About Job
The expected salary for this position on hire is: $91,797 - 120,568
Montgomery County Government,
is seeking an advanced-level clinical psychologist to provide direct clinical services to Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) personnel and their families.
This positionis located inMontgomery County, MD, a large suburban county outside of Washington D.C. with approximately 1 million residents. The Stress Management Team (SMT), organizationallysituated in the Office of Human Resources (OHR), promotes the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) employees and their immediate family members. The MCPD employs approximately 2,000 sworn employees and professional staff.
The Psychologist willprovidean array of mental health services and will be supervised by and work closely with the Psychologist Supervisor to perform the duties listed below, and together they provide oversight and supervision to the MCPD Peer Support Team.
The Psychologist willinterfacewith police department personnel at all levels, county agency personnel, civilian and police union representatives,stateand local agencies as well as local and national providers of mental health services.
Duties may include but are not limited to:
Providing routine and emergency mental health assessment, intervention, referral, and case management services in individual, couple, group, or family formats
Providing initial and follow-up support of personnel involved in critical incidents, including on-sceneresponse
Developing curriculum and providing training on psychological and stress management topics for police recruits, new call-takers/dispatchers, supervisory and in-service trainings, the Peer Support Team, and specialized units. Trainingsincludestress management, substance abuse, critical incident reactions, resilience, suicide awareness and prevention
Providing subject matter consultation, in-service programming, and outreach in support of departmental initiatives
Documentation of servicesutilizinga client records management database/electronic health records system, ensuring confidentiality of client information
Consulting and collaborating with staff, management, and health care professionals about matters related to mentalhealth
Providing organizational and workgroup assessments
On-call duties and supervision of the Peer Support Team activities while on-call
Conducting and evaluating research
Selection, supervision, and training of masters- and doctoral-level psychology interns
This position requires strong interpersonal and communication skills, a collaborative style of working with others, and a strong ability tomaintainboundaries.The selected candidate willbe requiredto successfully complete a background check.
Experience: Two (2) years of post-doctoral experience in clinical therapeutic practice.
Education:Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Doctoral degree in Psychology as defined in Title 18, Health Occupations Article, Section1-101(g) Annotated Code of Maryland.
Equivalency:None.
License: Licensure as a Psychologist by the Maryland State Board of Examiners for Psychologists by the date of appointment to a County Psychologist position.
Note: There will be no substitutions for the license.
We will useinterview preferencecriteria:
Experience providing psychological services within a complex legal/regulatory/organizational environment.
Experience providing crisis intervention on-scene to public safety employees.
Experience providing a variety of therapeutic interventions (e.g., crisis intervention; individual, couples, family, and group therapy; skills training; and brief interventions) using multiple treatment modalities.
Experience developing curriculum and providing training on psychological and stress management topics.
Experience in providing psychotherapy to a diverse population with a range of diagnoses and mental healthfunctioning
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Recommended Skills
- Assessments
- Case Management
- Clinical Works
- Communication
- Community Mental Health Services
- Confidentiality
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