self-education activities. Participates in psychology peer review. Work Schedule: Full-time | Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm. Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more 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) 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: Ad-hoc, as determined by agency. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 554-542220, 554-542230,554-542240 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

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. Citizen of the United States. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education. 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 - 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: The re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program; and, The specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. NOTE: The applicant must provide an official transcript and/or certificate documenting the completion of the re-specialization program, which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship. - OR - A doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution, with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature. Internships. 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 and the VHA Office of Academic Affiliations at the time that the individual was an intern. - OR - 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 - 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 - 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. 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. May qualify based on being…

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.