- Position Title
- Psychology Program Manager
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTG-12732147-25-RCG Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, May 2, 2025 to Monday, May 19, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you a Veterans Health Administration employee?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
3.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
4.
I authorize my application information being shared with hiring managers for similar positions. I understand this option may not result in further consideration for additional positions nor will it impact my application for this announcement.
Assessment 1
ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATIONS. The following sections are used to determine your eligibility and qualifications for appointment in the Federal Government. FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS MAY RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING. The assessment part of the questionnaire includes questions about your eligibility, minimum qualifications, and KSAs (knowledge, skills and abilities) related to this position.
For each task in the following group, choose response below that best describes your experience and/or training. (If you are unable to complete the questionnaire online, darken the oval corresponding to that statement in Section 25 of the Qualifications and Availability Form C). Please select only one letter for each item. A- Yes. B- No.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
I am citizen of the United States.
2.
English Language Proficiency. I am proficient in basic written and spoken English. (In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position.)
3.
Licensure: I am licensed or certified by a state to practice psychology at the doctoral level?
4.
Education: I possess a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). The program was accredited at the time I completed the requirements for my degree. The specialty area of the degree is consistent with the assignment for which I am applying.
5.
Education (Internship): I have completed a professional psychology internship that was accredited by the APA at the time I completed the internship.
Certification of Understanding - Select the appropriate answer to the statement below. Failure to provide an answer will result in your not being considered for this position.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
6.
EXPERIENCE: The following question pertains to your experience. In additional to meeting the basic requirement, you must possess at least three years of experience as a professional psychologist, with at least one year equivalent to the GS-13 grade level:
In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the professional KSAs:
1. Ability to organize work, set priorities, delegate tasks, and meet multiple deadlines;
2. Knowledge of and ability to utilize evidence based practices and clinical practice guidelines appropriately and ability to guide staff in using these tools;
3. Ability to deal effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view;
4. Skill in managing and directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives;
5. Ability to translate management goals and objectives into well-coordinated and controlled work operations;
6. Ability to establish and monitor production and performance priorities and standards;
7. Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and to develop and implement solutions that result in sound operation of the program.
I have experience demonstrating possession of advanced practice skills and judgment as described in the paragraph above?
In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the professional KSAs:
1. Ability to organize work, set priorities, delegate tasks, and meet multiple deadlines;
2. Knowledge of and ability to utilize evidence based practices and clinical practice guidelines appropriately and ability to guide staff in using these tools;
3. Ability to deal effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view;
4. Skill in managing and directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives;
5. Ability to translate management goals and objectives into well-coordinated and controlled work operations;
6. Ability to establish and monitor production and performance priorities and standards;
7. Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and to develop and implement solutions that result in sound operation of the program.
I have experience demonstrating possession of advanced practice skills and judgment as described in the paragraph above?
7.
CERTIFY: I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibility may be cancelled; I may be denied an appointment; or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated and that responding "No" or providing no response to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.