PSYCHOLOGIST II at Fort Logan

• Participates in treatment planning and actively contributes to formulating patient-specific goals.
• Provides clinical guidance and consultation regarding effective and appropriate clinical goals measurability progress and/or stagnation. To effectively do so the Psychologist reviews documentation and medical records gathers behavioral observations evaluates assesses and synthesizes information.
• In addition to weekly and/or monthly treatment plan meetings the Psychologist actively participates in additional team consultation sessions family meetings discharge planning and cross-team consultation meetings.
• Responsible for creating discipline-specific treatment goals documenting progress and updating as needed in the electronic health record (i.e. individual therapy specific group therapy modalities behavioral plans etc.).
• Provides clinical leadership to the treatment teams and consults with multidisciplinary staff across the hospital.
• At times this position may consult with external stakeholders regarding treatment needs and recommendations to support continuity of care. Examples include consultation with CMHH-FL staff meetings with the patients family liaison with mental health centers attorneys and district and/or probate courts.
• Contributes to hospital-wide clinical training as well as department-specific training opportunities. This can include development of hospital-wide programming reviewing recent evidence-based literature to inform best practices and assisting with hospital-wide training in clinical matters across all disciplines.
• Participates in work groups committees and hospital wide activities. The Psychologist II is responsible for continuing the development of the new forensic treatment units in terms of programming best practices identifying and creating efficient workflow ongoing training and auditing.

• Reviews the legal status of all patients admitted to CMHH-FL and evaluates their mental status and condition to determine whether they can be released can cooperate with voluntary inpatient treatment or need to be certified pursuant to Colorado Mental Health Statutes (CRSet seq.) for involuntary treatment.
• Communicates findings to the Court by letters petitions and expert-witness testimony as needed.
• Facilitates coordination of the hospitals legal commitment responsibilities and partners with the admissions department to ensure all needs are met in a timely manner.
• Aids in facilitating coverage for civil commitments across the department and help with coverage as needed.

• Responsible for performing Psychological Assessments to include standardized suicide risk assessment measures intellectual testing adaptive abilities personality measures comprehensive psychodiagnostics batteries competency related skills and a variety of screening measures.
• Assists the treatment team in determining whether formal psychological assessment may assist treatment planning diagnosis and disposition plans and chooses appropriate assessment procedures.
• Administers all testing measures completes a written report submits documentation in the electronic health record and communicates the results and recommendations to the treatment team and milieu staff.
• Collaborates closely with the hospitals Neuropsychologist to facilitate coordination of all hospital testing referrals and needs. In addition this position supports the coordination and completion of suicide risk assessments with designated supervisees and in partnership with the medical records department.

• Responsible for employee supervisory responsibilities within the psychology department This includes provision of clinical and administrative supervision professional development employee performance evaluations staff scheduling position descriptions recruitment retention interviewing and hiring onboarding and training and ensuring hospital wide required training has been completed.
• Facilitates newly hired psychologists orientation in collaboration with the psychology department and other disciplines. Lastly this position is responsible for completion of department specific audits to support high quality documentation assessment report writing and treatment.

• CMHH-FL has a long-standing predoctoral internship program and also trains predoctoral psychology externship students. Currently CMHH-FL is partnered with the University of Denver Consortium as a predoctoral internship training location. The Psychology Department is responsible for interviewing and selecting predoctoral extern and intern level students.
• Serves as CMHH-FLs liaison to that program and is responsible for the oversight and management of the partnership and student training opportunities.
• Determines the provision and assignment of training rotations the provision and assignment of supervision provided by the psychology department and didactic opportunities. ensures that each student is afforded the opportunity and support to meet their training requirements and ensures all performance management issues are addressed appropriately.

• Reviews the legal status of all patients admitted to CMHH-FL and evaluates their mental status and condition to determine whether they can be released can cooperate with voluntary inpatient treatment or need to be certified pursuant to Colorado Mental Health Statutes (CRSet seq.) for involuntary treatment.
• Communicates findings to the Court by letters petitions and expert-witness testimony as needed.
• Facilitates coordination of the hospitals legal commitment responsibilities and partners with the admissions department to ensure all needs are met in a timely manner. The Psychologist II will also aid in facilitating coverage for civil commitments across the department and help with coverage as needed.

• Other duties as assigned include hospital-wide ad hoc activities milieu support etc.

• Inpatient psychiatric experience or experience with SPMI population in a community based setting

• Clinical supervision of APA-accredited interns

• Familiarity with 27-65 statute and involuntary commitment process

• Doctorate in Psychology (Ph.D. Psy.D. or Ed.D)

• Due to the juvenile population served at the MHI facilities incumbents of this position must be at least 21 years of age
• A pre-employment criminal background check will be conducted as part of the selection process as this position is deemed to have direct contact with vulnerable persons. Felony convictions convictions of crimes of moral turpitude or convictions of misdemeanors related to job duties may disqualify you from being considered for this position. Should your background check reveal any charges or convictions it is your responsibility to provide the CDHS Background Unit with an official disposition of any charges. Additionally you will be required to take a drug screen.
• A Tuberculosis Test (TB) will be required upon hire and other vaccines as required by the State of Colorado.
• Current/Valid and unrestricted US drivers license.
• May be exposed to bodily fluids or caustic chemicals.
• Travel: In-state travel required. May travel to attend training court hearings patients to appointments and other related activities.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must:

  • Disclose that information on the application.

  • Provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position.

  • Provide the employee number from the applicants prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

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