Job Title:  LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST 1

Position Description

Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services (SNAMHS) is currently recruiting for Licensed Psychologist 1 positions at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital. Rawson-Neal Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and is certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Job duties may include providing direct clinical services at Stein Forensic Facility and the SNAMHS outpatient clinics. Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform advanced-level work and may provide work direction and training to others. Psychologists are active members of interdisciplinary treatment teams along with psychiatry, social services, nursing, and caseworkers. Incumbents will formulate individualized behavioral plans and token economy programs, conduct psychological assessments, conduct risk assessments, assist in crisis intervention, serve as consultants to other departments, develop programming, and provide group and individual psychotherapy.

Licensed Psychologists may provide clinical supervision for trainees at multiple levels of training, including doctoral psychology interns placed at SNAMHS through the Nevada Psychology Internship Consortium (NV-PIC), an American Psychological Association accredited internship training program. Licensed Psychologists may serve on committees for SNAMHS. The successful candidate will demonstrate support for and an interest in working with a marginalized, underserved, and diverse client population.

Licensed Psychologists must possess current licensure as a Psychologist issued by the State of Nevada Board of Psychological Examiners at the time of appointment and maintain licensure as a condition of employment. Licensed Psychologists report to a Licensed Psychologist 2 who is responsible for providing clinical and administrative supervision.

Incumbents will work an innovative variable schedule and are exempt from overtime. As a condition for continued employment, incumbents must complete and maintain all position and agency required trainings and certifications. Incumbents must possess and maintain a current Nevada Driver's License. Psychologists comply with all professionally relevant laws, regulations, and SNAMHS policies.

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The mission of the SNAMHS is to protect, promote and improve the physical and behavioral health of the people of Nevada. SNAMHS provides excellent benefits package that includes health and dental insurance and many additional optional benefits including vision insurance, long-term disability, pet insurance, identity theft protection, and more. Employees enjoy participation in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) pension-based retirement program and can enroll in an additional deferred compensation retirement program (457b). Employees accrue 15 days of annual leave and 15 days of sick leave annually and have 11 paid holidays and 3 professional development days. Employees pay no city, county, state or social security employment tax. SNAMHS provides continual on-going training and education to our staff, including the availability of on-site CEUs. Employment at SNAMHS meets eligibility requirements to apply for the federal student loan forgiveness program after 10 years of employment and payments on loans.

It is the policy of the State of Nevada that employee recruitment, appointment, assignment, training, compensation and/or promotion occur on the basis of merit and without regard to race/color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, domestic partnership, or disability.

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-10_0//

Minimum Qualifications

• One year of post-doctoral experience in providing psychological services in an inpatient, outpatient or residential setting.

• Licensure as a Psychologist issued by the State of Nevada Board of Psychological Examiners at the time of appointment and maintenance of licensure as a condition of continuing employment.

The Examination

Application Evaluation Exam

• The exam will consist of an application and resume evaluation. It is essential that applications/resumes include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.

Special Requirements