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Psychology Technician
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
Tennessee
Salary
$50,460 - $65,599
per year
Type
Full Time
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January 14, 2026
GS-6 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $37,764 - $49,094
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-5. Bachelor's degree + some experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves supporting mental health care in a military hospital by conducting patient assessments, leading group therapy sessions, and ensuring a safe environment for psychiatric inpatients.
It requires hands-on experience in clinical support tasks like record-keeping and assisting with counseling.
A good fit would be someone with a background in behavioral health support who is detail-oriented, empathetic, and comfortable working in a structured team setting.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience in conducting mental health assessments like intakes and status evaluations
- Experience providing education or counseling to individuals and groups in mental health settings
- Proficiency in maintaining and updating client medical records
- Ability to perform technical, clinical, and administrative duties in a psychiatric unit
- Commitment to patient safety, including monitoring for hazards and contraband
- U.S. citizenship required
- Relevant paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work
Full Job Description
About the Position: This position is located at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital on Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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.
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; 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 initial assessments such as intakes and mental status evaluations for inpatients; providing education and/or counseling to both groups and individuals requiring mental health services; and maintaining client medical records.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).
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:
- Performs a variety of technical, clinical, and administrative duties to support the unit.
- Assists professional staff with providing direct and indirect care to psychiatric inpatients.
- Performs intake and ongoing mental status evaluations for inpatients clients to help determine the mental, emotional, and or behavioral needs.
- Sets safety as number 1 priority of the unit (no contraband, not leaving unit without team knowing, monitors patient care areas for items that may be potential weapons, etc.)
- Runs group therapeutic sessions on various Behavioral Health topics.
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