Clinical Psychologist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at 42nd Medical Group, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.

Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Student Loan repayment may be authorized. Non-Federal work experience may be creditable for leave purposes.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting psychological assessments, providing evidence-based treatments, and consulting with medical staff.

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.

Education: Satisfactory completion of all the requirements for the doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology is required.

License: Position requires a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Psychologist from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

Major Duties:

• Provide a broad array of clinical psychology and specialized clinical health psychological evaluations.
• Assess and provides crisis intervention for service members, retirees, their family members and civilian patients of the Medical Treatment Facility.
• Plan, design and provide didactics, seminar presentations, and lectures as part of the Clinical Psychology Training program.
• Develop and implement strategies to enhance the occurrence of health-promoting behaviors and wellness.
• Conduct psychological testing and neurocognitive screens (within scope of expertise) to military and other beneficiaries.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of patient care in accordance with current unit and hospital SOPs.
• Determine clinical and administrative priorities for patient selection and screens consults for all providers within the service.