Psychologist - Program Manager - Psychiatric Assessment and Clinical Center (PACC)

Psychologist Team Lead/Program Manager/Supervisory Psychologist The psychologist serves as a Team Lead/Program Manager/Supervisory Psychologist for the Psychiatric Assessment and Clinical Center (PACC) at the American Lake Division of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS), Tacoma WA. In this capacity, the psychologist serves as the Program Manager of PACC for the Mental Health Service Line. The Psychiatric Assessment and Clinical Center (PACC)/Same Day Access (SDA) services at the American Lake Division of VA Puget Sound Health Care System provides urgent and walk-in mental health services to Veterans who are experiencing acute psychiatric conditions that are interfering with day-to-day functioning. PACC staff triage, evaluate, and manage Veterans requesting mental health services due to a wide variety of psychiatric conditions including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder psychotic disorder, PTSD, anxiety disorders, dementia with behavioral disturbances, delirium, dual diagnosed Veterans, and Veterans who present as imminent risk of harm to self and/or others (i.e. suicidal, homicidal, gravely disabled). In addition, PACC is also able to provide follow up medication management care in a less restrictive environment to Veterans who are in crisis but do not require admission to high intensity inpatient psychiatry, through the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). PACC is also the entry point for new Veterans seeking to establish treatment in mental health services, and provides assessment and care coordination of Veterans who are new to mental health.