Clinical Psychologist (Mental Health)

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 (Mental Health): Degree: Successful completion of a Doctoral Degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology. Completion of an APA-accredited professional psychologist internship preferred.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements below: Experience required: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

Specialized experience is defined as: Performing behavioral health assessments and/or psychological testing, developing behavioral health treatment plans and/or recommendations, and providing treatment to behavioral health patients. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Serve as a Clinical Psychologist for the Department of Mental Health delivering outpatient mental health services.,Provide individual and group therapy using various evidence-based modalities as clinically indicated, to include brief problem-focused interventions, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and psychoeducational classes.,Educate clinic staff on the principles of mental health via trainings and briefings.,Manage acute mental health conditions, providing crisis intervention and risk assessments as needed.,Develop, monitor and execute comprehensive treatment plans for complex and severe cases using objective outcome measures.,Participate in quality assurance, performance improvement initiatives, and clinical peer reviews to ensure standard of care compliance.,Conduct meetings and conferences to review the level of care for appropriateness of treatment in Mental Health and evaluate and approve referral sources.