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Staff Psychologist – Geriatrics and Extended Care
Veterans Health Administration · Indianapolis, Indiana · Closes in 9 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Open to U.S. citizens only. Non-citizens may be appointed only if qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Experience: You need at least 2 years of experience working as a professional psychologist, with at least 1 year at the GS-12 level. Experience must be clear and specific on your resume or CV, because the agency will verify it.
Education: You need a doctoral degree in psychology from a program accredited by APA, PCSAS, or CPA, plus an accredited internship. Other paths are allowed, such as a re-specialization program or a doctoral degree awarded 1951 to 1978 with a psychology dissertation. Your transcript must be submitted with your application.
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, current, unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a U.S. state, territory, Commonwealth, or D.C.
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 9 days (November 13, 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 listed qualifications. Your application, resume, CV, and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information 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, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment if you want loan repayment, and contact VISN10HREDRPSLRP@va.gov with questions.
- Send your transcript with your application, since it is required for every applicant.
- The page says telework is both eligible and not eligible, so confirm with the contact person before you apply.
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