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Overview Join Our Team as a Psychologist! The VA in Scenic Upper Peninsula, MI has opportunities in Iron Mountain, Hancock and Sault Ste. Marie! Are you a dedicated seeking a fulfilling career? We invite you to become part of our Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program in the beautiful region of Our facilities provide top-notch healthcare to Veterans across 9 locations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Northeastern Wisconsin. Job Requirements We are seeking a psychologist with a genuine passion for Veteran care. The ideal candidate will be skilled in a range of psychotherapeutic interventions and psychological assessment services. Responsibilities include: Providing individual, group, and family therapy, along with psychoeducational classes. Conducting comprehensive psychological assessments and developing effective treatment plans. Participating in peer review and ensuring the quality of psychology services. Facilitating referrals to specialty programs and community resources. Promoting patient independence through education and referrals. Training interns, practicum students, and trainees from various disciplines. Consulting with medical center staff to enhance patient care. Misc Benefits Benefits: Work/Life Balance: 40-hour workweek, Monday - Friday Time Off: Enjoy 11 Federal Holidays and 13 to 26 workdays of annual leave (depending on experience) and 13 days of sick leave On average federal government pays 75% of your premium on your health care insurance VA contributes 9.6% of your salary toward federal retirement Up to 5% matching funds on your 401(k) Find out more: Other Income Details Recruitment incentive (sign on bonus) may be available for qualified candidates. Assistance with payment of psychology loans up to $200K may be available. Facility Description The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center (OGJVAMC) is locatedat Iron Mountain, MI,in Michigan'sUpper Peninsula. The facility oversees six CommunityBased Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located in Ironwood, Hancock, Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Menominee, MI, and Rhinelander, WI. It also operates a Rural Health Outreach Clinic in Manistique, MI. OGJVAMC and itsCBOCs /Rural Outreach Clinic annually serve 20,000 Veterans. OGJVAMC has the largest geographic patient service area east of the Mississippi River, encompassing fifteen Michigan counties and ten counties in northeastern Wisconsin. It ishome to approximately 57,000 Veterans,over 26,000of whom are enrolled in VA’s health care system. OGJVAMC employs 686 staff at its main facility and CBOCs,including39 licensed physicians,217 nurses, and 62 mental health professionals that provide primary and selected secondary health care. OGJVAMC is a primary and secondary level care facility with 17 acute care, general medicine beds. The main facility has an Urgent Care Center, and collaborates with larger VA Medical Centers in Milwaukee and Madison, WI, as well as local community health facilities to provide higher-level emergency and specialty care services. OGJVAMC also provides rehabilitation and extended care, including palliative and hospice care, in its 40-bed Community Living Center. OGJVAMC provides ambulatory and acute health care in areas of audiology, diabetes, dentistry, ear/nose/throat (ENT), geriatrics and extended care, general medicine, home-based primary care, mental health, neurology, oncology, optometry/ophthalmology, orthopedics, palliative/hospice, physical and occupational therapy, prosthetics, podiatry, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychiatry, radiology, sleep studies, speech, spinal cord injury (SCI), substance abuse, surgery, urology, weight management, and women’s wellness. OGJVAMC is a leader in rural health care delivery in VHA, and employs state-of-the-art telehealth audio visual technology. Telehealth has greatly improved access to specialty care for rural Veterans by bringing these services closer to the Veterans’ homes. OGJVAMC currently supports telehealth for primary medical care and 24 specialty care areas, including many of the services noted above. Community-Based Outpatient Clinics In addition to our main facility in Iron Mountain, Michigan, we offer services in six community-based Outpatient Clinics and one Rural Outreach Clinic. These clinics are located in — Hancock, Michigan Ironwood, Michigan Manistique, Michigan Marquette, Michigan Menominee, Michigan Rhinelander, Wisconsin Escanaba Vet Center Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Mission