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Job Summary:
Under supervision of the hospital’s Forensic Director, successful candidates will be responsible for the completion of criminal forensic evaluations and the treatment of criminal defendants.

Job Responsibilities & Performance Standards

Conducts face-to-face forensic mental health evaluations to answer questions of competency to stand trial and/or criminal responsibility.
Conducts forensic risk assessments and other psychological testing on individuals admitted to an inpatient forensic unit.
Completes comprehensive annual reviews and develops opinions regarding the need for civil commitment.
Provides expert witness testimony as a neutral friend to the court.
Participation on the recovery planning (treatment) team including participation in the development of individualized recovery (treatment) plans.
Facilitation of group treatment, psycho-educational interventions, and other individualized therapies.
Creation and implementation of behavioral plans.
Documentation of treatment progress.
Clinical supervision of master’s level mental health counselors as well as doctoral trainees. GRHA trains practicum students, interns in our APA-accredited internship program, and postdoctoral trainees.
Related work as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

One year of experience working as an inpatient psychologist.
Completion of a predoctoral internship or postdoctoral fellowship, or both with a focus on the practice of criminal forensic psychology.
Five years of post-licensure experience conducting competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility evaluations.
Experience testifying in criminal forensic mental health matters on at least 10 occasions.
Experience completing at least five violence risk assessments using the HCR-20 and PCL-R.
Experience supervising psychology graduate students, predoctoral interns, postdoctoral fellows, or licensed psychologists.

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