Clinical Psychologist

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About the Position: Serve as a Clinical Psychologist in connection with the Educational Developmental and Intervention Services (EDIS) Program, located at Yokosuka, Japan.

Services primarily include a full range of clinical diagnostic and treatment services to eligible children from birth to twenty-one years.

ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IN JAPAN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED This is a Direct Hire Solicitation 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 Requirements for Clinical Psychologist: Degree: Successful completion of a Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.

or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology.

Licensure: This position requires a current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice Psychology independently offered by a U.S.

State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes applying clinical psychology techniques to analyze behaviors exhibited in social settings; coordinating with family members or school personnel to meet the needs of eligible children; preparing reports detailing the anticipated impacts of the child's diagnosis; and performing psycho-diagnostic tests or assessments to identify behavioral disorders or Autism.

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

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. Major Duties:

• Execute a full range of clinical psychological diagnostic, strategies, procedures, consultation and treatment services to eligible children from birth to twenty-one years for the Educational and Developmental Intervention Services (EDIS).
• Assist as a consultant and authoritative resource expert to the EDIS interdisciplinary evaluation team.
• Provide consultation to medical, clinical providers and school personnel on complex pediatric Behavioral health cases.
• Carry out psychological assessments of children referred from the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) case study committee.
• Determine appropriate psychological tests and clinical interviews to evaluate and diagnose severe, chronic childhood psychological disorders.
• Perform diagnostic interviews, integrates interview information with psycho-diagnostic test data to establish and fortify psychological diagnoses in accordance with criteria set down in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.