Job Description
-Pay Bonus Available-
LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, ARKANSAS
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Contract Health Care Professionals (HCPs) shall perform essentially the same services as those required by any Air Force or Government service HCP of similar experience and in similar duty assignments. Therefore, while specific tasks are outlined as listed below, responsibilities include but are not necessarily inclusive of tasks in which the HCP shall provide.
All services shall be performed in accordance with established principles, practices, and ethics of the medical, and specialty professions/organizations. The standards of performance for all HCP provided by contractor shall reflect the degree of care, skill, and learning expected of a reasonably Clinical Psychologist.
Required Qualifications:
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor of Psychology (PsyD).
Education: Graduate from an American Psychology Association accredited college or university with a doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology.
Internship/Residency: Successful completion from an internship in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association.
Experience: As required to meet clinical competency requirements specified in the Service-specific credentialing instructions, the Clinical Psychologist is required to demonstrate clinical competency within the past five years in the required clinical discipline.
Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a psychologist in any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico or US Virgin Islands.
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider.
Job Responsibilities. Core Duties Includes, but not limited to:
Practice within the guidelines of their state licensing board, American Psychological Association Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct, and MTF privileges.
Conduct psychological evaluations utilizing information from clinical interviews, psychological testing, and collateral sources, as appropriate.
Establish psychiatric diagnoses according to the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Disorders.
Provide psychological treatment for individuals and groups; help medical and surgical patients deal with illnesses or injuries.
Assist in rehabilitation of patients.
Staffing and Scheduling:
The performance hours of the MTF are as follows:
The schedule or scheduling process is as follows:
Contract employees will be scheduled to work a 9-hour shift between 0700 1700, Monday through Friday, including a one-hour unpaid meal break. Schedule will be set at the discretion of the MTF Section. Contract HCWs shall not exceed 40 hours worked per week
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, For contractors, Internship, Shift work, Monday to Friday,