Organization: Arizona Department of Health Services

Posted until: October 29, 2024

DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES

The Arizona State Hospital (ASH) provides inpatient psychiatric care to persons with serious mental illness who need long-term behavioral health care. ASH promotes hope and wellness for our patients and creates opportunities to participate in planning, delivering and evaluating services that assist with recovery. Treatment is individualized with goals that focus on education about an illness, instilling hope and improving one's overall quality of life. The Arizona State Hospital has a wide range of positions available, from our direct care staff, Nurses and Behavioral Health Technicians to Social Workers, Rehabilitation Specialist and Security to name a few. The Arizona State Hospital also offers 12 hour shifts for our Direct Care staff as well as some alternative work schedules, flexible hours for non-direct care staff. We offer a robust benefit package, including the ADHS Student Loan Assistance Program where eligible employees can receive up to $437.50 per month for their outstanding student loans. Come check us out and see how you can make a difference in the lives of all Arizonans.

Position Title: Psychologist

Location: 501 N. 24th Street Phoenix, AZ 85008

Salary: $89,382

Job Summary:

The Psychologist 3 may direct and supervise the work of professional psychologists or therapists in the provision of services to patients/residents of an inpatient setting who present with psychological disorders and a range of life struggles. Major tasks of the psychologist role include: participates as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team, providing psychological services to the patients on a civil and/or forensic inpatient unit; consults with staff of other disciplines to determine effective treatment interventions; performs psychological evaluations that might include violence risk assessment, neuropsychological assessment, psychological evaluation for diagnostic clarification, and evaluations of competency to stand trial; conducts individual and group therapy; develops behavior plans to address aggression, self-injury, and other maladaptive behaviors; participates in training of psychology interns and practicum students; offers educational trainings to hospital staff on a variety of topics as needed; provides documentation of all services performed. Might participate in implementing programs such as cognitive remediation for patients with serious mental illness.

Job Duties:

• Participates as a member of a treatment team, providing psychological services includes developing programs, behavior plans, treatment plans, consultation with teams and staff, and directly talking with patients and providing therapy to patients on the unit.

• Conducts psychological evaluations.

• Provides individual and group therapy.

• Provides clinical supervision to interns/students.

• Participates in continuing education and offers trainings to hospital staff.

• Engages in other duties (e.g., cognitive remediation program) as needed)

• Other duties as assigned as related to the position (typically 5% - 10%)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Techniques and procedures for psychological counseling and therapy

• Comprehensive knowledge of psychological screening, testing and evaluations

• Contemporary thoughts and trends in psychology and related mental health fields

• Research methods and techniques to include data analysis and psychological measurements

• Report writing

• Performance Management (PM), and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Lean methodologies.

Skills:

• Providing psychological treatment and counseling to individuals and groups in accordance with professional and ethical standards.

• Oral and written communication

• Case management

• Interpersonal relations and report writing.

Ability:

• Work effectively with and consult with a multidisciplinary team

• Provide timely documentation for assessment and treatment activities, administer, score and interpret a variety of psychological tests accurately and effectively

• Write summaries and reports of professional quality, perform counseling and therapy services with individuals and groups.

• Provide clinical oversight to professionals and paraprofessionals

• Support a diverse multi-cultural workforce that reflects the community, promotes equal opportunity at all levels of public employment, and creates an inclusive work environment that enables all individuals to perform to their fullest potential free from discrimination.

Selective Preferences:

The ideal candidate will have:

• Training in a wide range of psychological assessments and 1 year of professional experience as a licensed psychologist or training experience with those with serious mental illness and forensic populations.

• Experience working with individuals with a history of sexual offending, treatment, or assessment preferred, but not required.

• Preference given to applicants with Public Health experience.

Pre-Employment Requirements:

• Must have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology.

• Must be licensed as a Psychologist in the State of Arizona or be license eligible and receive certification from the Board of Psychologist Examiners within one year of appointment.

• State Hospital employee must be able to obtain a valid Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1758.07.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

How to Apply:

For Immediate Consideration, please APPLY directly on https://www.azstatejobs.gov/ (Job ID: 527518)