The Department of Veterans Affairs Houston Healthcare System is seeking a full-time Staff Psychologist for the Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX.  The Psychologist will provide direct patient contact including, but not limited to: case management, psychological assessment and treatment planning, individual psychotherapy/assessment sessions, family/caregiver stress therapy sessions, and other evidenced based treatments for serious mental illness. The Psychologist will perform evaluations for patients with a variety of psychological disorders.

Work Schedule:  Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. – Telework available

We offer:

• Likely starting base salary range:  $104,340 - $193,333
• Recruitment Incentive
• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)Assistance with payment of outstanding medical school loans up to $200K over 5 years max
• Malpractice: Liability protection
• 13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year
• Federal Retirement Plan
• Separate 401K with partial agency match
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

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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.

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