Psychologist

About the Position

The expected salary for this position on hire is: $91,797 - 120,568

Montgomery County Government, Office of Human Resources is seeking an advanced-level clinical psychologist to provide direct clinical services to Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) personnel and their families.

This position is located in Montgomery County, MD, a large suburban county outside of Washington D.C. with approximately 1 million residents. The Stress Management Team (SMT), organizationally situated in the Office of Human Resources (OHR), promotes the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) employees and their immediate family members. The MCPD employs approximately 2,000 sworn employees and professional staff.

The Psychologist will provide an array of mental health services and will be supervised by and work closely with the Psychologist Supervisor to perform the duties listed below, and together they provide oversight and supervision to the MCPD Peer Support Team.

The Psychologist will interface with police department personnel at all levels, county agency personnel, civilian and police union representatives, state and local agencies as well as local and national providers of mental health services.

What You'll Be Doing

Duties may include but are not limited to:

Providing routine and emergency mental health assessment, intervention, referral, and case management services in individual, couple, group, or family formats

Providing initial and follow-up support of personnel involved in critical incidents, including on-scene response

Developing curriculum and providing training on psychological and stress management topics for police recruits, new call-takers/dispatchers, supervisory and in-service trainings, the Peer Support Team, and specialized units. Trainings include stress management, substance abuse, critical incident reactions, resilience, suicide awareness and prevention

Providing subject matter consultation, in-service programming, and outreach in support of departmental initiatives

Documentation of services utilizing a client records management database/electronic health records system, ensuring confidentiality of client information

Consulting and collaborating with staff, management, and health care professionals about matters related to mental health

Providing organizational and workgroup assessments

On-call duties and supervision of the Peer Support Team activities while on-call

Conducting and evaluating research

Selection, supervision, and training of masters- and doctoral-level psychology interns

This position requires strong interpersonal and communication skills, a collaborative style of working with others, and a strong ability to maintain boundaries. The selected candidate will be required to successfully complete a background check.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Two (2) years of post-doctoral experience in clinical therapeutic practice.

Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Doctoral degree in Psychology as defined in Title 18, Health Occupations Article, Section1-101(g) Annotated Code of Maryland.

Equivalency: None.

License: Licensure as a Psychologist by the Maryland State Board of Examiners for Psychologists by the date of appointment to a County Psychologist position.

Note: There will be no substitutions for the license.

Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences

We will use interview preference criteria:

Experience providing psychological services within a complex legal/regulatory/organizational environment.

Experience providing crisis intervention on-scene to public safety employees.

Experience providing a variety of therapeutic interventions (e.g., crisis intervention; individual, couples, family, and group therapy; skills training; and brief interventions) using multiple treatment modalities.

Experience developing curriculum and providing training on psychological and stress management topics.

Experience in providing psychotherapy to a diverse population with a range of diagnoses and mental health functioning

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference.

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.