LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 2
DEFINITION:
Under the general supervision of an Administrator of Psychological Services, or other supervisory official in a State hospital, developmental center, or other setting in a State department or agency, has responsibility for supervising and providing psychotherapy and psychological services including program development and evaluation, suicide and violence risk assessments, individual and group therapeutic activities, research, supervision of unlicensed psychology counselors and/or psychology trainees, carrying out psychological programs in accord with professional and administrative standards, representing psychology staff in contacts with other professionals, agencies, and the community, providing direct high level services to patients and residents, and participation in overall institutional programming and administration; may provide testimony during civil commitment hearings and/or superior court hearings; supervises psychology services support staff, behavior support technicians, or other staff and their work activities; prepares and signs official performance evaluations for subordinate staff; does other related duties as required.
NOTE: The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
EXAMPLES OF WORK:
Supervises the organization of assigned administrative, supervisory, and other field and office work in the field of psychological testing and/or psychotherapy and develops effective work procedures.
Assigns and instructs clinical psychologists of varied grades and other professional and nonprofessional employees and supervises the performance of their work.
Represents the psychology staff in an official capacity as requested by the Chief Executive Officer in contacts with other professionals, agencies, and the community including serving on various committees of the organizational unit and serving in a liaison capacity regarding professional matters related to psychology.
Supervises and provides the administration and instruction of first-rate professional service in the areas of individual and group psychotherapy, behavior modification and therapy, and psychological consultation; employs evidence-based practices and/or uses current research to inform and/or adapt psychological interventions to best meet patient needs.
Supervises and provides the administration, scoring, and interpretation of a variety of psychological assessments to patients or residents, including those used to diagnose, evaluate, and inform treatment for all forms of psychopathology, including projective techniques when indicated; uses measures with established validity and reliability, or provides justification for use of other measures to the Administrator of Psychological Services and seeks approval before implementing.
Assigns and instructs clinical counselors, interns and other professional and nonprofessional employees and supervises the performance of their work.
Plans and supervises courses of individual or group psychotherapy.
Initiates, conducts, and reports on research studies designed to improve outcomes for patients, residents, or the hospital/facility.
Participates in meetings and conferences of the classification committee and in staff and agency policy meetings and discussions, as directed by the Administrator of Psychological Services or the Chief Executive Officer.
Supervises and instructs staff in the application of crisis intervention techniques in providing treatment for clients whose behavior threatens their own lives or those of others.
Interacts with psychiatric patients and/or residents and supervises and encourages therapeutic interaction between Clinical Counselors or other staff members and psychiatric patients and/or residents including responsibility for organizing meetings with the units involving both patients/residents and staff.
Supervises and participates in group sessions and/or treatment team meetings with patients or residents dealing with issues of medication compliance, self-medication programming, community reentry concerns, and other barriers to discharge; functions as a key participant in safe discharge planning.
Supervises the clinical training programs for members of the psychology staff, psychology interns, and other members of the organizational unit as requested, presenting not only highly specialized technical information for psychologists but also material that is suited to the needs of other individuals requiring some training related to psychology.
Provides job related counseling to members of the psychology staff whose performance, relationships with staff members or clients, or follow-up procedures and policies need to be improved.
Interviews and/or supervises the interviewing of children and adults to incorporate significant social and psychological findings into recommendations for specific purposes such as vocational educational guidance, rehabilitation, remedial education, and other purposes.
Prepares recommendations for vocational training programs.
Prepares budgets and grant applications that are pertinent to programs of psychological services as directed by the Administrator of Psychological Services or the Chief Executive Officer.
Supervises the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting, and/or disciplining of employees.
Supervises and actively participates in conferences regarding the placement activities of patients or residents who have been or are to be admitted released.
In connection with community education, interprets the psychological and mental health programs of the Department of Human Services or the Department of Health, and makes presentations before organizations and groups interested in or concerned with the problems of mental health and/or developmental disabilities.
Ensures that the work of psychology staff meets professional and administrative standards and helps prepare staff for inspections by representatives of the administration and accrediting organizations.
Prepares detailed correspondence.
