Clinical Psychologist; Behavioral Health Consultant

Overview

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT) - FT Irwin, CA

About the Position:
This position is located at Weed Army Community Hospital in Fort Irwin, California.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.

Special incentives include:

• Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
• Non-Federal work experience may be creditable for leave purposes.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.

Fort Irwin is located in the high desert of the Mojave, 40 miles north of Barstow, CA and the home of the National Training Center (NTC). The NTC is the Army’s premier training site and trains over 50,000 troops a year in preparation for deployments worldwide. We support the NTC’s mission to “Train the Force”. Our organization has the mission to provide world‑class healthcare to the 12,000 Soldiers and Family Members of the NTC, Fort Irwin and Yuma Proving Grounds (Yuma, AZ), as well as to support the rotational training units.

Weed Army Community Hospital (WACH) is a small community hospital supported by over 400 military and civilian staff members with an inpatient capacity of 20 beds including both Mother/Baby and Medical/Surgical Wards.

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid‑time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

• Apply biopsychosocial evaluations to propose behavioral health interventions.
• Provide evidence‑based treatment, including behavioral, cognitive, and motivational approaches.
• Provide primary care providers and staff regular and concise feedback on the status of referred patients, to include recommendations for team‑based care.
• Implement psycho educational classes to target high frequency diagnoses found in the primary care clinic.
• Document information in the electronic health record during patient encounters.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirement for Clinical Psychologist (Behavioral Health Consultant):

• Degree:
  Doctoral Degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology.
• Selective Placement Factor:
  This position requires a current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice Psychology independently offered by a U.S. State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction.
• Specialized
  
  Experience:
  
  One year of specialized experience which includes conducting behavioral health assessments; providing individual and group treatment; and working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

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.

Practice alongside other civilian and military health care professionals at locations across the U.S. and around the world and experience the unique professional opportunities and benefits that can be found with the Defense Health Agency. The U.S. Defense Health Agency (DHA) is comprised of civilian health care professionals employed by the U.S. Government. DHA employees serve our country by caring for military service members but are not subject to military requirements such as “boot camp,” military uniforms, or deploym…