Psychologist (Per Diem)

  • San Joaquin County, CA
  • Stockton, California
  • Mar 08, 2024
Part Time Public Health
  • Salary: $86.43 / hr USD

Job Description

Introduction

Correctional Health Services is actively recruiting for a Jail-Based Competency Treatment Clinical Psychologist. The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator and active participant as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team, with the ability to perform duties within established program policies and procedures. This position offers a flexible schedule which may include an option for telehealth evaluations.

TYPICAL DUTIES

• Select, administer, score and interpret personality, intelligence and other psychological tests

• Conduct in depth family history and diagnostic interviews

• Attend weekly clinical staff team meetings

• Plan and implement in-service education programs to staff

• Analyze data; prepare reports and correspondence

• Provide clinical consults to treatment team as needed

• Provide observations during patient's structured programming

DUTIES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE JBCT PSYCHOLOGIST

• Administer psychological assessments, semi-structured interviews and/or standardized forensic assessmentinstruments for every newly admitted defendant to gather information about the defendant’s background and ascertain the defendant’s current functioning, competency to stand trial and likelihood of malingering

• Prepare periodic status reports on patients in the program, per Department of State regulations to be submitted to the Superior Court

• Provide follow-up assessment to ascertain patients progress toward mental competency at least every 30 days or sooner if patient has achieved marked improvement in their competence to stand trial

• Familiarity with assessment tools including but not limited to:

o Evaluation of Competency to Stand Trial-Revised (ECST-R)

o MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (Mac CAT-CA)

o Fitness Interview Test - Revised (FIT-R)

o Revised - Competence Assessment Instrument (R-CAI)

Applicants must have a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in the area of clinical psychology, in addition to being a licensed psychologist in the state of California. Verification of education and license must be included in the resume of interest.

Please send verification of education and license to manunez@sjgov.org


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Closing Date/Time: Open Until Filled

Job Address

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