SME IV – Implementation Scientist

Responsibilities

• Examines, diagnoses, treats, and follows outpatients with psychological problems of all complexities.
• Provides continuing follow-up for chronic outpatients with acute disorders and complications of these disorders.
• Provides staff expertise in psychology that is pertinent in a wide variety of circumstances, to include management of patients with psychological disorders.
• Examines and conducts thorough studies of presenting patients; evaluates laboratory and clinical findings, prescribing appropriate treatment or referring patient to appropriate specialty clinics.
• Collaborates with physicians in other medical specialties on cases involving complicated and multi-faceted problems.
• Follows through on all cases to insure effective comprehensive psychological services required. Provides psychological support to special areas.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree required.
• At least 13 years of full-time post-doctoral work experience directly related to adopting clinical research findings in healthcare delivery systems (i.e., research translation).
• At least 3 years of full-time post-doctoral work leading research translation activities in the mental healthcare space.
• Capability to identify gaps and areas of underperformance in achieving optimal clinical mental health outcomes or the processes and procedures associated with mental healthcare delivery within the MHS.
• Capability to identify and assess potential evidence-based solutions to address gaps or areas where the system is underperforming.
• Capability to lead the development of rapid improvement/implementation science initiatives (i.e., pilot studies) to test the feasibility of solution adoption within the MHS.
• Capability to ensure that study design systematically varies implementation strategies in order to assess the most effective intervention strategies.
• Capability to work closely with stakeholders to identify barriers and facilitators to solution uptake.
• Capability to collaborate with DHA leaders to develop plans to implement successful trials across the MHS enterprise when warranted.
• Capability to produce technical artifacts (e.g., reports, tools, briefings, presentations, and manuscripts) consistent with the KSAs described here and with the broader PHCoE mission set.
• Ability to diagnose and treat psychological problems of all complexities.
• Familiarity with military medical system desirable.
• US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a T3/Secret Clearance, including background check and drug screening.