Operational Psychologist, LCSW (POTFF)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise a team of employees through cultivation of a high performance team.
- Ensure adequate staff coverage for assigned program area.
- Serve as subject matter expert for identified area of program knowledge.
- Ensure assigned team is meeting contract and individual SLA's, and related requirements.
- Work with contract management and shared services to identify opportunities for improvement and efficiencies.
- May attend client and stakeholder meetings.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

- Provide technical expertise, guidance, and direct services in clinical and operational psychology to SOF personnel.

- Collaborate with an existing active-duty Operational Psychologist, or independently if no such active-duty psychologist is available, in the development and planning of unit-level resiliency programs to identify, prevent, and treat behavioral health issues.

- Support the development and implementation of assessment and selection programs to improve person/job match, team cohesion, adaptability, and operational effectiveness.

- Provide consultation and direct support in assessment and selection, operational support, individual, team, and organizational assessment, performance enhancement, executive coaching, and leadership preservation and development.

- Use assessment and selection data to strengthen SOF operators' ability to learn key performance-based strategies during high-risk training and enhance survivability and force effectiveness.

- Conduct, administer, and interpret psychological assessment measures and consult with command personnel.

- Manage relevant process improvement, program validation, government-approved research, and appropriate personnel selection records and filing systems.

- Assist across POTFF domain efforts when deemed mission essential by local unit government supervisors within POTFF or by the Commander.

- Manage referrals and disposition of referrals for behavioral health care.

- Provide professional development and education to leadership and SOF personnel, as requested.

- Provide crisis response and follow-up care in the event of unit casualties or other serious incidents.

- Serve as a liaison between unit personnel and base/community helping professionals or agencies.

- Support assessment and selection for incoming personnel and provide feedback to unit leadership on personnel suitability for specific military organizations or positions.

- Ensure all work meets professional standards and guidelines defined by the organization's commander and/or Senior OP and the American Psychological Association (APA) Practice Guidelines of Operational Psychology.

- Maintain privileges and credentials for independent practice in good standing with appropriate privileging and credentialing authorities.

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, technical training, or relevant experience in lieu of degree.
- Minimum of two...