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APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$61,011.36 to
$91,350.00
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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Psychologists provide psychological services to clients or inmates in a correctional, rehabilitative, clinic or institutional setting including psychological testing, assessments, treatment planning and implementation, psychotherapy, 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.
This recruitment is located at Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC), in Carson City, Nevada. The incumbent provides psychological services to inmates in a correctional setting including psychological testing, assessment, and psycho-educational classes; make specific treatment recommendations and behavioral observations; provide crisis intervention; and deescalates inmates. Additionally, the incumbent performs a wide range of psychological duties, responsibilities and functions, such as diagnosing mental illness and other related illnesses; provide oral and written testimony as required; interview inmates to determine diagnoses and treatment needs; provide Parole Board evaluations; participate in interdisciplinary classification committee meetings; and participate in Mental Health Unit treatment 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 pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for fingerprinting. |
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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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