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Summary

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Our highly-skilled, diverse, and innovative workforce creates a strong foundation of safety and security. Through the principles of humanity and normalcy, we develop good neighbors.

This job is open to
The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS. Duty Location: FCI Cumberland, MD

Duties

What are the Major Duties of this Position? Responsible for providing comprehensive psychological services to inmates who have been identified as needing closer supervision or a greater level of care than afforded other general population inmates due to a moderate, severe, or acute mental illness, to include but not limited to psychosis, mania and/or major depression.

Responsible of making professional decisions concerning inmates under his/her care, with consultative supervision from the Chief Psychologist for clinical decisions, peer clinical consultation with the provider of psychiatric services, and administrative issue consultation with the Chief Psychologist, Health Services Administrator, Associate Warden of Programs, and the Warden.

Responsible for professional decisions within the scope of his/her training concerning the diagnosis and treatment of inmates assigned to his/her care.

Responsible for developing and monitoring a quality assurance plan for the Care 2/3/4 mental health mission, as well as meeting quality assurance standards as set by the Psychology Service Department.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

**Requirements**:
Conditions of Employment
U.S. Citizenship is Required.
See Special Conditions of Employment Section.

**Qualifications**:
To be considered for the position, you must meet the following:
**Basic Requirements**:
Satisfactory completion of all the requirements for a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology is required.

**NOTE**: Applicants may have received this degree in either clinical or counseling psychology.

AND

**In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must have**:
**Education**:
**GS-12 and GS-13**: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.

**Experience**:
**GS-12 and GS-13**: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

**Some examples of the qualifying experience are**:
**GS-12**:
Experience monitoring inmates with mental illnesses.
Experience conducting psychological assessments and preparing reports related to the assessment of mentally ill individuals.
Experience in treatment and care of inmates with mental illness and suicide prevention.
Experience utilizing clinical skills to manage disruptive patients and providing crisis intervention.

**GS-13**:
Experience in conducting psychological evaluations of mentally ill inmates including administration, scoring and interpretation of a wide range of personality assessment instruments, intellectual and cognitive assessment procedures and neuropsychological measures.
Experience in developing individualized treatment plans.
Experience in providing supervision and training for less experienced staff psychologists.
Experience in determining the appropriate care level designation for mentally ill inmates.

AND

Applicants must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States (e.g., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

Education

See Qualifications Section for education requirements, if applicable.

**Foreign Education**: For information regarding foreign education requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at the U.S. Department of Education website: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.

If you are selected for this position and qualified based on education (i.e. basic education requirement and/or substitution of education), you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.

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