Clinical Psychologist

Overview

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• Agency:
  Department of Human Services
• Job
  
  Requisition :
  52500
• Location:
  
  Alton, Illinois, 62002
• Opening Date: 1/8/2026
• Closing Date: 1/22/2026
• Salary:
  Anticipated Salary: $7,787 - $11,960 per month ($93,444 - $143,520 per year)
• County:
  Madison
• Number of Vacancies: 1

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The Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery (DBHR) is seeking to hire a Clinical Psychologist for the Alton Mental Health Center located in Alton, Illinois, responsible for communicating to treatment teams the results of, and providing treatment recommendations based on: (1) administration of psychological assessments (intellectual, personality, and neuropsychological screenings) and/or (2) an assessment of historical and clinical risk factors. For patients dually diagnosed as or suspected of dual diagnosis of mental illness and developmental or intellectual disability, the clinical psychologist will communicate the results of intelligence testing to the treatment team, especially at the time of the comprehensive and/or annual treatment planning collaborations.

• Performs psychological assessments to address specific questions and/or purposes on an assigned unit.
• Develops and implements behavior management plans to assist patients in the acquisition of new skills/adaptive behavior and the elimination or reduction of maladaptive behavior.
• Assesses patients, forensic or civil, who are known or suspected to be dually diagnosed (MI/) for intellectual and adaptive functioning skills and provides professional reports upon admission or as soon as possible after any psychiatric or medical barriers to testing have been addressed.
• Conducts group and/or individual psychotherapy and documents treatment in the clinical record.
• Testifies in criminal and/or mental health court hearings.
• Provides facility-wide professional trainings.
• Serves as adjunct member of all treatment teams, participates in treatment planning conferences and professional reports and reviews, making recommendations based on clinical expertise, testing and case reviews.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• Requires the ability to meet the requirements for credentialing and privileging as a consulting member of the medical staff of Alton Mental Health Center within 30 days of employment.
• Requires the ability to work within multiple interdisciplinary teams.
• Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
• Requires the ability to obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.
• Requires ability to pass CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) training within the probationary period, including the physical ability to prevent injury to patients or others by restraining patients if necessary.
• Requires physical ability to ambulate to various worksites throughout the hospital for administrative and clinical duties.