Clinical PsychologistLocation: Fort Benning, GA
Clearance required: Secret
SummaryProvides comprehensive psychological services to improve SOF mission readiness, longevity and performance; builds resilience and treats behavioral health issues for service members and their families.
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).
Required Minimum ExperienceMinimum 500 hours of active practice in each of the past 3 years. DoW or VA MTF experience preferred.
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.
- Current, full, active, unrestricted U.S. license.
- Current BCLS.
- Meet DHA-PM 6025.13 credentialing; be eligible for privileges without a supervision plan.
- Satisfy BOTH the Appendix 1 minimum experience and the credentialing authority's current-competency standard (separate gates).
