Job Description
Posting Identification Number 37724
Position Overview
The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Clinical Psychologist for the Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center located in Joliet, Illinois to provide psychological services for assigned unit(s), including individual, group and family therapy treatment, psychological testing (personality, cognitive, neurocognitive), behavioral analysis, program development and consultation. Evaluates patients for emergency or involuntary admissions; signs first certificates if necessary; assess mental competency and testifies in court regarding recommendation for discharge or continued hospitalization. Trains and supervises psychology interns and externs. Functions as a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP) for intellectually disabled, mentally ill, developmentally disabled patients. Verifies compliance with the Joint Commission, related consent decrees, and other agency goals, standards, and objectives. Participates as a member of the treatment team at Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center (JITC) Mental Health (MH) units.
Job Responsibilities
- Provides psychological services for assigned unit(s), including individual, group and family therapy treatment, psychological testing (personality, cognitive, neurocognitive), behavioral analysis, program development and consultation.
- Participates as a member of the treatment team at the Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center (JITC).
- Assists in evaluating persons in custody patient readiness and appropriateness for transfer to and from other Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC facilities at time of both referral and discharge/transfer/return to home facility.
- Functions as a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP) for intellectually disabled, mentally ill, developmentally disabled patients.
- Performs Quality Improvement Projects to ensure quality of services provided.
- Performs other duties a required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
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The Department of Human Services is one of Illinois' largest agencies, with more than 13,000 employees and an annual budget of over $5.4 billion. Illinois created DHS in 1997, to provide our state's residents with streamlined access to integrated services, especially those who are striving to move from welfare to work and economic independence, and others who face multiple challenges to self-sufficiency. DHS is proud of its diversity, efficiency, and the services that the agency and its community partners provide to Illinois citizens. Our mission is to reduce poverty and keep individuals and families out of the deep-end of social service systems.