Psychology Technician

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***


Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Conducting assessment and evaluation interviews with patients, family, and significant others to obtain pertinent information regarding the patient's history, symptoms, cognitive abilities and willingness to participate in treatment of psychological disorders.
• Use the Mental Health Assistant and the Behavioral Health Lab software to assist with the recording of psychological testing material.
• Assist the clinical psychologists with the administration and scoring of selected tests and screening protocols in accordance with defined procedures.
• Maintain and schedule the administration and operations of the screening and testing program to conform to the policies and procedures of the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VATVCBHCS).
• Assess the patient's emotional function, psychosocial stress indicators, and physical adjustments during treatment activities.
• Provide ongoing assessment and screening of patients as specified in the treatment plans and through the "watchful waiting program."
• Facilitate counseling, behavioral therapy, and psycho-education group therapies.
• Provide individual support for patients as necessary, requiring utilization of a variety of programmatic treatment protocols, to include behavioral therapy, skills training, and counseling theories and modalities.
• Utilize a computerized patient record system to record appropriate, timely, and accurate clinical data in patients' medical record.
• Monitor testing supplies, provide nomenclature to and notify the supervisor when it is time to reorder.
• Assist Primary Care Psychologists and the Chief, Psychology Service in carrying out program evaluations associated with quality assurance and quality improvement plans.
• Performs other duties as assigned.