Staff Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support development, coordination, and implementation of psychological service delivery programs, including small clinic ops, education, prevention, and outreach programs, teaching, decentralized consultation, and program evaluation
• Provide counseling to improve employees and their immediate family members' improved personal, interpersonal, and occupational functioning.
• Develop and conduct in-service training at HCSO Academy in psychological wellness programs such as alcohol abuse prevention, stress management, anger management, suicide prevention, marriage enrichment, post-traumatic stress management, etc.
• Conduct personnel screening to address an employee's immediate reaction to a critical incident, determine whether a crisis response has occurred; and determine if evidence of impairment requires further assessment or intervention.
• Conduct Psychological evaluations to evaluate: the possible presence of psychological, emotional, cognitive, or behavioral problems that may require preliminary intervention or further evaluation; or to determine personnel's continuation of long-term pro-active assignments.
• Provide counseling for crisis and non-crisis situations
• May provide consultation on operations including, but not limited to, S.W.A.T, Hostage Negotiations, Bomb Squad situations, and threats to County elected officials
• Ensure that all work complies with departmental policies and procedures; federal, state, and local regulations; and licensure, grant, and funding requirements
• Provide mutual aid to other law enforcement and allied agencies to assist with their missions

• Promote an atmosphere that values diversity, equity, and inclusion across all professional activities

• Perform other duties as required within the scope and responsibility of the position

Requirements

• Psy.D. or Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology or a substantive equivalent from an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited institution of higher education
• Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience providing psychological testing, diagnosis, treatment, and counseling; including identifying behavioral, emotional, organic, drug/alcohol, or personality problems and the subsequent development of appropriate programs on an individual basis within a law enforcement environment
• Licensed as or eligible for licensure as a Clinical Psychologist by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
• Valid Driver's License (Texas upon hire)