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Staff Psychologist (PCMHI) – EDRP Approved, Rec/Relo Incentive may be offered.
Veterans Health Administration · McAllen, Texas · Closes in 86 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Competitive service, The public, Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency.
You must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S. national, or owe allegiance to the United States. The announcement is open to the public, current federal employees, and current or former participants of VA Health Profession Trainee programs.
Experience: For GS-12, you need at least 1 year of experience as a professional psychologist at the GS-11 level. For GS-13, you need at least 2 years of experience as a professional psychologist, with at least 1 year at the GS-12 level. No experience beyond the basic requirements is needed for GS-11.
Education: You need a doctoral degree in psychology from a program accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS), or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). You also need a completed internship in professional psychology from an accredited program. Other paths exist, such as re-specialization or a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978.
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, current and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a U.S. state, territory, D.C., or the Commonwealth of the United States (non-licensed applicants may qualify for a temporary graduate psychologist appointment)
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 86 days (January 28, 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 evaluated on how well you meet the qualifications listed in the announcement. Your application, resume and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may affect 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 transcript with your application if you use education to qualify, and include it in the required documents.
- Your resume must be a long-form resume or CV that clearly shows dates, hours and details of your psychology experience at each grade level.
- Submit your full application, including all required documents, by 11:59 PM ET on 01/28/2027, and note that the position may close earlier if the first cutoff of 11/06/2026 applies.
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