Job Details
Overview
Counseling Psychologist Irwin AMC Ft Riley, KS
Irwin Army Community Hospital (IACH) at Ft Riley is uniquely located in the rolling Flint Hills region of Northeast Kansas. Nestled between Junction City (pop. 25,000) and Manhattan (pop. 57,000), the local area has an abundance of outdoor activities where you with unlimited opportunities to fish, hike, swim, and explore!
Enjoy BigXII college sports and entertainment at Kansas State University in Manhattan; as well as a thriving night life. Experience travel simplified at the Manhattan Regional Airport or international travel through Kansas City International Airport. Manhattan has been recognized on the following for its quality of life:
. #3 on a list of Best Small Places for Business and Careers (Forbes). Top 10 Places to Retire (Money Magazine). Top 50 College Towns in America (Best College Reviews). Top 10 Best Places to Retire Young (CNN Money). Top 100 Places to Live in America (Livability)
Join #TeamIACH, your home in the Flint Hills; making Fort Riley the best place in the Army for Soldiers to live, train, deploy from, and come home to.
Our civilian team members are eligible for full federal benefits packages which include:
* 401k (TSP, 5% match)
* Retirement pension (FERS, five years to be vested)
* Health, life, long-term, vision, and dental insurance for the employee and family members
* Competitive pay, regular cost of living and time in service base salary increases.
* Performance awards
* Paid on-the-job training and developmental opportunities
* Ten paid federal holidays, ample vacation days, separate sick leave that does not expire
* Recruitment and retention incentives
* Paid relocation costs
* Free parking at work
* USO Airport Lounge Access
* Access to MWR services and activities which include childcare options
* Military service buy-back eligibility
Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link:
Responsibilities
Provides a full range of psychological interventions to patients, including individual, couples/family, and group therapy. Interventions will address broad based mental health conditions, including depression, PTSD, anxiety, substance misuse, and adjustment to and coping with chronic disease. When appropriate uses newly proven or experimental techniques. Presents informed reports or educates multi-disciplinary teams on the use of newly proven or evidence-based intervention techniques.
Works as a key team member to promote, create, and maintain a psychotherapeutic atmosphere among the staff. Educates and trains staff around mental health issues and treatments, recovery-oriented care, boundaries, ethics, etc. Provides advice to other staff professionals to promote and preserve a recovery-oriented environment for individual patients.
Qualifications
Basic Requirement for Counseling Psychologist :Degree: Two full academic years of graduate study directly related to professional work in counseling psychology, or a master's degree directly related to counseling psychology.
Licensure: The Counseling Psychologist position requires applicants to possess a current, active, valid, unrestricted counseling/psychologist license from a U.S. State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required. (Note: You must attach a copy of your license)