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Requisition No:840157
Agency: State Courts System
Working Title: SENIOR PSYCHOLOGIST
Pay Plan: State Courts System
Position Number:
Salary: Open Competitive with State Benefits
Posting Closing Date: 10/28/2025
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
INTERNAL/ EXTERNAL
JOB TITLE
SENIOR STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST BEHAVIORAL EVALUATION
(State Funded)
10052
Description of Work:
This is professional work providing complex psychological services to the Circuit and County Court Judges including independent diagnosis and evaluation of clients and consultation on the clients behalf. Work involves forensic injail responsibilities which include providing professional clinical evaluations of mentally and emotionally unstable inmates incarcerated in Pinellas County jail to assess competency to stand trial. As a result of the evaluation recommendations may also be offered to the Court regarding alternative placement and aftercare for inmates with mental illness and/or developmental disability. The Staff Psychologist may also serve and testify as an expert witness in Court. Duties involve frequent contact with inmates families of inmates attorneys judges staff and allied professionals within the community and includes liaison responsibilities with the Sheriffs Department Department of Corrections Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) and the Judiciary. Work is performed with a high degree of independent judgment discretion and initiative under the general direction of the Director of Behavioral Evaluations and work is reviewed through conferences reports and results achieved.
Minimum Training and Experience Required:
Must possess a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology or Medical Doctor (MD) in Psychiatry or closely related field from an accredited college or university. Experience in psychology preferably in forensic clinical or counseling psychology and be a professionally licensed psychologist pursuant to Chapter 490 Florida Statutes. Training must include one 1 year of supervised internship experience in professional psychology which has included psychological evaluation research and treatment. Must maintain licensure requirements.
Location:
Pinellas County Justice Centerth Street North Clearwater FL 33762
Salary:
Open Competitive with State Benefits.
Submit Application and Resume To:
The Sixth Judicial Circuit Court
Human Resources Suite 2H
th Street North
Clearwater Florida 33762
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Until Filled
Equal Opportunity and Diversity Employer
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ANY PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO REQUIRES A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE APPLICATION/SELECTION PROCESS SHOULD CALL THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ATIN ADVANCE.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center. Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a DrugFree workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455 F.S. DrugFree Workplace Act.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