Prepares and/or supervises the preparation of clear, technically sound, accurate, and informative psychological, statistical, diagnostic, and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
Supervises the maintenance of essential records, reports, and files.
Will be required to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Psychology, a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) or a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Psychology which should have included at least thirty (30) graduate semester hour credits in a psychology program consisting of six (6) semester hour credits in counseling/psychotherapy and three (3) semester hour credits in each of the following areas: individual intelligence testing, objective and/or projective testing, and abnormal psychology. At least fifteen (15) semester hour credits should be in courses relevant to clinical psychology such as: learning theories, human motivation, personality theories, human growth and development, psychopharmacology, and statistics and research.
EXPERIENCE:
Completion of a one (1) year supervised full-time clinical internship or one (1) year of extensively supervised clinical experience.
AND
Three (3) years of experience in the field of clinical psychology involving the use of psychodiagnostics, psychotherapy, projective techniques, and other clinical methods.
NOTE: One (1) year of residency (advanced training beyond internship or the extensively supervised clinical experience) is considered equivalent to one (1) year of experience.
LICENSE:
Appointees will be required to possess New Jersey licensure as a Practicing Psychologist issued by the NJ Board of Psychological Examiners. The appointing authority is responsible for license verification.
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform in essential duties of the position.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of the discipline of psychology as demonstrated by the attainment of appropriate educational credentials, approved internship, and professional work experience as specified above, and capable of demonstrating, for purposes of training staff members and serving clients, high quality professional skills in the areas of psychological program development and evaluation, individual and group psychotherapy, behavior modification and therapy, crisis intervention, psychodiagnostics testing, psychological testing, psychological consultation, and research.
Knowledge of the theories and approved practices and procedures of modern clinical research and abnormal psychology including familiarity with the problems involved in administering, scoring, analyzing, and interpreting varied psychodiagnostics instruments.
Knowledge of difficulties involved in carrying out courses of individual and group psychotherapy, crisis intervention techniques, and behavior modification approaches.
Knowledge of administrative problems involved in the functioning of a substantial psychology unit having the responsibility for two or more major areas of treatment which may include outpatient and inpatient care.
Knowledge of the rules, regulations, policies, standards, organization, and procedures of the department with reference to the administration of vocational, psychometric, aptitude, and other tests.
Knowledge of the laws and regulations of the New Jersey Board of Psychological Examiners.
Knowledge of the American Psychological Association’s Ethics Code.
Ability to apply the rules, regulations, policies, standards, organization, and procedures of the department to specific cases with reference to the administration of various types of psychodiagnostics instruments and the carrying out various psychotherapeutic techniques.
Ability to apply the laws and regulations of the New Jersey Board of Psychological Examiners.
Ability to apply the American Psychological Association’s Ethics Code.
Ability to organize assigned administrative, supervisory, and technical field and office work in the areas of psychodiagnostics and/or psychotherapy and to develop effective work procedures.
Ability to provide satisfactory leadership as an administrator-clinician based on knowledge of the theory and practice of management.
Ability to assign and instruct clinical psychologists of lower grades in a substantial psychology unit and supervise the performance and work of other professional and nonprofessional employees .
Ability to administer and supervise the administration of psychometric, aptitude, vocational, performance, personality, and other tests to children and adults, to score tests, to analyze and interpret test results, and to correlate test results with other findings.
Ability to plan, organize, and supervise the carrying out of courses of individual and group psychotherapy and to take a direct part in such treatment where required.
Ability to work effectively with children and adult patients, associates, superior officials, and other persons interested in or concerned with the mental health and psychology programs of the institution or clinic.
Ability to perform psychotherapy at all developmental stages.
Ability to make special studies of behavior and other problems.
Ability to do assigned research work.
Ability to prepare recommendations for carrying out programs of vocational education.
Ability to keep current with new developments, trends of thought, and literature in the general fields of psychology, mental health and developmental disabilities, psychotherapy, and psychodiagnostics.
Ability to prepare and/or supervise the preparation of clear, technically sound, accurate, and informative psychological, statistical, diagnostic, and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
Ability to prepare detailed correspondence.
Ability maintain essential records, reports, and files.
Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible if they can perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
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