Clinical Psychologist Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Correctional Facility in NJ

• Job Reference Id:  ORD-217732-PhD-NJ
• Title:  PhD
• Dates Needed:  ASAP - Ongoing
• Shift Type:  Day Shift
• Assignment Type:  Outpatient
• Call Required:  No
• Board Certification Required:  Yes
• Job Duration:  Locums

This facility operates as a state prison providing outpatient psychological services to an adult male correctional population. The institution maintains established mental health protocols and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team that includes social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Clinicians work within a structured correctional environment consistent with standard mental health care delivery practices.

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Clinicians will conduct intake evaluations, provide direct patient care, and perform suicide watch placement and monitoring within a correctional outpatient setting. Responsibilities include completing specialized forensic assessments such as Static 99R, Status evaluations, and Sexually Violent Predator evaluations. The position operates on a full-time schedule of 37.5 hours per week during day shift hours. Psychology associates may be considered for this role.

• Case Load/PPD:  Variable
• Support Staff:  Social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists
• Patient Population:  Adults
• Location Type:  On-Site
• Prescriptive Authority Required:  No
• Government:  No
• Shift Hours:  Full time (40 hours)
• Cases Treated:  Corrections, Adult Male, standard diagnoses in DSM-5
• Average Length of Stay:  Not applicable
• Census:  Not applicable
• Med Checks/Follow-up per day:  Variable
• Initial Evaluation Time:  Variable

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