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Job Field: Hospitality Jobs
Location: Biloxi, MS
Salary: $57,408.00 - $106,369.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (228)523-4598

JOB SUMMARY:

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Clinical Psychologist (Blind Rehabilitation), Full Time, Biloxi, MS:  Monday thru Friday (8:00am - 4:30pm); Grade and salary to be determined by the Professional Standards Board.  Vacancy Identification Number (VIN):  742425.

The full performance level for this position is GS-13.   Applicants will be considered at the GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 grade levels.

 

                      Opening Date:   September 7, 2012       Closing Date:   September 27, 2012

 

                                                                     Location:   Biloxi, Mississippi

 

The Mississippi Gulf Coast is a great place to live and work!  You'll find picturesque, white-sand beaches lining the Gulf of Mexico, exciting, fun-filled outdoor activities to include boating, fishing and championship golf courses, taste-tantalizing cuisine, plentiful shopping, and must-see cultural attractions.  Mississippi's Gulf Coast also features unlimited stakes gaming, top-name entertainment, and spectacular stage shows you won't want to miss.  With a unique combination of attractions that will please everyone, Mississippi's Gulf Coast is undoubtedly "the" place to live and work!

 

The VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (VAGCVHCS) is a multi-divisional health care system based in Biloxi, Mississippi spanning the Gulf Coast to include the following Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Mobile, AL, Pensacola, Ft. Walton Beach, and Panama City, Florida.  Acute inpatient medical and surgical care, primary, specialty outpatient care, long-term care, blind rehabilitation, as well as inpatient and outpatient mental health services are provided at the Biloxi campus.  Over 200,000 veterans reside in our service area.  The VAGCVHCS has affiliation agreements with three medical schools and numerous associated health programs.  We support resident training in cardiology, dermatology, general surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, psychiatry, radiology, and dental programs, as well as a general thoracic fellowship.  The residents rotate from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana State University in New Orleans, and Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi.  Visit the following website for further information about the Gulf Coast:   www.gulfcoast.org.

 

This position is located at the VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, Biloxi, Mississippi.  This setting for the VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System spans south Mississippi, south Alabama and the Florida panhandle.  The position is ideal for those who those enjoy working on integrative, multidisciplinary teams, utilizing evidence based therapies within a recovery oriented approach.  The position will encompass a significant amount of integrative treatment, and the position requires a person who is well versed in a variety of evidence-based therapies or one who is seeking further experience with these approaches.  Funding is available for learning new therapies and attending conferences.  This opening provides the incumbent psychologist with discretion in building their own caseloads and clinics, participating in psychology Master's, pre-doctoral, post-doctoral training programs, and research.  Psychologists are full members of the medical staff.

 

The optimal candidate will have a broad variety of assessment and therapy skills, including training in Evidenced Based Therapies.   Psychologist will work in the Blind Rehabilitation Clinic and will have the professional responsibility for visually-impaired and blinded Veterans' cases that involve treating difficult and complex clinical issues both in terms of severity of the visual impairment and the presence of complicating emotional factors, which impinge on the rehabilitation process.   E ligible recent post-docs and other new graduates are encouraged to apply.

 

Psychology Service, VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, has an outstanding team of providers, with full medical staff membership status and associated benefits.   Psychology Service is also fully integrated into the leadership of the health care system, and provides administrative oversight into psychological/neuropsychological/vocational services, as well as EAP and all system research administration.

 

As a VA professional Psychologist, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries.

 

VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities.  For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/ .

 

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.  How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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U. S. Citizenship

Must pass pre-employment examination

English Language Proficiency required

Designated and-or Random Drug Testing required

Background and-or Security Investigation required