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Clinical Psychology Fellowship with a Focus in Primary Care Integration and Health Psychology, WRJ (Vermont) Veterans Affairs

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Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
White River Junction, Vermont

Starts on Friday, August 1, 2025

Applications due Friday, January 17, 2025

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure. Yes

This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities. Yes

This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience. Yes

This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience. Yes

This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.   Yes

This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities. Yes

This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures. Yes

This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training. Yes

Thank you for your interested in our fellowship program! Please reach out at any time if you have questions. The VA mental health department here in Vermont is a great place to work, and our area is a wonderful place to live. Our brochure can be downloaded from our training site: https://www.va.gov/white-river-junction-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/

The primary goal of the psychology postdoctoral fellowship program is to prepare early-career professionals in the ethical practice of clinical psychology in Primary Care Integration and Health Psychology. This generalist fellowship offers experiences in a range of clinical settings and encourages fellows to serve as leaders in integrative care. Our postdoctoral fellowship graduates are well prepared to begin working in a diverse number of environments including primary care settings, outpatient clinics, and medical center-based care. 

The Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the WRJ VAMC is located in the Mental Health and Behavioral Science service. The White River Junction Mental Health and Behavioral Science service is proud of our tradition of integrating multiple disciplines in the care of our patients. Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurse practitioners and master's level mental health professionals work alongside each other in meetings, leading groups, collaborating on the care of individual patients and in developing treatment offerings. In our service trainees literally work next to and collaborate with other mental health disciplines on a daily basis. As a result, trainees become used to regular consultation with other staff and participate in inter-professional teams as a normal mode of professional practice. 

 All fellowship interviews will be remote this year. We know that choosing to commit to a yearlong position without visiting is challenging! As such, all questions are welcome and we will be accessible to discuss the training program at any point. Consistent with past face-to-face interviews, virtual interviews this year will give each candidate will get the chance to interview with several faculty members. Most importantly, all candidates will have access to our current and past fellows who can tell you about their experiences here in WRJ. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions.

Additional Information

Agency Type
VA Medical Center
APPIC Membership
Yes
APA Accredited
Yes
Recognized Specialty
Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area
Health Psychology
Other Emphasis
Primary Care Integration
Research Time
No research time
Training Director
Carrie Lukens
Contact Email
carrie.lukens@va.gov
Contact Phone
802-295-9363x2135
Virtual Interviews
Virtual Only
Duration in Months
12
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
10
Number of Positions
1
Applications recieved last year
7
Stipend
$60,251
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Yes
Estimated offer date
Friday, January 31 2025
Created Date
Friday, July 1 2016
Unfilled Positions
1
Fringe Benefits
Health insurance (for self, married spouse, and legal dependents), Life insurance, 11 annual federal holidays, 4 hours of sick leave and 4 hours of annual leave for each full two week pay period, Authorized absence without charge to leave, when the activity is considered to be of substantial benefit to VA in accomplishing its general mission or one of its specific functions, such as education and training.
Research opportunities
The program requires that the fellow complete a quality improvement project over the course of the training year and present this project in department Grand Rounds or a related forum.
Application Instructions
Thank you for your interest in our fellowship site. Please reach out to Dr. Carrie Lukens at any point with questions, carrie.lukens@va.gov or (802) 295 9363 x2135. Our brochure can be downloaded from our site training page: https://www.va.gov/white-river-junction-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/ Applications are due on 12/16 but we will continue to consider applications submitted after that. Priority will be given to those applications submitted by the due date or shortly after. We will notify you of interview no sooner than 1/6 with a planned virtual interview day of 1/27. All interviews will be conducted remotely. The decision to not offer any in-person interviews or visits is based on our values related to social justice and out of respect for applicants preference for virtual interviews. We believe in trying to increase fair access to our training experiences while reducing financial, geographic, or other potential barriers. Our interview day will consist of meeting current staff and postdoc, an overview of our VA and the fellowship, and interviews with one or more staff. While we don't offer in person interviews, we would be happy to provide a tour of our facility if you are interested and in the area. In-person tours will not improve a candidate's chances of being offered a fellowship, so do not feel any pressure to visit Vermont as part of the fellowship search process. Application Procedures: Interested persons who meet the eligibility criteria should submit the following materials: 1. A letter of interest indicating intent to apply to the postdoctoral fellowship program, which fellowship program you are applying for (primary care integration and health psychology or PTSD) and why you are applying to our program. Please include a brief description of your professional goals and aspirations for the fellowship program and your career. 2. Curriculum vitae describing previous training (including internship) and work experiences, and other scholarly activity and/or research. 3. Three letters of recommendation, one of which must be from an internship clinical supervisor. 4. Graduate transcripts. 5. Letter from your dissertation chair regarding dissertation status and anticipated completion date, if dissertation has not been defended at the time of this application. Applicants can choose between two different application processes: 1) We strongly prefer that applicants apply electronically via the APPA CAS application portal: https://portal.appicpostdoc.org. 2) If you experience any technological problems with the portal, you can email all application materials directly to Carrie Lukens. In addition to the materials submitted by applicants to the postdoctoral fellowship program, the WRJ VAHCS may also consider other publicly available materials including, but not limited to, information available through the internet. Carrie Lukens, PhD Veterans Affairs Medical Center (116B) 215 N. Main Street White River Jct., VT 05009-0001 Email: carrie.lukens@va.gov Phone: (802) 295-9363, ext. 2135 APPIC Program Code Number: 9120

This record was last updated on Friday, December 20, 2024

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