View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement. Organizational Location: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations, ICE Health Services Corp (IHSC) in Conroe, Texas, El Paso, Texas, Los Fresnos, Texas, and Miami Beach, Florida. These are bargaining unit positions.

Duties

As a Clinical Psychologist, you will serve in a detention facility staffed by ICE Health Services Corp, providing care for detainees in ICE Custody. You will perform the following duties: Screens and interviews patients, and performs bio-psychological social evaluations. Conducts therapy, monitors, approves, and documents all treatment planning. Analyzes clinical assessments of patients by reviewing and diagnosing the appropriate modality of each patient. Develops treatment processes and procedures for orientation of patients and evaluates overall effectiveness of therapeutic efforts and institutes changes to increase effectiveness of therapeutic efforts. Independently plans and carries out assigned duties in accordance with generally accepted psychological theories, techniques, and professional practice standards with full professional responsibility.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must successfully pass a drug screen.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
• Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Probationary Period: This is a full-time permanent position (Career/Career-Conditional appointment). Upon appointment to this position, you may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• You must be able to work shifts on days, evening, nights, weekends, holidays, and serve on-call as needed to meet operational needs of the facility with flexibility and adaptability to sudden changes in schedules and work requirements.
• You may be required to do frequent travel. As a clinician, the position is placed on a rotational internal TDY schedule to assist with clinical operations in the field and obtain clinical hours.
• BLS Certification: You must possess and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification with either the American Red Cross or American Heart Association, all times while performing services.
• Must be able to understand, speak, read, and write English fluently.

Qualifications

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic AND Specialized Experience Qualification requirements as noted below. Basic Requirements: Must possess all of the following: Degree: Clinical psychology: You must have successfully completed all the requirements for the Doctoral Degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology. (You must provide a copy of your transcripts with your application. Upload Document type is "Transcript"). Licensure: You must possess a current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice Clinical Psychology independently offered by a U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required.(You must provide a copy with your application. Upload document type is "Professional License") AND Certification: You must be willing to maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare provider certification. This certification shall be maintained in a current status at all times while performing services. (You must provide a copy with your application. Upload document type is "Professional Certification"). To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, you must possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service OR equivalent public or private sector experience, which must include performing the following duties: Perform psychodiagnosis and psychotherapy at a level of professional maturity for the full range of mentally disturbed patients in psychiatric or general medical hospitals or community mental health centers; AND Apply psychological theories, principles to explain or justify psychological diagnoses, conclusions, findings or treatment recommendations. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Education

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address ERO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS 500 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20536 US
• Name: HROC ERO Staffing Unit
• Email: [email protected]