Licensed Psychologist

Job Description

Job Description

Compensation:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Full-time
• Full Benefits
• Relocation Assistance - Negotiable
• Bonus Eligible - A Signing Bonus may be offered in negotiations

Candidate Detail's:

• Seniority Level - Mid-Level
• Management Experience Required - Yes
• Willingness to Travel - Never
• Reports to - Health Services Administrator

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate from an accredited college or university with a Doctoral degree in Psychology.
• Must possess a current, unrestricted license to practice psychology in Kansas where practice occurs.
• Must have two years clinical experience, which includes one year in a comparable position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Corrections or Detention Experience

Job Description:

Our mental health teams make lasting changes in the lives of offenders, as we set the standards of care in the industry. This is your opportunity to make a satisfying career even more rewarding. We're currently seeking Licensed Psychologists who have a passion for providing the highest quality care in an institutional setting. We employ over 100 psychologists and other mental health professionals who provide clinical services, assessment, consultation, program evaluation and staff development in the fast-paced environment of partnership corrections. The Licensed Psychologist plans and implements all professional psychological service programs of a non-medical nature in the facility. Coordinates and directs the activities of personnel engaged in providing psychological services to inmates/residents.

The successful candidate should be able to perform ALL of the following functions at a pace and level of performance consistent with the actual job performance requirements.

1. Conducts psychological screenings and assessments based on review of available records, and clinical interviews with inmates.
2. As part of a mental health team, confers with other clinical staff, e.g., psychiatrists, mental health service providers, physicians, nurses, social workers, in order to gather and provide information concerning patient psychological problems, to ensure treatment activities are well integrated, and patient care follow-through occurs.
3. Provides treatment to inmates by developing, implementing, and modifying individual treatment plans based on evaluation of needs and level of functioning.
4. Makes regular rounds in segregation or other confined housing areas to assess inmate adjustment and mental health treatment needs.
5. Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of psychological counseling theory and techniques by way of treatments and activities used for individuals in caseload.
6. Provides appropriate mental health assessments, counseling, and confrontation avoidance interventions to address the needs of inmates in crisis.
7. Consults with psychiatry, mental health, nursing, medical, educational, chaplain, security staff, and others, as applicable to gather information and understanding into the reasons for the escalation of problems behaviors and changes in mental health condition of inmates.

This is an onsite position, NOT remote.

Why Join Our Facility?

Our employees define our success allowing us to deliver innovative solutions for our partners and equipping those in our care with the skills needed to move their lives forward.

We are committed to the highest standards of professionalism which are defined by a core set of principles that guide our expected behaviors. We call these our B8 Leadership Principles.

Our B8 principles establish the standard for how we treat one another and those entrusted to our care.