Clinical Psychologist (Pediatrics)

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located within the Child and Family Mental Health Services (CAFMHS), providing comprehensive services to TRICARE-eligible children, adolescents, and their families.

Working as part of an interdisciplinary team, the position provides individual, family, and group treatment, offers consultation and collaboration with primary care, school-based mental health, and other Madigan Army Medical Center services.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) 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 Requirement for a Clinical Psychologist: Degree: Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.

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: conducting psycho-diagnostic assessments to pediatric or adolescent population; providing crisis intervention to an individual or group setting; and assisting with developing treatment plans.

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

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

State, District of Columbia, commonwealth, territory or jurisdiction. 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:

• Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments and implements specialized procedures to address developmental, emotional, and behavioral disorders that interfere with children’s ability to benefit from educational programs.
• Evaluate acute mental health needs and provides crisis intervention to reduce psychological distress.
• Collaborate with developmental pediatricians, primary care providers, and Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) personnel to integrate services that support children with special needs.
• Oversee diagnostic and treatment services, monitors therapeutic outcomes using behavioral metrics, and revises strategies for greater clinical impact.
• Contribute to program evaluation, policy development, and organizational decision-making by providing expert insight into behavioral health issues across pediatric and family populations.
• Conduct diagnostic evaluations, formulates different diagnoses, and delivers time-limited, problem-focused, evidenced based interventions for a broad range of pediatric behavioral health conditions.
• Participate in case conferences and multidisciplinary treatment planning to ensure coordinated, stepped-care across the system.