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Job Requisition ID: 47674

Opening Date: 08/01/2025
Closing Date: 08/14/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST - 08250 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: (Eff 7/1/25) $7,787 - $11,960 per month ($93,444 - $143,520 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Madison
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators, Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators, and Physicians AFSCME
Merit Comp Code: 

Position Overview

The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Clinical Psychologist for the Alton Mental Health Center located in Alton, Illinois to serve as an advanced clinician in a forensic psychiatric hospital, serving mentally ill patients who have been determined Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) or Unfit to Stand Trial (UST). Administers, scores, and interprets psychological tests and writes comprehensive reports based on findings to request advanced court ordered privileges. Conducts group and individual psychotherapy. Makes diagnostic classifications and clarifications. Testifies in criminal and court hearings. 

Essential Functions

  • Serves as an advanced clinician in a forensic psychiatric hospital, serving mentally ill patients who have been determined NGRI or UST.
  • Conducts individual and group psychotherapy counseling sessions with patients.
  • Serves as adjunct member of all treatment teams, participates in treatment planning conferences and professional reports and reviews. Makes recommendations based on clinical expertise, testing and case reviews.
  • Develops behavioral management plans for those patients who exhibit maladaptive behavior.
  • Serves on a variety of hospital and statewide committees.
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Requires current license as a Clinical Psychologist by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Conditions of Employment

  • Requires the ability to physically restrain patients as necessary to prevent injury to patient or others.
  • Requires the ability to obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
  • Requires ability to perform and deliver mouth to mask CPR and manual resuscitation.
  • Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
  • Requires physical ability to access various worksites throughout the hospital to attend meetings.
  • Requires ability to pass CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) training within the probationary period.
  • Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
  • Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
  • Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

* The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch

Psychology Med. Division

Work Location: 4500 College Ave, Alton, Illinois, 62002-5012

Division of Mental Health

Alton Mental Health

Psychology Dept. – Forensic AFC-A

Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov

Posting Group: Health Services; Social Services