Psychologist

Duties

• Planning, designing, and carrying out insider threat operations
• Provide clinical consultations and assessment in regard to behavioral indicators that support efforts to deter, detect, assess, and mitigate actions by a trusted workforce
• Advise on the planning and execution of insider threat analysis and risk assessments
• Coordinate with the medical and behavioral science community both within DoD and across the interagency for legally available medical and behavioral information and assessments relevant to insider threat
• Review of behavioral health and medical informational databases to glean relevant information to aid in on-going analysis within the limits of applicable Healthy Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and privacy guidelines
• Conduct complex innovative research requiring an extremely high degree of professional expertise to resolve critical operational scientific problems
• Coordinate with other Research Program areas, Behavioral Health Consultants, and other subject area specialists for collaborative support on projects which require assistance
  
  

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  
  

Qualifications

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 Psychologist: Degree: Successful completion of a 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 Below:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes collecting data for clinical interpretation, conducting comprehensive risk assessments, coordinating operational research, and formulating hypotheses utilized to prevent and/or mitigate insider threat or risk. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13)

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.

Licensure Requirement: A current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice Psychology independently offered by a U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Additional Information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a(n) Medical Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.