Mental Health Lead

CGI•Fairfax, VA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Mental Health Lead, for the purposes of this contract, is defined as a Licensed Psychologist, Doctoral level (Ph.D. or Psy.D), with a minimum of 3 years of experience relevant to completing VA disability examinations and psychological testing. The Mental Health Lead is the SME in their specialty and responsible for providing leadership, guidance, oversight, and quality assurance to front line Examiners who assist with the provision of Contract Mental Health examinations. Experience must include: . MST (Military Sexual Trauma) experience . Depression, PTSD and Anxiety This position is located in our Fairfax, VA or Lafayette, LA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Requirements

Doctoral degree in Psychology (Ph.D. or Psy.D).
Examiners performing mental health evaluations must be appropriately trained and credentialed clinicians; doctoral level psychologists are the accepted standard for mental health DBQs in the VA MDE program.
Full, current, unrestricted license as a Psychologist in a U.S. state or territory.
The PWS indicates that all examiners must be fully licensed and credentialed according to VA requirements.
Must remain in good standing, with no restrictions, revocations, or disciplinary actions.

Nice To Haves

Experience in clinical quality management or oversight roles.
Experience developing or delivering clinician training.
MST (Military Sexual Trauma) experience
Depression, PTSD and Anxiety
Familiarity with VA adjudication process (M21 1), DBQ structures, and common error patterns that cause rework.
Experience working with vulnerable veteran populations (combat trauma, MST survivors).

Responsibilities

Oversee continuous updates to Mental Health DBQs as VA modifies diagnostic or documentation requirements.
Implement more robust performance monitoring, including new quality metrics, to ensure exam accuracy and compliance as VA standards evolve.
Introduce improved workload balancing practices for examiners to reduce burnout and optimize quality, reflecting organizational principles of workload management and equitable task distribution.
Build structured mentorship and training pathways for new mental health examiners, aligning with the organization's emphasis on skills development, growth, and staff readiness.
Identify high potential team members, prepare individualized learning plans, and guide them toward advanced VA specific competencies (e.g., MST, PTSD, MDD, anxiety modalities).
Collaborate with leadership to maintain a strong pipeline of qualified candidates as program volume grows, taking cues from broader talent alignment strategies.
Ensure clinicians adhere to updated VA requirements and internal policy changes—particularly around documentation accuracy, reporting of risks, and proper handling of sensitive mental health information.
Coordinate with security personnel to reinforce SEAD 3 related reporting obligations and encourage healthy, stigma free mental health care behaviors among examiners.
Partner with Program Management, QA Leadership, and IT teams to ensure the mental health portion of MDE operations evolves alongside technology, system upgrades, and changes in VA interoperability requirements.
Participate in enterprise wide planning sessions to align mental health processes with organizational goals, mirroring how SMEs support program level decisions.
Lead mental health workforce