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Staff Psychologist (Behavioral Medicine)
Veterans Health Administration · Memphis, Tennessee · Closes in 330 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen. The agency says current permanent VA employees and current permanent federal employees of other agencies may also apply.
Experience: You need at least 2 years of experience as a professional psychologist, including at least 1 year at a level comparable to GS-12, a lower federal grade. The experience can be paid or unpaid, and must come from psychologist work or a supervised post-doctoral training program that involved active practice or a current license.
Education: You need a doctoral degree in psychology from a program accredited by APA, PCSAS, or CPA, with a specialty that fits the job. You also need a completed internship from an APA or CPA accredited program that fits the job. Other options include a doctoral degree in any psychology area plus an accredited re-specialization program, or a doctoral degree from 1951 to 1978 from a regionally accredited school with a mainly psychological dissertation. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a U.S. state, territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia
- Board certification from the American Board of Professional Psychology, only if your internship was not accredited
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 330 days (September 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications. The agency verifies your application, resume, CV, and supporting documents, and may check references. Missing information or errors may lower your rating or make you ineligible.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Make your long-form resume or CV clear and specific about dates, hours, and duties, because the agency verifies everything you list.
- If you use your doctoral degree or internship to qualify, send transcripts and confirm the program's accreditation is APA, PCSAS, or CPA.
- The 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job, so a full CV is fine. Also confirm your license is full, current, and unrestricted before you apply.
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