Supervisory Clinical Psychologist

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri is home of the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School, Army Engineer School, and U.S. Army Military Police School.  Fort Leonard Wood trains and educates nearly 90 thousand troops a year.  Surprisingly, the Fort also trains Marines, Airmen, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and international students from allied nations. With more than 22,000 military members and their families, Ft Leonard Wood provides us with a diverse and well skilled population.  

Fort Leonard Wood, situated in the heart of the Ozark Mountains, is a sportsman’s paradise with some of the most beautiful scenery, hosting many large lakes, rivers, streams, and forests ideal for fishing and hunting. Fort Leonard Wood covers more than 61,000 acres located in Pulaski County with a population of nearly 52,607.  Bordering the installation to the north are the towns of Waynesville and St. Robert, with an estimated combined population of 9,170.  The installation is situated between St Louis and Springfield, Missouri 1 ½ to 2 hours respectively. Also 30 minutes equidistant between Rolla and Lebanon along I-44.  It is also a great place to raise a family along with a low cost of living. 

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/

MAJOR DUTIES

1. Serves as a Clinical Supervisor in Behavioral Health. Supervises assigned professional and paraprofessional employees. Functions as the authoritative source of information for the specialty of Psychology. Knowledgeable of all new material related to specialization. Provides guidance to the hospital commander regarding policy in Psychology issues. Personal contacts are with military and community leaders, social workers, psychiatrists, other physicians, nurses, other hospital personnel, court representatives and educators. Provides command consultations from the company level through the installation level, as needed.

Provides individual, couple, family, and/group psychological counseling utilizing a variety of treatment modalities primarily to adult patients presenting to the Department of Behavioral Health with a wide range of emotional and BH disorders. Treats the most severe, difficult and complex variations of adult psychological dysfunction.

Selects, administers, scores, and interprets objective and projective psychological tests for the purpose of assessing patient’s cognitive, psycho-educational, emotional personality, vocational, and neuropsychological functioning. Integrates the results of test data with psycho diagnostic interview data and data from other sources to formulate diagnostic impressions, treatment plans, and recommendations.

Participates with other professional staff in providing emergency behavioral health services on a scheduled, rotating, on-call basis to patients during both normal and other-than-normal duty hours to include screening patients for appropriateness of psychiatric hospitalization.

Provides psychological and clinical consultation to other professionals and paraprofessionals through established consultation channels. Coordinates with a variety of agencies to assist with the multidisciplinary treatment of patients. These contacts may include, but are not limited to social work, nursing, the community counseling center, the exceptional family member program, command, and legal or other community agencies. Will interact with military commanders and be able to provide extensive knowledge of Soldiering and the deployment missions.

Conducts psychological autopsies, Temporary Disabled Retirement List (TDRL), evaluations, medical boards, sanity boards, security clearances, and fitness for duty evaluations; specifically, can a Soldier function in his/her Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) and deploy to a peace keeping mission or combat situation.

Exercises the skill, capability and knowledge to function as a leader for both military and garrison operations in the absence of active-duty officers.

Teaches classes, such as Suicide Prevention, Stress Management, Mental Status Evaluation, and Deployment Briefings. Must have a thorough understanding of the soldering mission and ability to communicate this knowledge to all commanders.

Participates in the Military Health Services (MHS) Continuous Quality Improvement Process. On a rotating basis, functions as action officer for solving quality improvement problems. Documents all work in a clear, communicable and timely fashion meeting all US Army, Professional, and MHS standards. Participates in both administrative and professional staff meetings.

2. Supervises military personnel, federal civilian employees, and oversees contractor performance assigned to the Clinic. For military and civilian personnel, the incumbent plans and organizes work to be accomplished, establishes priorities, makes assignments, monitors progress in terms of timeliness and accuracy of work performed, makes temporary reassignment of employees between jobs to meet workload demands. Establishes performance standards and prepares performance appraisals. Provides guidance, gives advice, counsel or instruction to employees on both technical and administrative matters. Makes decisions on work problems presented by employees, and hears and resolves group grievances and effects disciplinary action such as warnings and reprimands involving nonsupervisory subordinates and recommends action in more serious cases. Interviews and recommends candidates for vacant positions. Recommends awards or bonuses for employees and changes in position classification. Identifies and recommends developmental and training needs of employees. Accomplishes reviews for improvement of performance to ensure the most effective and efficient operation. Instructs on new and existing policies and procedures and assists in interpreting and applying regulatory guidance. Tracts expenditures, manages the budget, and accounts for all Service equipment. Assures military personnel are in compliance with Company directives and rosters.

PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.