Psychologist to Support The U.s. Army's Traumatic

All services shall be provided in accordance with established standards, principles and ethics of the Psychologist’s profession and applicable professional specialty organization (e.g. American Psychiatric Association), Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (“JCAHO”) standards, applicable Department of Defense and Army specific regulations, directives and policies, and MTF specific policies, procedures, and job descriptions. Services shall be provided in accordance with MTF privileging and within the Psychologist’s scope of practice. Psychologist shall give the highest regard to patient dignity and observe the precepts of the American Hospital Association’s Bill of Right for Patients.

Psychologist shall perform duties to include, but not limited to those listed below:
A. Assesses and resolves complex social, economic and psychosocial problems that may impact on service members and their families’ medical treatment as outpatients by providing direct casework services, to include screening, assessment, treatment, referral, consultation and education and in conjunction with DoD PDH-CPGs.

B. Assesses and resolves complex social, economic and psychosocial problems that may impact on service members’ and their families’ medical treatment as inpatients or while the service member is being evaluated for medical discharge from the service by providing direct casework services, to included screening, assessment, referral, consultation and education.

C. Conducts psychosocial evaluations and provides therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling to individuals, groups and families as needed to facilitate behavioral health clinical care management and optimize care.

D. Evaluates the impact of diagnosis or lack of diagnosis with unexplained chronic symptoms on individual and family systems as well as assess patient’s functioning within work, family and routines of daily living and identify areas needing continued support, resources, and treatment in order to assist patients.

E. Provides services to high-risk populations including service members pending medical discharge due to physical and/or behavioral health injuries/illnesses, service members who were wounded as a result of their military duties, and the families of service members killed in action.

F. Assess and resolve complex, social, economic and psychosocial problems that may impact on service members’ and their families’ medical treatment as outpatients by providing direct casework services, to include screening, assessment, treatment, referral, consultation and education and in conjunction with DoD PDH-CPGs.

G. Assess and resolve complex social, economic and psychosocial problems that may impact on service members’ and their families’ medical treatment as inpatients or while the service member is being evaluated for medical discharge from the service by provided direct casework services, to include screening, assessment, referral, consultation and education.

H. Conduct psychosocial evaluations and provide therapeutic interventions including medical management.

I. Provides services as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team to patients who are eligible beneficiaries of the Military Health Care System as authorized by Army Regulation (AR) 40-3, Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Care Contract service providers shall utilitize short-term and long-term care models, patient and provider consultation models and education in conjunction with the DoD CPGs to address behavioral health (BH) concerns and medical conditions related to behavioral health needs of service members and their families.

J. Provides BH screening, assessment, and direct care specialty referral to service members and their families.

L. Evaluates the individual and family systems as well as assesses patient’s functioning within work, family and routines of daily living, and identifies areas needing continued support, resources, and treatment in order to assist patients.

M. Supports local and remote Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) events that prepare large numbers of service members for mobilization, deployment, demobilization, and redeployment in clinical and non-clinical settings. This support shall include provision of behavioral health services, screenings, evaluation, management and referrals for U.S. Army Soldiers who report deployment related symptoms on Pre-Deployment Health Assessment (DD Form 2795), Post Deployment Health Assessment (DD Form 2796), Post Deployment Health Reassessment (DD Form 2900) or other screening forms, assistance with administrative requirements for transfer from active to reserve status and other administrative requirements. The SRP events may occur as frequently as bi-weekly or as infrequently as semi-annually.

N. Develops, implements and maintains partnerships with U.S. Army Soldiers, family members, other health care providers and community resources, as applicable. Develops comprehensiv