Clinical Psychologist (ACL)
Responsible for providing comprehensive psychological services to inmates with moderate, serious, and/or acute mental illness.
Serves as the Advanced Care Level Psychologist and reports directly to the Chief Psychologist. Advanced Care Level Psychologists are situated in institutions which have mentally ill inmates and medically ill inmates with secondary mental health issues.
Responsibilities include identifying, managing and treating mental illnesses, to include mental illnesses emerging secondary to medical problems. This position requires consultation with other psychologists, psychiatrists, and other medical practitioners on a routine basis.
In addition to fulfilling the duties of a Staff Psychologist, the incumbent is responsible for providing comprehensive psychological services to inmates who have been identified as needing closer supervision or a greater level of care than afforded other general population inmates due to moderate, severe, or acute mental illness, to include but not limited to psychosis, mania and/or major depression.
Primary responsibility of making professional decisions concerning inmates under his/her care, with consultative supervision from the Chief Psychologist for clinical decisions, peer clinical consultation with the provider of psychiatric services, and administrative issue consultation with the Chief Psychologist, Health Services Administrator, Associate Warden of Programs, and the Warden.
May be required to assume the responsibilities of another psychologist or of the Chief Psychologist in that individual's absence. The incumbent may provide technical supervision and guidance for institution related training programs.
Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.