Psychologist Job in May be filled in various FAA duty locations

Vacancy No. AAC-AAM-25-AAM200-95248 Department Federal Aviation Administration
Salary $111,171.00 to $172,257.00 Grade K to K
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 7/5/2025 Close Date 7/14/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
May be filled in various FAA duty locations


Summary

This position is located in the Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM), Medical Specialties Division. This position's primary responsibility is to provide expert support for various medical and non-medical programs within the division. The licensed Clinical Psychologist performs personality assessments, clinical psychological and neuropsychological testing of Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) and airmen under the minimum supervision of a manager.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

Also open to former permanent excepted service federal employees eligible under an interchange agreement. Current or former permanent federal employees must have met a one year probationary period or trial period in the competitive or excepted service. Applications will be accepted from preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least 3 years of continuous active duty service.

Duties

Works under AAM, Medical Specialties Division Director for broad administrative direction and the Psychology Branch Manager for supervision. A recognized expert within AAM as a licensed Clinical Psychologist with specialized knowledge in Personality Assessments and clinical psychological/neuropsychological testing in general, and specifically to evaluate ATCS and airmen.

Identifies and resolves highly complex problems or issues which have an impact on the accomplishments of the program objectives. Applies knowledge of FAA's policies and objectives to identify, define and organize work projects for various medical programs.

Evaluates the following: ATCS applicant psychological screening and reports from Tier 2 clinical psychological evaluations; ATCS neuropsychological evaluations for medical clearance and airmen neuropsychological evaluations for medical certification.

Evaluates and recommends disposition regarding ATCS medical qualification and airmen medical certification cases to include participating in: ATCS medical qualification case consultations and reviews; airman medical certification case consultations and appeals; antidepressant medication (SSRI) and Human Intervention and Motivation Study (HIMS) cases; and other as assigned.

Provides expert advice and technical support to the Federal Air Surgeon, and the Medical Specialties Division Director.

Performs critical tasks related to ATCS screening processes and Neuropsychological protocols, and others that require development of new concepts and innovative approaches.

Identifies problems or issues which may cross organizational boundaries (AVS - Flight Standards, Air Traffic Organization) and impact FAA strategic goals.

Assists in representing AAM as a psychology and neuropsychology technical authority for major programs (ATCS screening, HIMS Program).

Participates in developing innovative approaches to attain organizational objectives, such as conceiving, planning and conducting studies to solve complex issues and problems (e.g., ATCS screening, Neurocognitive screening).

Serves as a headquarters psychology and neuropsychology consultant for inquiries from the Regional Flight Surgeons and Aerospace Medicine Certification Division on medical certification issues.

Plans, organizes, coordinates and assist with work activities of staff members and provide direction and guidance to them. Provides professional advice and technical knowledge to the Branch Manager, Division Director and/or Deputy Director, AAM senior management, and other agency elements with respect to medical rule-making and medical certification programs.

Assists in responses to public inquiries and related correspondence on airmen medical certification and ATCS medical qualification.

Provides professional advice and consultation to the Office of General Counsel (AGC) and Regional Offices to: support case development; provide expert testimony in support of Agency positions in NTSB and other medical-legal matters.

Works in conjunction with Policy Standards Branch to develop new policies or procedures.

Provides educational presentations at Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) seminars, HIMS seminars, Aerospace Psychology Seminars, and other national and international meetings and seminars.

Evaluates the quality of reports submitted by community practitioners and makes suggestions for improvement when appropriate.

Provides expert program advice via senior AAM management to FAA management officials on issues of significant interest to airmen, Congress, the aviation industry, and the flying public.

Contacts are internal and external to include officials of DOT and FAA, airmen, ATCS, Congressional staff, the flying public, and representatives of the aviation industry and other stakeholders to resolve significant or controversial issues affecting aviation safety.

Participates in the Quality Improvement program associated with community-based neuropsychology and psychology providers.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
  • Designated or Random Drug Testing required.
  • This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
  • Successful completion of a security investigation may be required
  • A one-year probationary period may be required.
  • Please review Required Documents & Additional Information.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major field of study or specific course requirements in Psychology.

Clinical psychology specialization has an additional educational requirement as stated below:

  • Clinical psychology: For positions at grades GS-11 and above, satisfactory completion of all the requirements for the doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology is required.

In addition to the above basic requirement(s):

To qualify at the FV-K (FG/GS-15) level, you must demonstrate in your application you possess one (1) year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the FV-J (FG/GS - 14) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience includes experience with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality lnventory-2 and other tools or testing utilized for personality assessment; standardized neuropsychological tests; additional training (e.g. fellowship) and/or equivalent post-doctoral experience in neuropsychology; Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program training and experience; experience in personality assessment.

Applicants should provide examples of Specialized Experience in their Work History

AND

Selective Placement Factor (SPF): Current, active, full, and unrestricted licensure as a Clinical Psychologist from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; and board certification or board eligibility in neuropsychology.

Copy of licensure and/or licensure number required. Copy of certification or eligibility must be uploaded with your application

If your qualifications for this position are based on education, you must submit a transcript of your college coursework by the closing date of the announcement. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

Information Regarding KSA's

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are not required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA.

Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSA's listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Preview Job Questionnaire

Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements

Leave Enhancement: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee.

This position is covered by the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. Any applicant tentatively selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designated position (TDP)" will be subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing.

NOTES:

1) Applicants must apply online to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applications cannot be accepted. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

2) Some, none, or all candidates may be interviewed.

3) This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: Pay & Benefits | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov)

4) This vacancy announcement contains a Selective Placement Factor (SPF). Further consideration for this vacancy will cease if the Selective Placement Factor is not met.

5) To check receipt of emailed documents, please email ryan.cappadony@faa.gov.

Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA

Benefits

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.



IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

Notification of Personnel Action (Current SF-50) and/or DD214 (Member 4 copy) must be included in your application to determine area of consideration. Transcripts and other documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application and must be uploaded or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. Veteran documentation, please see below. If your qualifications for this position are based on education, you must submit a transcript of your college coursework by the closing date of the announcement. Schools must be accredited by an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.



Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.
This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 180 series.

College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 180 series with the FAA.

College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying a 180 series.

If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment.

If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee), you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/. If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the National Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional information is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf.

Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for EVHO, MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

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.

How to Apply

You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.

We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:

  • Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)

  • Duties (be specific in describing your duties)

  • Employer's name and address

  • Supervisor name and phone number

  • Start and end dates including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)

  • Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)

  • Salary (optional)


Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible.

You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide, Document Upload Guide, for more information on uploading and re-using the documents in your applications.

Agency contact information

Ryan Cappadony
Address
Federal Aviation Administration
AAC Regional HR Services Branch
6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155
AHF-S210
Oklahoma City, OK 73169
US

Next steps

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide.

Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.


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