Psychology Technician

Summary

The Organizational Location of the Position is assigned to the Neuropsychology Consult Team, Behavioral Health Team, Mental Health Service, VA North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS), Dallas, TX.

Duties

• The Primary Purpose of the Position is referred to organizationally as the neuropsychology psychometrician/psychology technician. The incumbent of this position will provide: (1) administration and scoring of a wide range of specialized individually-administered neuropsychological and psychological tests to outpatients to help determine neurocognitive and psychiatric status; (2) documentation of accurate behavioral observations during testing which summarize patient contact; (3) administrative activities related to Neuropsychology Consult Team operations, training, and research. The incumbent is responsible for the accuracy and validity of all obtained test results and interacts with veterans with a wide variety of complex medical, neurological, and psychiatric presentations. The work of the incumbent is critical for the delivery of efficient and quality patient care alongside education and research activities within Neuropsychology and Mental Health Service. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical Services Provides services to patients with complex conditions, including: Severe neurological disorders (e.g., traumatic brain injury, vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, Huntington's, seizure disorder, multiple sclerosis, stroke, aphasia) Multiple medical conditions (e.g., diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension) Severe mental health conditions (e.g., bipolar disorder, PTSD, schizophrenia, other related diagnoses) Independently administers and scores neuropsychological assessments, including screening tools and comprehensive batteries of intelligence, attention, memory, language, visuospatial/constructional skills, and executive functions Administers and scores emotional status, psychopathology, and personality measures for providers within and outside the Neuropsychology Consult team Operates specialized equipment and computers for data entry, scoring, and analysis related to program evaluation and research Communicates rationale for testing procedures to patients and/or significant others Establishes effective rapport with patients using evidence-based motivational interviewing techniques and provides a non-threatening environment for optimal testing Communicates sensitively and adapts assessment procedures for patients with disabilities, ensuring appropriate accommodations Documents and provides both verbal and written observations of patient behavior during testing, noting atypical habits or relevant features Completes timely and accurate documentation in the medical record following Mental Health Service policy Presents patient data in an organized, legible format, including tabular or graphic displays when needed Program Operation, Training, and Research Oversees Neuropsychology caseload organization and referral scheduling to ensure timely assessments and prioritize urgent cases Maintains patient data file security according to VA regulations Manages inventory and purchasing of assessment materials for the Mental Health Service Tracks loaned test equipment and patient files, ensuring their timely return and authorized release Participates in quality assurance and improvement activities within Neuropsychology Clinic, Mental Health Service, and VA Medical Center Acts as point of contact for patient scheduling, transportation, and accommodation requests for the Neuropsychology Consult Team Assists in training psychology students, interns, fellows, and research technicians in proper assessment procedures and Mental Health policies Implements research protocols, including obtaining informed consent, data collection, documentation, and entry into databases Maintains integrity of research database in compliance with VA procedures Additional Duties Supports and adheres to all safety and fire prevention practices, promptly reporting incidents and unsafe conditions to clinical supervisor per policy Reports accidents and notifies supervisor of unsafe or unhealthful workplace conditions Adheres to professional and ethi…

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/29/2026. This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT & will remain open until December 28, 2026, or until all positions are filled. The first cut-off date is October 13, 2026. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Basic Requirement: The following are basic requirements for appointment as a Psychology Technician in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), which all applicants must met. Individual Occupational Requirements Experience that involved the observation of and assistance in the application of techniques relating to behavior, capacities, traits, interests, and activities of either humans or, under laboratory conditions, animals. Experience may have been gained in connection with a program of research or direct services in psychology that gave a practical understanding of some of the principles, methods, and techniques of psychology needed to assist professional psychologists. OR Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in any combination of subjects such as psychology, statistics, or other directly related subjects. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) In addition to meeting the individual occupational requirements one of the following minimum requirement criteria must be met to be qualified for this position. A. Superior Academic Achievement is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) Class standing -- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses. Grade-point average (G.P.A.)-- Applicants must have a grade-point average of: Grade-point averages are to be rounded to one decimal place. For example, 2.95 will round to 3.0 and 2.94 will round to 2.9. 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum. OR B. You must have 1 year of graduate-level education in a related social or biological science, and your coursework must include at least 24 semester hours in psychology. An academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 academic year of full-time study. This determination is made based on normal course loads for a full year of study in the graduate program. 18 s…

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. NOTE: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.