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APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$54,747.36 to
$81,954.00
PAY GRADE: 39
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
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Corrections Counselors within in the Nevada Department of Corrections provide mental health services to offenders in a correctional setting including interviews, behavioral planning and implementation, consultation, psycho-educational classes, research, and training.
Psychologist II's are assigned complex caseloads and treat the most severely mentally ill, developmentally or learning-disabled inmates in a correctional setting.
Psychologists provide psychological testing, assessments, treatment planning and implementation, psychotherapy, consultation, psycho-educational classes, research and training. Duties include performing psychological evaluations, to select and administer appropriate psychological tests, interpret results, and interview individuals to determine treatment, programming or placement needs. Provide psychotherapeutic services utilizing individual and group therapy, biofeedback therapy, relaxation training, substance abuse and pain management counseling.
Psychologists diagnose mental illness and other related illnesses; may provide oral and written court testimony; provide the degree of disability/credibility of inmates; staff a walk-in psychology clinic; participate in crisis intervention; provide Parole Board evaluations; provide quality assurance in the form of ensuring quality care, to monitor psychological services; provide medical documentation of progress notes; participate in interdisciplinary classification committee meetings and treatment team meetings
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
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Master's degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, counseling, education, social work, or closely related field and three years of post-Master's degree experience providing therapy, psychological testing and programmatic services in a correctional, rehabilitative, clinic or institutional setting; OR a Doctoral degree from an accredited college or university in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, educational psychology, social work, or closely related field which included a one-year internship in an applied program and one year of professional experience providing therapy, psychological testing and programmatic services in a correctional, rehabilitative, clinic or institutional setting; OR a Doctoral degree (Psy.D.) in clinical psychology from an accredited school of professional psychology, a one-year internship in an applied program, and one year of experience as described above.
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A State of Nevada/FBI background check will be required of the selected applicant. |
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A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. |
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Pursuant to NRS 284.4066, this position has been identified as affecting public safety. Persons offered employment in this position must submit to a pre-employment screening for controlled substances. |
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| The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications 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. |
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