Senior Psychologist- Certified Forensic Examiner (FSH)

Missouri Department of Mental Health

• $86K — $121K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Psychology
  • License eligible or licensed as a Psychologist in Missouri
  • Training and experience in forensic evaluations
  • Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness
  • Strong clinical, assessment, and writing skills

Responsibilities

  • Conduct court-ordered evaluations for competency to stand trial
  • Write comprehensive reports based on evaluations
  • Testify in court regarding evaluation findings
  • Review police reports and hospital records
  • Conduct interviews and complete psychological assessments
  • Incorporate diverse information into evaluations
  • Adapt to complex and challenging evaluation scenarios

Benefits

  • Medical Insurance
  • Strive Employee Life & Family (SELF) Program
  • Pension/Survivor Benefits
  • Basic Life Insurance (term)
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Paid Holidays (14)
  • Annual Leave & Sick Leave (starting at 10 hours per month)
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Unemployment Compensation
  • Social Security Retirement
  • Medicare
  • Optional Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Optional Life Insurance (term)
  • Universal Life Insurance
  • Deferred Compensation (MO Deferred Comp)
  • Health Savings Account (for eligible individuals)
  • Cafeteria Plan
  • Distributed work
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Occasional opportunities for CEUs
  • Opportunities for research
  • Supervision for licensure if needed
Full Job Description
Senior Psychologist

Certified Forensic Examiner

Salary: $86,250 (postdoctoral resident) - up to $121,064.79 (licensed and credentialed)

Job Location:

Nixon Forensic Center

Fulton State Hospital

600 East 5th Street

Fulton, MO 65251

Located within the state-of-the-art, high-security Nixon Forensic Center, Certified Forensic Examiners (CFEs) work with the Competency Restoration and Acute Forensic Treatment (CRAFT) program to complete court ordered evaluations, specifically competency to stand trial, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, and sexually violent predator evaluations. CFEs are responsible for conducting evaluations, writing comprehensive reports, and offering testimony on a diverse population of individuals with serious mental illness and facing a wide range of charges ranging from misdemeanor assault to murder.

Your Benefits Package(paid for by your employer at no cost to you or cost is shared)

Medical Insurance

Strive Employee Life & Family (SELF) Program

Pension/Survivor Benefits

Basic Life Insurance (term)

Long-Term Disability Insurance

Paid Holidays (14)

Annual Leave & Sick Leave (starting at 10 hours per month of each)

Workers' Compensation

Unemployment Compensation

Social Security Retirement

Medicare

Optional Benefits(you pay premiums)

Dental and Vision Insurance

Optional Life Insurance (term)

Universal Life Insurance

Optional Tax-Saving Benefits (you contribute money toward tax and retirement savings)

Deferred Compensation (MO Deferred Comp)

Health Savings Account (for those who are eligible)

Cafeteria Plan

Additional Perks

Distributed work

Flexible scheduling

Occasional opportunities for CEUs

Opportunities for research

Supervision for licensure if needed

We are looking for an individual with strong clinical, assessment, and writing skills who is reliable and adaptable. The CFE will spend their time reviewing police reports and hospital records, conducting interviews, completing assessments, and writing reports that will be submitted to the court. These evaluations are often complex, challenging, and can include the need to incorporate a variety of information including psychological assessment tools, relevant research, and collateral data.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Doctorate in Psychology

Preferred Qualifications:
  • License eligible or licensed as a Psychologist in Missouri
  • Training and experience conducting forensic evaluations and working with those with serious mental illness

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

Jessica Sergio, Ph.D.

Director of Psychology

(573) 592-2628

[email protected]

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