Clinical Psychologist (Clinical Support Tools)

Career Opportunities; Mid Devon; On-site; GBP 122,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid vacation and sick leave

Life and AD&D insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible work environment

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

Career Opportunities is seeking a senior clinical psychology expert to support DHA PHCoE initiatives and develop evidence‑based mental health tools. The role involves translating research into practical provider resources and guiding tool development across military health programs.

The candidate will collaborate with researchers, clinicians, and government stakeholders to ensure clinical guidance meets ethical and professional standards and supports resilience and PTSD/TBI related priorities.

Qualifications

• Translate clinical recommendations into actionable information for providers
• Manage full lifecycle of deliverables for healthcare stakeholders
• Develop brief clinical recommendations from evidence synthesis findings
• Produce technical artifacts (reports, briefings, manuscripts) aligned with KSAs

Responsibilities

• Translate clinical guidelines into actionable information products
• Oversee end‑to‑end product development for tools for providers and patients
• Develop recommendations based on evidence syntheses
• Create reports, briefings, and presentations for leadership

Skills

Clinical psychology insights

Evidence synthesis

Technical reporting

Cross‑functional collaboration

Education

PhD in Clinical Psychology

PsyD in Clinical Psychology

Job description

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Essential Job Functions

• Provide subject matter expertise in clinical psychology supporting DHA Psychological Health Center of Excellence initiatives
• Support the development evaluation and maintenance of evidence based clinical support tools used by healthcare providers across the Military Health System
• Review evaluate and interpret current scientific literature to support development of clinical guidance and best practices
• Collaborate with Government personnel researchers clinicians and multidisciplinary teams to develop evidence informed behavioral health products
• Assist in translating complex psychological research into practical clinical tools and provider resources
• Evaluate clinical practices and recommend improvements based on emerging evidence and established standards of care
• Participate in technical working groups stakeholder meetings and subject matter expert panels
• Prepare technical reports white papers presentations and briefing materials for Government leadership
• Support quality assurance activities related to clinical products and recommendations
• Contribute to projects focused on psychological health resilience suicide prevention traumatic brain injury TBI post traumatic stress disorder PTSD and other behavioral health priorities
• Ensure all work products meet scientific ethical and professional standards
• Provide technical consultation on behavioral health policies clinical practice recommendations and program initiatives
• Support implementation of new clinical tools and guidance across supported programs
• Collaborate effectively with researchers clinicians analysts and Government stakeholders to achieve project objectives

Necessary Skills and Knowledge

• Capability to translate complex clinical recommendations released by medical professional bodies or militaryveterans governmental agencies into actionable information products designed to promote uptake and raise awareness of evidence based care for mental health conditions
• Capability to manage the full cycle of product development for deliverables targeting healthcare providers patients family members and other Military Health System MHS stakeholders
• Capability to support the development of brief clinical recommendations based on the findings from focused evidence synthesis inquiries regarding the effective treatment of mental health conditions
• Capability to produce technical artifacts eg 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

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctoral degree required
• Doctorate PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology
• At least 13 years of full time post doctoral work experience directly related to the practice of clinical psychology
• At least 3 years of full time post doctoral work developing tools or trainings to facilitate the delivery of evidence based mental health care and promote knowledge of clinical recommendations and guidelines to multiple stakeholder groups
• US Citizenship required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust background investigation and Common Access Card CAC
• Occasional travel may be required in support of contract performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference may be given to candidates with experience supporting Defense Health Agency DHA Psychological Health Center of Excellence PHCoE Military Health System MHS Department of Defense DoD Department of Veterans Affairs VA National Institutes of Health NIH Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Department of Health and Human Services HHS
• Experience developing clinical practice guidelines or provider decision support tools
• Experience supporting military behavioral health or operational psychology programs
• Experience supporting psychological health initiatives related to PTSD TBI suicide prevention resilience or traumatic stress
• Experience participating in multidisciplinary clinical or scientific working groups
• Experience authoring or contributing to peer reviewed publications technical reports or clinical guidance documents
• Board certification or specialty training in a relevant area of clinical psychology
• Experience supporting federal healthcare or defense related research and clinical programs

Salary Range 165000 185000

We offer a best in class benefits program including medical dental and vision insurance; a 401k program with employer match; paid vacation and sick leave; employer paid basic life and AD&D insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; and a flexible work environment Additionally employees can choose from several voluntary benefits including critical illness coverage; accident insurance; identity theft coverage; pet insurance and more

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law

Equal OpportunityVEVRAA federal contractor

This Position is Contingent Upon Award

We give preference to internal candidates If no internal candidate meets our qualifications external candidates will be given consideration

Located in Silver Spring MD