Clinical Psychologist

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: Works for the Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA), Arlington, VA. under the Senior Medical Advisor Position may be filled as time-limited appointment Term NTE 2 years.

This position is a TERM position.

It is time-limited and may be extended up to a maximum of eight years.Employees who accept time-limited appointments (to include employees with personal competitive status) will be placed in a non-status appointment and will be separated at the end of the time-limited appointment date if the Not-to-Exceed (NTE) date is not extended.

There are no return/reemployment rights to the position vacated prior to accepting the time-limited appointment.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for a Clinical Psychologist: Degree: Doctoral Degree (Ph.D., PsyD, or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing case review to make appropriate behavioral health board determinations; providing advisory services on behavioral health issues; making psychological assessments for the full range of psychiatric patients normally found in psychiatric or general medical hospitals or in community mental health centers.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Major Duties:

• Serve as medical case analyst and voting member on Army Review Boards Agency boards on cases involving behavioral health-related issues.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in a highly technical and specialized area of psychological health research and advisory services.
• Advise the Senior Medical Advisor on activities and functions pertaining to the evaluation of service-connected behavioral health issues and psychological health programs and projects.
• Provide medical expertise primarily pertaining to behavioral health issues, case review and reassessments, and medical interpretations to the requesting boards and panels of the agency.
• Continually research, prepare and present briefs and advisory opinions concerning all cases involving medical issues or related policy interpretation.
• Routinely ensure the final assessment and individual final vote is fair and accurate and is conducted in consonance with all applicable guidance.