Psychologist Police and Stress Management Grade N29
Psychologist Police and Stress Management Grade N29
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About the Position
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Montgomery County GovernmentOffice of Human Resourcesis seeking an advancedlevel clinical psychologist to provide direct clinical services to Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) personnel and their families.
This positionis located inMontgomery County MD a large suburban county outside of Washington D.C. with approximately 1 million residents. The Stress Management Team (SMT) organizationallysituated in the Office of Human Resources (OHR) promotes the emotional mental and physical wellbeing of Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) employees and their immediate family members. The MCPD employs approximately 2000 sworn employees and professional staff.
The Psychologist willprovidean array of mental health services and will be supervised by and work closely with the Psychologist Supervisor to perform the duties listed below and together they provide oversight and supervision to the MCPD Peer Support Team.
The Psychologist willinterfacewith police department personnel at all levels county agency personnel civilian and police union representativesstateand local agencies as well as local and national providers of mental health services.
What Youll Be Doing
Duties may include but are not limited to:
Providing routine and emergency mental health assessment intervention referral and case management services in individual couple group or family formats
Providing initial and followup support of personnel involved in critical incidents including onsceneresponse
Developing curriculum and providing training on psychological and stress management topics for police recruits new calltakers/dispatchers supervisory and inservice trainings the Peer Support Team and specialized units. Trainingsincludestress management substance abuse critical incident reactions resilience suicide awareness and prevention
Providing subject matter consultation inservice programming and outreach in support of departmental initiatives
Documentation of servicesutilizinga client records management database/electronic health records system ensuring confidentiality of client information
Consulting and collaborating with staff management and health care professionals about matters related to mentalhealth
Providing organizational and workgroup assessments
Oncall duties and supervision of the Peer Support Team activities while oncall
Conducting and evaluating research
Selection supervision and training of masters and doctorallevel psychology interns
This position requires strong interpersonal and communication skills a collaborative style of working with others and a strong ability tomaintainboundaries.The selected candidate willbe requiredto successfully complete a background check.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: Two 2 years of postdoctoral experience in clinical therapeutic practice.
Education:Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Doctoral degree in Psychology as defined in Title 18 Health Occupations Article Section1101(g) Annotated Code of Maryland.
Equivalency:None.
License: Licensure as a Psychologist by the Maryland State Board of Examiners for Psychologists by the date of appointment to a County Psychologist position.
Note: There will be no substitutions for the license.
Preferred Criteria Interview Preferences
We will useinterview preferencecriteria:
Experience providing psychological services within a complex legal/regulatory/organizational environment.
Experience providing crisis intervention onscene to public safety employees.
Experience providing a variety of therapeutic interventions (e.g. crisis intervention; individual couples family and group therapy; skills training; and brief interventions) using multiple treatment modalities.
Experience developing curriculum and providing training on psychological and stress management topics.
Experience in providing psychotherapy to a diverse population with a range of diagnoses and mental healthfunctioning
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.
Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly as it relates to employment opportunities the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference refer to the Careers webpage onHiring Preference.
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education relevant experience knowledge skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicants responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a Lateral Transfer candidate and may be considered for an interview.
This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.
If selected for consideration for this position you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge skills and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation the Countys Public Employees (which does not include employees of the Sheriffs office) are subject to the Countys ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employmentand the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at19A12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from theEthics Commissionwebsite.
Employment Type
Full-Time
