Staff Psychologist - Caregiver Support Program

The Caregiver Support Program (CSP) is one of the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) most rapidly growing service areas, as a result of infrastructure modernization, programming innovation, and expansion of population-served by the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) under MISSION Act. The incumbent serves as the psychologist for this VISN-level interprofessional group of clinical reviewers-the CSP's Centralized Eligibility and Appeal Team (CEAT).

Major duties include, but are not limited to :

Administrative Responsibilities :

• Reviews dispositions of PCAFC initial eligibility decisions; reassessments; and appeal decisions for clinical eligibly determinations, within 45 days of receipt from facilities and other CSP VISN CEAT. This is done from a psychological perspective.
• Analyzes mental health data obtained from VHA electronic health record and collateral records for use in determining PCAFC clinical eligibility and documents findings in approved CSP PCAFC templated notes.
• Works with interprofessional team members at Regional, VISN and facility levels to ensure PCAFC eligibility determinations are delivered objectively with strong, consistent inter-rater agreement and with documentation and communication of outcomes in a direct and coordinated manner.
• Utilizes knowledge of PCAFC clinical eligibility to coordinate with other regional CEATs the transfer of appeals for inter-VISN evaluation.
• Brings a knowledge of and ability to administer, score and interpret the widest array of psychometric psychological assessments (e.g., attention / concentration, memory, executive functioning, intelligence, reasoning and judgement) to assist CEAT with case disposition and team's recommendations.
• Conducts Peer Reviews from a psychological standpoint, which may occur at the regional level, to aide in achieving consistency nationally.
• Collaborates with and contributes knowledge to a community of practice across VISN's and Regions with CSP CSC's and CEAT members.

Facility Responsibilities :

Work Schedule : Monday through Friday; 07 : 30 to 16 : 00

Telework : Ad-Hoc only.

Virtual : This is not a virtual position.

Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized