Psychology Technician

What you would do

• Interview patients requesting mental health treatment and decide if they qualify.
• Keep daily appointment schedules and prepare reports using automated systems.
• Provide crisis intervention and group therapy under credentialed provider supervision.
• Serve as case manager to coordinate care with a local inpatient mental health facility.
• Give basic assessments, including clinical interviews and mental status exams, under supervision.
• Give psychological tests such as personality, intelligence, and achievement tests.

Do you qualify for GS-7?

With experience: You need one year of specialized experience at the GS-06 level, the grade just below this job. This means intake for behavioral health patients, counseling such patients, and keeping patient records; paid or unpaid work, including volunteer work, counts. Experience with psychological testing is preferred but not required.

With education: One full year of graduate-level education in a field closely related to the work, such as psychology, can qualify you. You must submit official transcripts. You can also combine education and experience: divide your months of experience by 12, divide your graduate semester hours by 18, and add the two percentages to reach at least 100%. Foreign education must be evaluated by a recognized organization or given full credit by a U.S. accredited school.

How to apply well

What to send:

• Resume of two pages or less showing employer, job title, month and year dates, and hours per week
• Official transcripts if you qualify through education
• Responses to the online questionnaire
• Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable
• Cover letter (optional)
• Flu vaccine exemption documentation, if exempt, provided upon hire

How you will be rated: Your full application package, including your resume, supporting documents and questionnaire answers, will be reviewed to check if you meet the qualifications. Missing required documents or errors can make your application incomplete or ineligible, and inflated qualifications can cost you consideration.

Tips for this job:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must show hours per week for each job.
• If you qualify through education, you must submit official transcripts or you will be rated ineligible.
• Avoid acronyms on your resume, because the agency will not assume what they mean.

Good to know before you apply

Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.

Incentives and relocation: Recruitment or relocation incentives may be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moving allowances may be authorized, subject to agency decision. Relocation expenses are not listed as reimbursed.

Conditions of employment:

• Suitability or fitness determination based on a background investigation
• Must be able to get and keep eligibility for a Secret security clearance
• Background investigation and credit check
• Annual seasonal flu vaccine unless exempt for medical or religious reasons
• Immunizations required; Hepatitis B required for direct patient contact
• Tuberculosis testing
• 1-year probationary period
• Selective Service registration for men born after December 31, 1959
• Direct deposit of pay is required

Job details

Salary

$57,736 – $75,059 per year

Pay scale and grade

GS-7 · General Schedule

Location

Bethesda, Maryland

Appointment

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Openings

1

Security clearance

Not Required

Travel

Not required

Drug test

Not required

Supervisory

No

Occupation

Psychology Aid And Technician (0181)

Announcement

HSJT-26-13105991-DHA