The Veterans Health Administration--Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System is seeking licensed and/or unlicensed early career Psychologists to practice in several of our clinics and programs.
- Join us to provide evidence-based care in a high-tech environment as a member of highly skilled inter-disciplinary teams, with access to a wide variety of ancillary services for your patients. Providers have access to high quality training for Evidence Based Psychotherapy Models, that include 6 month consultation with experts—check out EBPs at the VA!
- Training is a core mission for VA. There are opportunities to participate with the Faculty of our APA-approved Psychology Internship program and experience the fun of training and supervising new psychology professionals.
- VA professionals have access to many excellent and free CEU opportunities.
- The VA offers an attractive and comprehensive compensation package with competitive salaries and so much more! Benefits include 11 Federal Holidays, 13 to 26 days of annual leave (depending on years of federal service), 13 days of sick leave, and robust federal benefits such as access to a pension plan in addition to the Thrift Savings Program (federal 401K) with employer match, and 12 weeks paid family leave for eligible staff. Qualified staff may also be eligible for a Child Care Subsidy Program.
- NWI Psychology utilizes a Special Salary Rate system for Psychologists. Pay is based on location (Omaha pays approximately 1% more than other locations within our system), licensure status, and years of experience. 2025 pay ranges from about 88K for newly graduated Psychologists to 163K for independently licensed Psychologists with many years of experience.
- The typical workweek is 40 hours, Monday – Friday.
- The Education Debt Reduction Program (federal loan repayment program) is available for Psychology positions for qualified loans. [The final award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) is determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services office, contact them at VHAVISN23EDRP@va.gov.]
- Check out this website for more details about the benefits of working for the Veteran’s Health Administration: Psychology Career Total Rewards brochure.
If you are interested in exploring a practice in the VHA, please feel free to email your CV and any questions you may have to Krista.Krebs@va.gov (308-389-5134) Dr. Krebs is also happy to discuss positions with interested applicants via phone or video conference.
(Posted: 5/20/25)
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