Senior Psychologist ; Wake)(Temporary

Position: Senior Psychologist I (Wake)(Temporary)
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* *** Division
* * Temporary Solutions
** Job Classification Title
** Psychologist Senior (S)
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* * MH20

North Carolina State Government is one of the state’s largest employers, with over 76,000 employees all working toward a common goal: a safer and stronger North Carolina. We are a large organization comprised of various agencies, offices, and universities, each providing important public services.

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** Description of Work
** This class recognizes the responsibility for providing direct psychological services at a high level of clinical expertise. Employees serve as experts in performing advanced testing, assessment, and treatment of complex behavioral, emotional, and learning disorders independently. This level also recognizes expert consultative work within the area of psychological services. Duties may include providing quality control monitoring, clinical training, and applied research.

Duties may also include coordinating or supervising a small program or sub-unit and/or acting as a lead over professionals other than psychologists. Some employees may serve in specialty practice areas such as forensic psychology, geropsychology, and neuropsychology providing advanced and specialized psychological services, consultation, training and research. Employees in these roles may design and manage data collection systems or conduct applied clinical research to develop new modes of treatment and assessment.
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Skills and Abilities

/Management Preferences**## Description of Work
** This is a temporary position and there are no leave or retirement benefits offered with this position. Temporary employees who work an annual average of 30 or more hours per week may be eligible for health insurance coverage under the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). For more information on Health Benefits offered visit** **.
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Permanent and time-limited NC State Government employees must separate from their permanent or time-limited position in order to work in a temporary position.  All temporary employees are limited to one NC State Government temporary assignment at a time.
**** Individuals hired into a temporary State job must be fully qualified for the job. OSHR supports the Governor's Job Ready initiative and seeks to expand a temporary's skill set to enhance their qualifications for State government and private sector jobs. Exposure to an agency's culture, process, procedures, and potential learning opportunities can provide valuable experience to those who may seek permanent employment with the state.
**** This temporary position is located in Raleigh, NC**
- ** Wake County.
**** Job Order Hourly Rate of Pay: $50****.
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** This temporary position will be assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services. This position is located at 101 Blair Dr, Raleigh, NC 27603,The primary purpose of this position is to be a contributing member with forensic expertise in the Section that provides operational oversight and management assistance for the Hospitals and providers of capacity evaluation and capacity restoration (CR) services, Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity acquit tees, and other forensic populations.

Key responsibilities include assistance with the following: communication and interpretation of Division policy to the assigned facilities, operational oversight, assistance, and liaison to assigned facilities, management of key Division initiatives, especially pertaining to capacity evaluation and restoration, and to their interface with the community, and representation of the Hospitals to internal and external customers, agencies, and stakeholders.

Key initiatives for this position may include any of the following over time:
* Program management for assigned projects, with a strong focus on forensic services such as capacity restoration;
* Provide primary communication linkage with Sheriff's…