Clinical Psychologist

Overview:
Clinical Psychologist - Lakenheath, United Kingdom

RAF Lakenheath is located in Forest Heath District of Suffolk County in East Anglia, England. The base is about 80 miles northeast of London and about 25 miles northeast of Cambridge. The nearest towns are Lakenheath, with around 8,200 residents, and Brandon with around 8,800 residents. Both towns offer shopping, dining and leisure opportunities.

Other nearby towns and cities include Thetford, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich and Cambridge. RAF Mildenhall and Mildenhall village are approximately seven miles away. RAF Feltwell and the village of Feltwell are approximately eight miles away.

**Responsibilities**:
**Duties**:

- Provide individual and group therapy, using various modalities as clinically indicated to include brief problem-focused psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and client-centered therapy.
- Assess acute mental health conditions in beneficiaries who present with such issues.
- Screen and interview patients, perform bio-psychological social evaluations using expert knowledge of general and specific concepts, principles, procedures, and practices relating to psychological counseling.
- Evaluate overall effectiveness of therapeutic effort and institute changes to increase effectiveness of therapeutic efforts.

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Qualifications:
**Qualifications**:
**Who May Apply: US Citizens**Basic Requirement for Clinical Psychologist**:
**Degree**:Doctoral Degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology.
- In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements below:
**Specialized Experience**:One year of specialized experience which includes performing bio-psychological social evaluations, conducting psychotherapy, and administering or interpreting psychological tests. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-12.
- Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone-no substitution of education for experience is permitted.**Licensure**:This position requires a current, active, valid, unrestricted clinical license to practice Psychology independently, offered by a U.S. State, District of Columbia, commonwealth, territory or jurisdiction.
- Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).**Education**: