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Licensed Military Behavioral Health Provider: HJF is seeking a Licensed Military Behavioral Health Provider to support the Center for Deployment Psychology’s SBHP program. The incumbent will perform a variety of activities as a trainer and mental health specialist. This is a remote position.   This position will be in support of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP), which is based in Bethesda, MD. The Licensed Military Behavioral Health Provider (SBHP Program) will assist with activities related to CDP’s mission, which is to lead the development of a community of culturally mindful and clinically competent providers through the delivery of high-quality training and education, the convening of experts, and the dissemination of research-based treatment and the latest topics in military behavioral health. CDP strives to be the central hub for the Military Health System (MHS) in the development and implementation of training and education to clinicians in order to ensure that all service members, veterans, and their families receive quality behavioral healthcare that meets their unique needs. The Licensed Behavioral Health Professional will contribute to the national expansion of Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP) program, a training and referral program that is building a network of civilian community mental health providers across the 54 U.S. states and territories and an online therapist directory to support the military population, with an emphasis on National Guard (NG) members. Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF) provides administrative and management support to the Center.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic and government clients by administering, managing and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners. HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering online and in-person training on military culture, military mental health conditions and other service related topics which includes developing and updating presentations and training materials based on the literature.
• Serving as a subject matter expert in military behavioral health issues including the ability to integrate the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences, such that the candidate is able to provide training and consultation that is empirically sound as well as culturally competent, inclusive and accessible across a wide variety of contexts.
• Interacting closely with National Guard (NG) state behavioral health teams virtually and in-person to promote adoption of SBHP and use of the therapist directory for referring airmen and soldiers.
• Representing SBHP virtually and in person at state and national military and civilian conferences and planning events for stakeholders to raise SBHP’s national profile.
• Designing and implementing outreach strategies and creating resources for building a community of SBHP practitioners and connecting them with NG behavioral health officers.
• Collaborating closely with key stakeholders and partners such as the National Guard Bureau (NGB) and Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) at Purdue University to evaluate, enhance, and elevate SBHP and ensure its success.
• Serving as an active member/lead on team projects and assisting with programming, strategic communications, metrics, and efficiencies.
• Contributes to CDP’s subject matter expert blog posts, podcasts, videos, infographics, asynchronous training materials, and other additional educational activities as needed. Prepares scholarly manuscripts for publication and presents at national and/or international conferences to disseminate the work conducted by the Center.

May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience delivering professional presentations to adult learners including:
   - Experience with curriculum development of presentations and other materials for adult continuing education.
   - An ability to engage mental health professionals with different experience levels, respond to questions, and convey points clearly.
• Knowledge of the military population and military behavioral health issues and is a champion of DoD-approved evidence-based psychotherapies.
• Knowledge of the Reserve Component as well as NG practices and policies related to behavioral health care is preferred.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to write professional correspondence, educational and marketing materials, and reports, as well as to provide briefings and updates to internal and external partners including the NGB and NG state teams.
• Clinical experience providing mental health services to adult clients.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a T1 Public Trust/CAC.

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Military Behavioral Health Child Provider: HJF is seeking a Military Behavioral Health Child Provider to participate in developing and delivering the ongoing DoD Child Collaboration Study. This position acts as a subject-matter expert on the project and provides expertise for training and education products.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic and government clients by administering, managing and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners. HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a subject matter expert assisting in the development of web-based/asynchronous and in-person training and consultation relevant to the Center for Deployment Psychology’s DoD Child Collaboration Study.
• Engage in critical activities, including frequent, comprehensive literature reviews; critique of scholarly work to identify the most rigorous contributions to a specified topic; and synthesizing and integrating the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture (to include military culture), and preferences, such that the candidate can develop and provide training and consultation that is empirically sound as well as culturally competent, inclusive and accessible across a wide variety of contexts. Make necessary changes, additions, and updates to educational materials as needed.
• Apply knowledge in research methodology and dissemination to support the development of new research initiatives, support existing research activities, and contribute to preparing manuscripts for peer-reviewed outlets.
• Consult with DoD Child Collaboration partners/collaborators to ensure evidence-based therapy and telehealth practices are understood and utilized with fidelity.
• Work with a team to provide input, expertise, and on-site facilitation assistance during convening events and conferences focused on the behavioral health and developmental needs of military youth and families. In this role, engage in networking and collaboration with other professionals.
• Facilitate working group efforts extending from these convening events and collaborative project efforts.
• Provide training and consultation on military culture or other evidence-based behavioral health practices to civilian and/or military audiences.
• Work with the larger CDP team of instructors and administrative staff to coordinate training/consultation schedules and to develop new training material as needed.
• Contributes as a CDP subject matter expert to blog posts, podcasts, videos, infographics, asynchronous training materials, and other additional educational activities as needed. Promote providers’ use of these resources through outreach communications and other community-building/networking activities.

May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to diagnose and treat psychological problems of all complexities.
• Familiarity with the military medical system is desirable.
• The incumbent must have graduate level training and extensive post degree experience in assessing, diagnosing, and treating youth psychiatric disorders.
• Excellent general communication skills including writing appropriate reports, articles, white papers, and providing presentations to large audiences.
• Knowledge of the research literature relevant to military deployment, military culture, telehealth, other aspects of military life and implementation science is preferred.
• Familiarity with aspects of appropriate military-specific and DoD policies and established military family and child services/programs is desirable.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a T1 Public Trust/CAC.

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Project Manager II - Star Behavioral Health Providers Program: HJF is seeking a Project Manager II - Star Behavioral Health Providers Program to providing technical project oversight and resource management over ongoing projects at the Center. Specific areas of responsibility include: managing operational elements of one or more individual projects, personnel management, internal and external communication, project management for new product development, and reporting budget requirements to Executive leadership.Applicants must possess the ability to provide customer service in a culturally sensitive, accessible, and inclusive manner that demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This position will be in support of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP), which is based in Rockville, MD. The Project Manager II assists with activities related to CDP’s mission, which is to lead the development of a community of culturally mindful and clinically competent providers through the delivery of high-quality training and education, the convening of experts, and the dissemination of research-based treatment and the latest topics in military behavioral health. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF) provides administrative and management support to the Center. CDP strives to be the central hub for the Military Health System (MHS) in the development and implementation of training and education to clinicians in order to ensure that all service members, veterans, and their families receive quality behavioral healthcare that meets their unique needs. In support of CDP’s mission, the selected candidate will provide project management and full coordination of the marketing and strategic communications operations for CDP’s national program, Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP), including developing and overseeing the annual calendar of marketing deliverables for increasing SBHP visibility across the 54 US states and territories. This will require leading and working closely with an internal strategics communications team as well as an external communications team composed of outside partners, vendors, and other specialists. The incumbent will serve as the primary liaison for organizing and leading meetings and activities with and collecting feedback from these teams to finalize all strategic communications materials and meet all expected deliverables. This individual will also be responsible for streamlining existing internal and external processes and evaluating analytics to determine the return on investment from different strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the key coordinator and liaison for all partners, scheduling and lead meetings, coordinating reviews of drafts, consolidating feedback, finalizing materials, and monitoring deadlines.
• Draft and manage HJF contracts with external marketing partners and vendors and work with HJF for approval.
• Develop, manage, and execute the annual calendar of marketing campaigns and deliverables.
• Assist with coordination of external communications and advertising campaigns, including web communications, social media accounts, press releases, newsletters, direct mailers and other promotional materials.
• Ensure the appropriate use of graphic templates, branding, and images to promote communications consistency across materials.
• Ensure marketing communications and messaging aligns with the program’s mission and conveys military cultural sensitivity.
• Maintain a digital library, ensuring version control and archiving as materials are updated. Keep flyers, booth kits, and other resources current and assist with their distribution to events and stakeholders as needed.
• Compile schedules of national and state conferences and coordinate logistics for representation at selected events including staffing exhibitor booths.
• Track and analyze metrics generated from testing marketing campaigns to inform scaling up to a national scope.
• Document project scope and plan, confirming objectives, technologies, schedules, milestones and deadlines, funding, and available resources with key stakeholders. Produce and distribute project status reports and documents.
• Communicate and collaborate with others, including but not limited to project team members, management and other key stakeholders about project requirements and objectives. Document and evaluate existing processes, procedures and guidelines making recommendations for enhancements and improvements as appropriate. Obtain approval for out-of-scope modifications
• Assist with reviewing presentations and posters and other materials for conferences and meetings.

May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written and oral communications skills including attention to details and writing experience with web-based communications and social media as well as printed flyers and fact sheets
• Strong organizational, analytical, creative, and problem-solving skills
• Sound judgment in solving problems
• Demonstrated ability to plan, schedule, and coordinate activities to meet deadlines
• Experience leading and facilitating high-level meetings and activities with a wide variety of personnel and collaborators of varied technical knowledge
• Ability to coordinate many complex systems and programs at the same time
• Ability to communicate clearly, work well with others, identify and resolve problems, and deliver results as a team
• Works well in a virtual team environment and interact well with all levels of an organization and external partners as well as able to work independently
• Working knowledge of a variety of software including but not limited to Microsoft Office, proposal/project tracking, and data analysis software.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a T1/Public Trust background check.
• Knowledge of military culture and the social sciences/behavioral health field is a plus.

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Professor/Associate Professor: The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. USU serves the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service, and consultation. USU uniquely relates these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military medical readiness.

This position is located in the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USU), F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine (SOM), Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology (MPS).

The Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology is responsible for training medical and clinical psychology doctoral students, fully participating in clinical and academic activities of the National Capital Consortium training programs, and continuing education courses in University-sponsored programs. The CDP was established in 2006 as a tri-service behavioral health training consortium focused on preparing military and civilian behavioral health providers to better address the needs of service members, veterans, and their families. The CDP has evolved to serve as a leader in the development of a community of culturally mindful and clinically competent providers through the delivery of high-quality training, the convening of experts, and the dissemination of research-based treatment and content in military behavioral health.

Responsibilities:

• The incumbent serves an Associate or Full Professor and Director, Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) in the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology (MPS), as such is responsible for teaching MPS graduate-level courses in areas of major expertise, mentoring military and/or civilian doctoral students, overseeing thesis and dissertation studies, and providing lectures to medical and graduate students as needed.
• The incumbent will engage in programmatic research with the expectation to develop a nationally visible, extramurally supported program of research in support of the USU and/or DoD mission. The incumbent will assist with curriculum design, engage with multiple administrative assignments, contribute to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives across the University, and participate in professional, university, and departmental service activities. Writes and edits for publication texts, articles, monographs and other materials on the subject of medical and clinical psychology for use in the course of study, contribution to the field of psychology, and for research purposes.
• As Director, Center for Deployment Psychology, incumbent serves as the Director of the CDP and reports directly to the Chair of MPS.. The incumbent is responsible for working collaboratively with the CDP and MPS leadership teams to develop, communicate, manage, execute, and sustain the strategic direction, education and training, scholarly output, and stakeholder engagement in the area of military behavioral healthcare.
• The incumbent will lead and provide oversight to CDP to include strategic planning, budget development, personnel oversight, and portfolio management. The incumbent will lead the development of a strategically aligned training and research agenda, seeking funding, guiding its execution, and producing high-quality training programs, research initiatives, and knowledge products including scholarly papers and presentations. scientific papers and presentations. Incumbent will serve as liaison between CDP and various Federal and non-federal partners working to communicate, coordinate, and collaborate CDP activities research activity with all of the CPD partners. Ensures CDP efforts and outcomes are driven by comprehensive and detailed long-range and mid-range objectives, plans, processes, and associated metrics (process and outcome).
• Serves as the chief executive of the CDP and heads the CDP leadership team. Oversees the developments and delivery of a program of behavioral health training, education, and research targeting military and civilian behavioral providers through various venues in including USU, other DoD, Federal partners, and partner institutions. Oversees a program and research evaluation efforts to identify and leverage new directions and emerging trends in behavioral health and behavioral health dissemination and training to achieve the quality of program to meet the strategic framework of the department, USU, and DoD.
• Oversee the development of scholarly output of research focused on behavioral health and/or the dissemination/implementation of behavioral health information to include literature searches; planning and participating in research protocols; and preparing manuscripts and reports for publication in academic and policy journals. Represents the CDP and USU at professional gatherings, participating in meetings, and delivering presentations.
• Lead the development of strategic activities for CDP related to behavioral health.
• Engages government and academic stakeholders and represents CDP in both governmental and non-governmental forums. Serve on appropriate national-level committees, boards, task forces, and work groups consistent with and in support of the overall CDP strategic plan.
• The incumbent builds a network of professional connections to support the mission of USU and the CDP. Strategizes, develops, and seeks funding for CDP’s research and training programs in behavioral health and operational psychology. Engages Federal partners to identify research needs and funding. Conduct scientific research in alignment with the CDP research strategy.
• Works with CDP staff to assist coordinate annual CDP research budget and assures correct research funding administration. Leads project teams, provides oversight and authoritative technical guidance, and mentors CDP researchers and staff.

May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Requires a minimum of an earned Ph.D. or Psy.D., from an accredited institution/University, or an equivalent doctoral degree and extensive experience in behavioral health training research, particularly in the area of dissemination and/or implementation.
• The position requires: Substantial knowledge and demonstrated behavioral health research and/or training experience particularly focused on dissemination and implementation of empirically supported behavioral health care.
• Experience and knowledge of dissemination and training of behavioral health treatments and/or operational psychology.
• Knowledge and experience in teaching and educational administration at the college level or at a behavioral health training program (e.g., clinical psychology internship program).
• Demonstrated experience managing funded research, training, or clinical programs.
• Knowledge and experience as a manager or administrator of a research or clinical center or research teams with experience in personnel, finance, and project management.
• Demonstrated experience to develop and implement research studies and/or clinical programs.
• Evidence of multiple peer-reviewed academic publications related to the field or educational discipline of the position.
• Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills to prepare presentations and represent the CDP, the department, or the University in academic, public, and federal settings.
• The selected candidate must be academically qualified for a faculty appointment at the specified nominated academic rank in accordance with SOM and USU academic policies.
• The following experience/knowledge are desirable: prior experience in military behavioral health and/or operational psychology; experience working in or with the Federal Government; practical experience in delivery of behavioral health care; and military-civilian collaboration efforts.
• Represents the University at professional meetings, delivers lectures, and participates in meetings and panel discussions at other institutions. Maintains professional contacts with other medical schools and professional organizations throughout the country to locate and exchange information of mutual interest.

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