[AVAPL Members] Please circulate to any interested parties - SUD Psychologist Opening Madison WI

From: "Smith, Tracey L. - Madison,WI" <Tracey.Smith2@xxxxxx>
To: <members1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:52:26 -0600
Psychologist

(Addictions Disorders Treatment Clinic)

 

Overview

The William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison,
Wisconsin, is an employer of choice with an emphasis on excellence in
patient care, education and research. We are an 87-bed acute care
facility that provides tertiary medical, surgical, neurological, and
psychiatric care, and a full range of outpatient services for a primary
service area which includes 130,000 veterans who live in 15 counties in
south-central Wisconsin and in five counties of northwestern Illinois. 

 

The Madison VAH is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin Medical
School, and is physically connected to the University of Wisconsin
Clinical Science Center, which includes the UW Hospital and Clinics.
Madison VAH also has 51 affiliations with 27 institutions including
medical, nursing and allied health schools at the University of
Wisconsin. The FY08 research budget was approximately $3 million in VA
funding and $8 million in non-VA funding.

 

Madison WI consistently ranks as one of the top places in the country to
live, work, go to school, play and raise a family. In 2006, Madison was
voted one of the best places to live by Money Magazine.

 

Patient Care

The licensed psychologist selected for this position will provide
services to veterans with substance abuse disorders and dual diagnosis
patients (serious mental illness and substance abuse problems). The
selectee has the overall responsibility for providing the full range of
psychological services to veterans from all eras. The psychologist will
see veterans with a wide range of psychiatric diagnoses as well as
simple and complex psychosocial problems. These services include intake
evaluations, the use of psychometric instruments to assess personality
and cognitive functioning, rendering diagnostic opinions, treatment
planning, and the provision of individual, group, and family
psychotherapy, using a variety of techniques founded on evidence-based
psychological principles. The selectee will develop appropriate
treatment modalities for these patients and provide guidance to other
staff in conducting such treatment

 

Research

The selectee may design, implement, analyze, and interpret data
collected for performance/quality improvement projects. He/she may
actively participate in the research of other mental health staff
members. The Madison VA mental health service line has an active
research arm with several principal investigators (M.D.s and Ph.D.s) who
are conducting both grant funded and investigator-initiated research.



Academic/Teaching/Training 
The selectee will provide clinical supervision to various disciplines
and levels of training to include pre-doctoral psychology trainees.
He/she may be involved in the training of medical students, psychiatric
residents and fellows, and other graduate or post-graduate trainees, as
appropriate. 

 

Closing Date: March 24, 2010

 

Look for this job posting and application instructions at USAJOBS.gov. 
Vacancy Announcement: HYB-10-026-MA

USAJOBS - The Federal Government's Official Jobs Site
<http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/> 

 

 

 

Tracey L. Smith, Ph. D.

Psychology Executive

Wm. S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

2500 Overlook Terrace

Madison, WI 53705-2286

 

Messages: (608) 280-7084

Fax: (608) 280-7204

 

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
[AVAPL Members] Please circulate to any interested parties - SUD Psychologist Opening Madison WI

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