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Posted:
July 16, 2021
Location:
Lawton, Oklahoma
Salary:
Open
Discipline:
Psychology
As the Supervisory Psychologist Vet Center Director on the multidisciplinary team located at the community-based Vet Center you will provide veterans with community outreach, counseling, therapy, treatment and direct/ refer services to VA, community resources, and community education regarding the problems and needs of the veteran. You will supervise and provide consultation to those providing clinical services. As the Psychologist (Vet Center Director) the selectee will be on a multidisciplinary team that is located in a community-based Vet Center that provides veterans with community outreach, counseling, therapy, treatment and direct services and referral to VA and community resources and community education regarding the problems and needs of the veteran. The Vet Center Director conducts interviews and counseling with clients and provides social/psychological assessment and treatment to clients; crisis intervention and both short and long-term services. He/she provides guidance and consultation to other team members conducting interviews, counseling, and therapy. The selectee is responsible for establishing, maintaining and conducting outreach activities with veterans, community and service organizations, business and industry, professionals and the public; The Vet Center Director provides direct social work intervention involving serious and complicated problems frequently encountered by veterans and their families or significant others; Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, communicated through the formal employee performance management system. The selectee performs program analysis, development, review, research, design, and public contact work. Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance; Resolves informal complaints and grievances. The Vet Center Director develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary; Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters; Reviews and approves or time and leave authorization for all Vet Center staff. Preferred Experience: Working with combat veterans in providing family counseling services. Working with veterans who were sexually traumatized/harassed while in the military. Conducting psycho-social assessments and the provision of processing psychotherapy for trauma related conditions. Implement treatment plans for combat Veterans/and their families. Telework schedules: Not authorized for this position Virtual work schedules: Not authorized for this position Functional Statement Title: Supervisory Psychologist Relocation / Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized for this position Relocation Expenses: Not authorized for this position. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. may include some evenings and weekends Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Internal Number: 607402500
About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Providing Health Care for Veterans: The Veterans Health Administration is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,255 health care facilities, including 170 medical centers and 1,074 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
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