Military Behavioral Health Psychologist - MPS

Responsibilities

• Serves as an evidence-based psychotherapy (EBP) subject matter expert for the Training and Operations (TAO) project and across the Consortium, contributing where needed.
• Develops and delivers presentations, workshops, and other curriculum-based learning tools in online and in-person delivery formats, to include presenting multi-day, EBP workshops.
• A main area of focus will be the behavioral health needs in operational and deployed military settings.
• Creates and provides consultation services to military and civilian behavioral health providers trained by CDP to provide continued learning support and ensure evidence-based psychotherapy practices are being used with fidelity.
• Ensures that workshops and consultation materials are updated regularly by performing frequent literature reviews on evidence-based psychology practices, telehealth, and consultation with national subject matter experts. Makes necessary changes, additions, and updates to educational materials as needed.
• Covers military and civilian experts to organize education materials.
• Serves as an active member and/or lead on Consortium-level special interest groups and assists with projects/programs.
• Contributes to CDP’s subject matter expert blog posts, podcasts, videos, infographics, asynchronous training materials, and other additional educational activities as needed.
• Publishes scholarly manuscripts for publication and presents at national and/or international conferences to disseminate the work conducted by the Consortium.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree required, preferably within Psychology or Sociology.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience required.
• Knowledgeable and experienced in at least one of the following areas/protocols: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Circadian Rhythm Sleep Wake Disorders, Unified Protocol, Written Exposure Therapy, or Trauma-informed care.
• Active licensure.
• Knowledgeable about the behavioral health needs of military personnel, including challenges faced in operational and deployed settings.
• Experience delivering professional presentations to adult learners including experience with curriculum development of presentations and other materials for adult continuing education.
• Subject matter expertise in EBPs, including the ability to integrate the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences, such that the candidate is able to provide training and consultation that is empirically sound as well as culturally competent, inclusive, and accessible across a wide variety of contexts.
• Excellent communication skills including writing appropriate reports, articles, white papers, and providing presentations to large audiences.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a T1/Public Trust background check.