Mental Health Director (Psychologist)

Salary:Starting at $165000 per year

Work schedule:Monday - Friday 8am-5pm

Benefits include:

• Medical vision dental and prescription drug benefits
• Life accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• 401(k)
• Employee assistance program
• Sick leave and paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Bereavement civic duty and military leave
• Flexible schedule and a chance to make a difference every day!!

Management & Training Corporation operates theGadsden Correctional Facility in Quincy Floridaproviding residents with excellent care including medical & mental health services supporting their health and well-being.

Position summary:The Mental Health Director (Psychologist) supervises the mental health professionals and is responsible for planning and implementing all professional psychological service programs of a non-medical nature in the facility. The psychologist coordinates and directs the activities of personnel engaged in providing psychological services to inmates in compliance with American Correctional Association standards MTC Medical Florida Department of Corrections and Florida Department of Management Services directives.

Essential responsibilities:

• Develops and implements treatment and therapeutic programs for assigned inmates.
• Assumes independent clinical responsibility for all inmates including applying crisis intervention techniques to include suicide prevention recognizing abnormal behavior and taking appropriate action to prevent or diffuse potentially disruptive situations.
• Conducts diagnosis and evaluation tests for inmates to determine needs establish goals and develop plans; makes referrals to contract professionals for assessment and treatment of inmates.
• Provide direct casework services and individual group and family counseling to inmates and their families.
• Prepares progress reports; provides recommendations regarding discharge plans; make case presentations and assist administrative and medical staff in development of statistical reports on assigned inmates.
• Orient schedule train supervise and evaluate the performance of mental health departmental personnel.
• Serves in rotation with other medical staff to provide after-hours and weekend inmate care to include accepting on-call rotation.
• Maintain and monitor confidentiality of inmates and their files; audits files to determine that all services provided are documented; reviews status of inmates to determine that all treatment and therapeutic programs are completed; observe applicable HIPPA laws.
• Promote the development of positive social skills through modeling appropriate behaviors and intervening when inappropriate behaviors are observed; provide regular feedback to staff regarding social skills procedures and intervention techniques.
• Maintain accountability of staff inmates and property; adhere to safety practices.
• Support and assist health services team at all levels in delivery of quality patient services and development of facility goals and policies related to quality assurance and mental health services. Is familiar with all aspects of facility operations to assist in other areas as needed.

Education and experience requirements:

• Must have an advanced degree in psychology.
• Must have appropriate certification or licensing from the state of Florida.
• Five years of clinical experience two of which must be in a comparable position is preferred.
• A valid drivers license in the state of Florida with an acceptable driving record is required unless waived by management.

Management & Training Corporation (MTC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color age religion sex disabled status veteran status genetic information national origin or any other category protected by federal law. MTC participates in E-Verify. We strive to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities including disabled veterans in our job application and hiring process. If you are interested in employment opportunities with Management & Training Corporation and need assistance please contact our staffing department through or .