About this role
Job Summary
About the Position
This position is located in A.T. Augusta Military Center in Fort Belvoir, VA. This position is as a Behavioral Health Consultant who will serve as a consultant to the Primary Care team. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
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 Clinical Psychologist (Behavioral Health Consultant), GS-13: Degree: Doctoral Degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology. License: 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.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: 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. 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.
Major Duties
- Demonstrates expertise conducting DSM-based diagnostic assessments and differential diagnoses.
- Manages high-risk patients including suicidal ideation, trauma exposure, substance use disorders, and acute psychiatric presentations.
- Delivers brief evidence-based interventions (e.g., CBT, behavioral activation, motivational interviewing) in a fast-paced primary care setting.
- Applies biopsychosocial evaluations to propose behavioral health interventions.
- Provides evidence-based treatment, including behavioral, cognitive, and motivational approaches.
- Provides concise feedback on the status of referred patients, to include recommendations for team-based care.
- Implements psychoeducational classes to target high frequency diagnoses found in the primary care clinic.
- Documents information in the electronic health record during patient encounters.
- Provides individual and group treatment, using various modalities as clinically indicated to include brief problem-focused interventions, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and psychoeducational classes.