CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

State of Illinois•Alton, IL

26d•$96,720 - $148,548•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery is seeking a Clinical Psychologist for Alton Mental Health Center in Alton, Illinois. The position communicates psychological assessment results and treatment recommendations to treatment teams. Assessments include intellectual, personality, and neuropsychological screenings and assessment of historical and clinical risk factors. For patients who have or may have a dual diagnosis of mental illness and developmental or intellectual disability, the psychologist communicates intelligence-testing results to the treatment team, particularly during comprehensive and annual treatment planning. The psychologist performs assessments, develops and implements behavior management plans, conducts and documents individual and group psychotherapy, provides facility-wide professional training, and participates in treatment planning and case reviews. The role includes assessing intellectual and adaptive functioning for patients with known or suspected dual diagnoses, preparing professional reports, testifying at criminal or mental health court hearings, and traveling in the performance of duties. The position works with interdisciplinary treatment teams and is based in the Forensic Units D & E at Alton Mental Health Center.

Requirements

Hold a current Clinical Psychologist license issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Meet requirements for credentialing and privileging as a consulting member of the Alton Mental Health Center medical staff within 30 days of employment.
Be able to work within multiple interdisciplinary teams.
Be able to use office equipment, including personal computers.
Obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.
Pass Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within the probationary period, including the physical ability to restrain patients if necessary to prevent injury to patients or others.
Have the physical ability to access various hospital worksites for administrative and clinical duties.
Be able to travel in the performance of job duties.
Pass the IDHS background check.
Pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois law.

Responsibilities

Perform psychological assessments to address specific questions or purposes on an assigned unit.
Develop and implement behavior management plans to help patients acquire new skills and adaptive behavior and eliminate or reduce maladaptive behavior.
Assess forensic or civil patients with a known or suspected dual diagnosis of mental illness and intellectual disability for intellectual and adaptive functioning, and provide professional reports upon admission or as soon as possible after psychiatric or medical barriers to testing are addressed.
Conduct group and/or individual psychotherapy and document treatment in the clinical record.
Testify in criminal and/or mental health court hearings.
Travel in the performance of job duties.
Provide facility-wide professional training.
Serve as an adjunct member of treatment teams, participate in treatment planning conferences and professional reports and reviews, and make recommendations based on clinical expertise, testing, and case reviews.
Perform other duties reasonably within the scope of the position.