Senior Psychologist - Central Prison HealthCare Complex
About The Position
This position offers the opportunity to provide high-impact psychological services within one of North Carolina’s leading correctional healthcare environments. The Senior Psychologist serves as a senior member of a multidisciplinary behavioral health team, delivering advanced clinical care to an adult incarcerated population with complex and high-acuity mental health needs. Primary responsibilities include providing comprehensive psychological services to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, significant trauma histories, and complex personality and behavioral disorders. Duties include conducting diagnostic and forensic-informed psychological assessments; providing evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy; delivering crisis assessment and intervention; and developing clinically sound treatment recommendations that promote safety, stabilization, and rehabilitation. In addition to direct clinical care, this position provides clinical and administrative supervision to psychology staff, trainees, and/or other behavioral health professionals as assigned. Responsibilities include supporting staff development, ensuring adherence to professional standards of practice, contributing to performance management processes, and promoting a culture of ethical, evidence-based care. The Senior Psychologist may also participate in program development, quality improvement initiatives, and the implementation of best practices in correctional behavioral health. The Senior Psychologist serves as a clinical consultant to custody, medical, and behavioral health staff, offering guidance on behavioral management strategies and mental health interventions within a secure environment. This role may include conducting violence risk, sexual risk, and other specialized psychological assessments as clinically indicated. This position is well suited for a psychologist who values challenging clinical work, interdisciplinary collaboration, leadership opportunities, and the ability to make a measurable impact with a high-need population. The role supports professional autonomy, application of advanced clinical expertise, and active participation in system-wide initiatives aimed at improving behavioral health outcomes in correctional settings.
Requirements
- Eligibility for licensure in North Carolina under the provisions of the NC Psychology Practice Act (G.S. 90-270)
- Two years of professional psychological experience, one of which must be postdoctoral. Refer to the law for specifics regarding experience requirements.
Responsibilities
- Conducting diagnostic and forensic-informed psychological assessments
- Providing evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy
- Delivering crisis assessment and intervention
- Developing clinically sound treatment recommendations that promote safety, stabilization, and rehabilitation
- Providing clinical and administrative supervision to psychology staff, trainees, and/or other behavioral health professionals as assigned
- Supporting staff development
- Ensuring adherence to professional standards of practice
- Contributing to performance management processes
- Promoting a culture of ethical, evidence-based care
- Participating in program development, quality improvement initiatives, and the implementation of best practices in correctional behavioral health
- Serving as a clinical consultant to custody, medical, and behavioral health staff, offering guidance on behavioral management strategies and mental health interventions within a secure environment
- Conducting violence risk, sexual risk, and other specialized psychological assessments as clinically indicated
Benefits
- Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis).
- Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave.
- In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
