CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST II, CORRECTIONAL HEALTH

Full Job Description

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation.

Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics – DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion.

For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov.

Requirements

Initiates and carries out psychological research studies and provides rationale to implement departmental or service programs; collaborates on multidisciplinary projects.

As a member of a professional, multidisciplinary team, plans treatment programs and disposition of cases, including identifying treatment outcomes.

Performs direct service activities including diagnostic evaluation, structured clinical interviewing, and individual, group, and family therapy.

Generates reports of diagnostic and psychological findings and/or treatment recommendations.

Provides testimony before courts of law on results of psychological evaluations.

Intervenes with clients to enhance their ability to fully participate in treatment, including defining treatment goals and designing intervention strategies that support recovery and resiliency.

Obtains and studies medical, psychological, social, and family histories by interviewing individuals, couples, or families and reviewing relevant records.

Provides consultation to other medical providers in the management of psychological and behavioral aspects of medical conditions.

Provides technical guidance and instruction to interns and license-waivered psychologists.

Selects, administers, and interprets a wide variety of psychological testing instruments in connection with the diagnosis and evaluation of clients with psychiatric and co-occurring disorders.

Evaluates client response to treatment, modifies treatment strategies, and includes the client as part of the decision-making process.

Utilizes a variety of treatment modalities such as psychotherapy, behavior modification, and various evidence-based or promising practices such as cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Participates in an advisory capacity in the screening of new professional personnel in psychology, including trainees or psychology interns.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
A Doctorate from an accredited college or university in Psychology, Educational Psychology, Education with the field of specialization in Counseling Psychology, or in a discipline deemed equivalent by the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Psychology.

LICENSE:
A license to practice as a Psychologist issued by the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Psychology.

All required licenses and certifications must be active and unrestricted or your application will not be accepted.

PHYSICAL CLASS II:

Light: Light physical effort may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit, and some bending, stooping or squatting.

Considerable walking may be involved.SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:Applicants must include a legible photocopy of the required degree and license to the application at the time of filing or email the documents to the exam analyst within 7 calendar days of filing online.

Additional Information

EXAMINATION CONTENT:
This is a noncompetitive examination. This examination is intended to merely qualify applicants.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:
Applications will be processed on an as-received basis and promulgated to the register of eligible candidates accordingly for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation.

Applicants will be placed on a list of eligible candidates without indication of relative standing in the examination. The appointing power may appoint any one of the names on the appropriate list, except a person without Veterans credit may not be appointed if there are three or more names on the list of persons entitled to Veteran’s credit.

No person may compete in this examination more than once every twelve (12) months.

VACANCY INFORMATION:
The eligible register resulting from this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout the Department of Health Services, Correctional Health as they occur.

SPECIAL INFORMATION:
Appointees may be required to work any shift including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

AVAILABLE SHIFT: Any

APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION:

APPLICATIONS MUST BE FILED ONLINE ONLY. APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY U.S. MAIL, FAX OR IN PERSON WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" tab for this posting. You can also track the status of your application using the website.

All information is subject to verification. We may reject your application at any time during the examination and hiring process, including after appointment has been made.

Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or rescission of appointment.Utilizing VERBIAGE from the Class Specification and Minimum Requirements serving as your description of duties WILL NOT be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the requirements.

Doing so may result in an INCOMPLETE APPLICATION and you may be DISQUALIFIED.Fill out your application completely.

The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the requirements.

Provide any relevant education, training, and experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job.

For each job held, give the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week and description of work performed.

If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected.Applications received after 5:00 p.m., PST, on the last day of filing will not be accepted.NOTE: If you are unable to attach documents to your application you must e-mail the required documents to the Exam Analyst, Teresa Ruocco at truocco@dhs.lacounty.gov within 7 calendar days of filing online.

Please include the exam number and the exam title in your email.Notification Letters and other correspondences will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application.

It is important that applicants provide a valid email address.

Please add truocco@dhs.lacounty.gov and info@governmentjobs.com to your email address book and to the list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as SPAM/JUNK mail.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES:For Candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD:All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password.

Using a family member's or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.

ADA COORDINATOR PHONE:
(323)914-7111

CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE:
(800) 735-2922

DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Teresa Ruocco, Exam Analyst
(213) 288-7000
truocco@dhs.lacounty.gov