Honor America’s Veterans by providing exceptional healthcare that improves their health and well-being. Vision Leaders in rural healthcare-focused on excellence-putting Veterans first. Our mission remains as valid today as it did when first spoken by President Lincoln in 1865 - “….to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan…” Location Description In Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula, you will discover the hidden treasures of the great outdoors and experience year-round adventures. With an abundance of wilderness, lakes and rivers, events and attractions, your family will find its "home away from home". The U.P. is home to all but one of Michigan’s waterfalls. There are more than 300 falls scattered across the U.P., ranging in size from under 5 feet to 48+ feet vertical drops. Looking to soak up the local scenery? Fumee Lake Natural Areaand other area trails, have miles of trailsto enjoy scenic views, wildlife and flowers. Want some beautiful water scenery? Miles of trails for both silent and motor sport enthusiasts to bike, hike, cross country ski, ATV and snowmobile. Waterways for canoe, kayak, whitewater rafting, boating and fishing. Forest areas offer great bird, small game, bear and deer hunting. Nationally rated golf courses and 2 great ski resorts offer something for everyone all year round. Community Description Iron Mountain Michigan is the gateway to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. It is 2 hours from Green Bay, 3 1/2 hours from Milwaukee, and 5 hours from Chicago (). Iron Mountain is one of the largest cities in the Upper Peninsula and offers everything from lush forests, miles of rivers and streams, four seasons of outdoor recreation, and abundant wildlife, art, and music festivals, museums, Pine Mountain Ski Jump, famous sport competitions, along with unique shopping and dining opportunities. For recreation, enjoy fishing, hiking and biking along with swimming, boating, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, golfing, canoeing, kayaking, and camping. Experience the thrill of spotting a bald eagle, a graceful deer. Spend some time in the beautiful Nicolet National Forest, just 20 miles from Iron Mountain. Looking to soak up the local scenery? Fumee Lake Natural Area and other area trails, have miles of trails to enjoy scenic views, wild life and flowers. Want some beautiful water scenery? Check out Piers Gorge Rapids or one of the area’s waterfalls. And if your looking for a scenic overlook, take in the sites from atop Pine Mountain Ski Jump or the new viewing platform at the Millie Mine Bat Viewing area. Outdoor Recreation Miles of trails for both silent and motor sport enthusiasts to bike, hike, cross country ski, ATV and snowmobile. Waterways for canoe, kayak, whitewater rafting, boating and fishing. Forest areas offer great bird, small game, bear and deer hunting. Nationally rated golf courses and 2 great ski resorts offer something for everyone all year round. Into Geocaching? Use your GPS to find 'caches' in our area. . Area Info When winter is ushered in, snowmobiler's find a network of over 120 miles of trails tracing the county's interior, with access to the rest of the UP and into Wisconsin. Pine Mountain Resortoffer early season skiing with their snowmaking abilities. There are many groomed cross-country skiing areas as well, along with lit trails in Iron Mountains City Park. Other winter activities include ice fishing, snowshoe, ice skating and even horse drawn sleigh rides. Winter events include, ice fishing tournaments, and snowmobile and ATV "ice" races. Continental Cup Ski Jump competition at Giant Pine Mountain's 123.5-meter jump attracts some of the world's best athletes for the longest running international ski jumping competition in North America. As the snow melts, spring waters flow through the county to wake up the wilderness from winter's rest. Rivers now are swelling to allow canoeists and kayak's travels, and trout fisherman. As warmer weather ushers into spring and summer, the only limits to activities are your own. Fishing abounds throughout the entire county, with many species of fish, from walleye to panfish to bass, are available on lakes and rivers. Silent sport folks, hikers and bikers, find numerous trails through the entire area. ATV's will find several designated trails in the area as well. With access to county roads, ATV's can ride though most of the northern 2/3rds of the county. Boaters and water-skiers will find many lakes and rivers available to enjoy those warm summer days. *Information borrowed from