Clinical Psychologist

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About the Position: Serve as a Psychologist for the United States Army Health Clinics, Directorate of Branch Clinics, Army Health Clinics, located in Camp Carrol, Republic of Korea.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

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 or registration as a Psychologist from a State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory, or a territory of the United States.

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: overseeing treatment planning and advising on case personnel; reviewing and approving treatment plans; developing treatment processes; formulating and assessing protocols.

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

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:

• Analyze clinical assessments of patients.
• Evaluate overall effectiveness of therapeutic efforts.
• Develop treatment processes and procedures for orientation of patients.
• Review and approve the appropriate modality of each patient.
• Interact with military commanders and be able to provide extensive knowledge of soldiering and the deployment cycle.
• Provide advice for case staffing, using expert knowledge of general and specific concepts, principles, procedures, and practices relating to psychological counseling.
• Establish policies for case staffing.
• Use objective behavioral outcome measures to evaluate progress in treatment.