Licensed Psychologist 1

***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

The Division of Public and Behavioral Health: Rural Clinics (RC) has an opening for a full time Licensed Psychologist I. This position can be located and/or provide services statewide. Rural Clinics provides an array of outpatient behavioral health services for both adults and children in 16 clinics which are located in 12 counties across Rural Nevada. Services are generally provided Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Services assist individuals to achieve self-sufficiency and recovery and follow Agency procedures and reimbursement guidelines. Rural Clinics provides ongoing training including release time to attend training not Agency-sponsored. This position serves as a direct care provider providing psychotherapy services to adults and/or children and adolescents and their families including conduct psychological assessments and provide consultation to other providers. Licensed Psychologists with Rural Clinics are expected to take on a leadership role within the agency and may be asked to perform other services including program development research and evaluation. A successful candidate will have demonstrated experience and /or competency in multiculturalism and human diversity standards of addition this position may be asked to provide clinical supervision and training to behavioral health trainees within the agency possibly including one or more doctoral psychology interns enrolled in the APA Accredited Nevada Psychology Internship Consortium (NV-PIC). The State of Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health provides unique opportunities to provide psychological services to smaller communities.

Licensed Psychologists provide psychological testing evaluation psychotherapy counseling and consultation to clients or inmates in residential inpatient and outpatient settings at a mental health intellectual disabilities or correctional facility or in other settings where psychological services are provided. Professional duties are performed in accordance with license requirements of the State of Nevada Board of Psychological Examiners.

One year of post-doctoral experience in providing psychological services in an inpatient outpatient or residential setting.

Administer score and interpret a wide variety of diagnostic and projective tests in order to evaluate and diagnose clients patients parolees students or inmates; write comprehensive psychological reports to include test results clinical observations findings and recommendations; document services provided in client charts.

Provide crisis intervention services; de-escalate clients who are hostile combative or physically aggressive following established agency policies; refer clients to community resources or other agencies; arrange for residential or inpatient admissions as necessary.

Participate in treatment team meetings to discuss the status and progress of clients and recommend specific courses of treatment; develop treatment plans or individualized functional analysis programs; provide individual family and group therapy and substance abuse counseling utilizing a variety of psychotherapeutic techniques.

Perform psycho-sexual evaluations on sex offenders to include diagnostic classification and a report summary identifying the diagnosis risk assessment mental health assessment education level family and medical history statement of amenability to treatment and suggested treatment interventions.

Review psychosocial assessments written by other clinicians to monitor and evaluate treatment effectiveness determine eligibility for program services or benefits applying the appropriate laws and regulations; consult with treating clinicians; ensure service delivery goals are met; and documentation is completed according to agency policy and applicable regulations and/or accreditation requirements.

Record information necessary to bill for services and recommend third party payments as appropriate.

Provide oral and written court testimony as a witness regarding the mental status of clients and evaluation findings which may include recommendations for involuntary commitments.

Plan develop and coordinate program services to meet the needs of the population served; participate in committees and facility activities in developing service delivery needs assessments and evaluations policies and procedures; assist in writing and administering grants; prepare documentation required for budget development and monitor expenditures; and participate in accrediting and quality review programs.

Develop and conduct presentations or training programs for clients families community groups and agency staff as assigned.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under general direction incumbents perform the duties described above and may be assigned full supervision of professional staff and support personnel and may also provide clinical supervision (peer review) for doctoral level psychologists.

This job specification lists the major knowledge skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge skills and abilities from a previous level.

Detailed knowledge of:American Psychological Association Code of Ethics and State laws and regulations related to the practice of psychology; reference books including psychological treatment diagnostic and statistical manuals; theories principles and practices of psychological testing and interpretation of test results.

Working knowledge of: types etiology and treatment of mental disorders; clinical assessment methods; detailed therapeutic principles and techniques used in providing psychological services to clients with mental illness intellectual and related disabilities; psychopharmacology; crisis intervention techniques.

Ability to:supervise lower-level professionals interns and support staff; conduct program development projects; and implement clinical review systems.

Recruiter Contact Information: Jennifer Kauble -

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race color national origin religion or belief age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy domestic partnership genetic information (GINA) or compensation and/or wages.

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