Clinical Psychologist (Pediatrics)

About the Position: You will serve as a Clinical Psychologist (Pediatrics) at the U.S. Army Health Clinic located in Stuttgart, Germany.

• A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.
• Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
• This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.

Duties

• Screen and interview children, adolescents, and family members and utilizes psychometric instruments in the assessment of psychological disorders typically affecting children and adolescents.
• Assess and provide crisis intervention for children, adolescents, and family members undergoing unusual psychologically related stresses.
• Provide individual, couple, family, and/or group psychological counseling utilizing a variety of treatment modalities for child, adolescent, and/or family psychological diagnoses.
• Evaluate overall effectiveness of therapeutic efforts.
• Develop objective treatment processes, procedures, goals and plans for patients.
• Maintains patient care documentation in accordance with Hospital and DoD/Federal Regulations and professional ethics.
• Educates and trains primary care physicians and other professionals in the screening, prevention, early identification, and treatment of behavioral health disorders within the primary care setting.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires regular contact with children under the age 18 and a favorable determination of suitability to do so and periodic re-verification check of multiple agency records.
• 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.
• Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.
• Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DODI 1400.25 V1230, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Employment in Foreign Areas and Employee Return Rights. Visit
• This position requires the incumbent to successfully complete and maintain credentialing and privileging requirements in accordance with Army Regulation 40-68.
• This position is subject to screening and update of required immunizations in accordance with Army Regulation 40-562, Chapters 3 and 4.
• This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is therefore subject to annual season influenza vaccinations in accordance with MEDCOM Operation Order 09-54.
• This position requires Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel approximately 5% of the time away from your permanent duty station.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Red Cross. Advanced certification (e.g., ALS) does not supersede BLS.
• A pre-placement medical examination is required.
• Personnel security investigation is required.

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 Requirement for Clinical Psychologist (Pediatrics) Position:
Degree: Doctoral Degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology.
Licensure: A current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice Psychology independently from a U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed 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: One year of specialized experience which includes a child, pediatric or adolescent treatment population: conducting psycho-diagnostic assessments; developing treatment plans; and providing individual or group therapy. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).
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.

About the company

The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DOD is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.3 million active-duty service members as of 2020. More employees include over 826,000 National Guard and reservists from the armed forces, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD\’s stated mission is to provide \“the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation\’s security\“.

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