Sterling Medical Corporation
Location
Pennsylvania | United States
Job description
Sterling Medical is seeking a skilled Clinical Psychologist for a great career opportunity to work with military children and families. This amazing career opportunity is living and working in Germany!! We are offering relocation assistance, benefits and great compensation!
Sterling Medical Corporation is a top healthcare contractor that services the government agencies, military treatment facilities, and VAMCs nationwide and overseas for over 40 years. We operate in 48 states and 12 countries.
Qualifications:
7. Psychologist
7.1. Education: Contract service provider shall hold a Doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology from an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited program and shall have completed an APA approved clinical psychology internship.
7.2. Licensure/Certification/Registration: Shall have and maintain a current license to practice Clinical or Counseling Psychology in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands that allows for the independent practice of clinical services. This license shall be current (not revoked, suspended, or lapsed in registration), valid (the issuing authority accepts and considers QA information (i.e. practitioner professional performance and conduct in determining continued licenses)), and unrestricted (not subject to restriction pertaining to the scope, location, or type of practice ordinarily granted to other applicants for similar licenses in granting jurisdiction). Contract service providers shall meet all credentialing requirements for the MTF where they will be providing services.
7.3. Experience: A minimum of two (2) years within the past five (5) years in the practice of clinical psychology , in a U.S. Government setting such as a DOD or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) MTF and providing clinical services to individuals, couples or groups in clinical psychotherapy services. The Contractor shall ensure that the contract service provider has sufficient training and experience to effectively provide Specialty services for service members and family members. Related experience will not be accepted in lieu of degree or license requirements.
7.4. Basic Life Support Training: All contract service providers shall possess and maintain current course completion documentation for basic life support (BLS) through an American Heart Association and/or Red Cross approved training program. BLS shall be renewed every two years.
7.5. Continuing Education: Shall maintain Continuing Education credit sufficient to maintain both their clinical license and to meet MTF specific Quality Assurance standards for credentialing as a Psychologist. The U.S. Government will not pay for the continuing education.
7.6. Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary health care team, work some evenings and weekends as needed, walk and stand for extended periods of time and be able to manage stress, as evidenced by the ability to respond and to meet demands of caseload, such as submitting proper documentation and referrals.
7.7. Knowledge and experience with military health system, combat/deployment issues, people suffering from medically unexplained symptoms, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and/or disasters are highly desired.
7.8. Contract Psychologists are expected to have proficiency in administration and interpretation of basic psychological test measures to include Intelligence Testing, Personality Testing with Objective and Projective Testing, and basic neuropsychological screening techniques, such as Mental Status exams or Dementia Rating Scales.
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