Clinical Psychologist

About the role

Provides comprehensive psychological services to improve SOF mission readiness, longevity and performance; builds resilience and treats behavioral health issues for service members and their families.

Location: Fort Bragg, NC. Clearance required: TS/SCI.

Responsibilities

• Practice within state licensing board guidelines, APA ethical principles and MTF privileges.
• Conduct psychological evaluations using clinical interviews, psychological testing and collateral sources.
• Establish diagnoses per the DSM and provide individual and group psychological treatment.
• Help medical and surgical clients cope with illness or injury and assist in rehabilitation.
• Produce evaluation and treatment reports as required.

Qualifications

• PhD or PsyD in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited doctoral program.
• Completion of an APA-accredited predoctoral internship (a later postdoctoral fellowship does not substitute).
• Current, full, active, unrestricted U.S. license.
• Current BCLS certification.
• Meet DHA-PM 6025.13 credentialing; be eligible for privileges without a supervision plan.

Experience

• Minimum 500 hours of active practice in each of the past 3 years.
• DoW or VA MTF experience preferred.
• Satisfy BOTH the Appendix 1 minimum experience and the credentialing authority's current-competency standard (separate gates).

Additional requirements

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Document all encounters in HPDMS per USSOCOM Directive 10-12.
• For embedded field positions, where the task order requires: meet SOF training physical demands (hiking rough terrain, austere environments, aircraft and watercraft) and lift up to 25 kg.
• Maintain 100% compliance with local mandatory command training.