Psychologist 3 Position Available In East Feliciana, Louisiana

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Psychologist 3
Salary
$7,763.60 – $11,284.00 Monthly
Location Jackson, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number

ELMHS5.15.25P3

Department
LDH-Office of Behavioral Health
Opening Date
05/16/2025
Closing Date
5/29/2025 11:59 PM Central

DESCRIPTION

About this Job
This vacancy is located in the Psychology Department of Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System in Jackson, LA (East Feliciana Parish). ELMHS is the largest 24-hour, multi-site, state psychiatric complex, comprised of residential, outpatient and inpatient services.
Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice psychology followed by one year of experience in psychological research, testing, or counseling.
Job Specification

Function of Work:

To improve the functioning of individual clients and/or organizations involving the application of psychological principles and techniques within one or more of the following functional areas: direct services; consultation; training; research. Services provided vary depending upon specific organizational needs and generally fall into one of the major psychological subject matter specializations.

Level of Work:

Advanced.

Supervision Received:

Broad review from a facility administrator or other professional at a higher level.

Supervision Exercised:

Supervision may be exercised over Psychologists at a lower level, Associates, Assistants, paraprofessional, semiprofessional staff and other related professional and/or clerical staff.

Location of Work:

Statewide.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from the Psychologist 2 by the presence of complete responsibility for a special area, unit or program of psychological services.
Differs from Psychologist 4 by the absence of responsibility for a program of psychological services within a region or organization.
Job Duties and Other Information
Provides or coordinates psychological services for a treatment, rehabilitation, research program or training school
Trains and advises other staff in implementing special treatment or rehabilitative programs.
Provides technical consultation and/or coordination of services to interdisciplinary staff.
Designs and implements programs involving the application of behavior modification principles and techniques.
Plans and conducts approved research within a program compatible with agency needs and goals.
Prepares research reports.
Provides technical consultation to staff relative to research and program evaluation.
Performs psychological diagnoses and treatment; and participates as a member of a patient treatment unit in staff discussions of patient diagnosis, treatment and progress.
Administers or reviews results of the full range of diagnostic tests for psychological assessment, interprets results, and prepares psychological evaluations.
Conducts group, individual, family or other specialized psychotherapy with patients, clients, students or residents in an institutional or outpatient program.

Position-Specific Information:

Psychologist 3 has a Special Entrance Rate of $44.79 / hourly.
-Retention Pay of $1.00, and up to $5.00 for every hour worked.
-Premium Pay of $2.00 every hour worked. List all prior employment.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED!

Resume will not be accepted and should not be attached. You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application. You must describe your actual duties as you will not be qualified based on job title alone. A resume upload will NOT populate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit considered.
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IMPORTANT NOTE

While we encourage all interested applicants to apply, please be aware that there are various reasons that your application may be disqualified from consideration including, but not limited, to:
Failure to fully complete the education and work experience sections of the application; (Please note for the education section that the semester area refers to the # of credit HOURS and not the # of semesters you completed) Submission of a resume in lieu of the online application. Information on the resume will not substitute and must also be included on the actual job application in order to be considered. You must describe your duties as you will not be qualified based on job title alone. •Your Resume will NOT automatically upload your experience/information •Failure to list complete license information (if applicable to the job position). Failure to submit an equivalency evaluation statement for an international degree by the closing of this announcement.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
for this vacancy, click on the “” above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
For further information about this vacancy, please contact:
LDH- ELMHS/Human Resources
Jackson, LA 70748
225-634-0680
Employer
State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462