LOCATION: JUVENILE TEMPORARY DETENTION CENTER - 1100 S. HAMILTON AVE., CHCAGO, IL

SHIFT: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Applicants may apply for this position online or submit a resume/ CV to the following email address:CermakRecruit@cookcountyhhs.org. When submitting a resume/CV by email, you must include the job title and posting number in the subject line of your email. An application or resume/CV must be filed for each position which interests you.

To receive Veteran Preference, appropriate discharge papers must be attached to the online application or must be included with your emailed resume/CV. Please refer to Veteran Preference document requirements listed on the bottom of this posting.

JOB SUMMARY

The Psychologist, JTDC works under the supervision supporting the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JDTC) with clinical patient management of youths and adolescents. Participates in and oversees the orderly management, operation, and delivery of a comprehensive continuum of mental health and substance used disorder (SUD) services for youth and adolescents in the JTDC. This includes the behavioral health delivery system that identifies and manages all mental health for residents admitted to the JTDC. Delivery of mental health and SUD services include a multi-disciplinary Unit Team approach, which incorporates all level of clinical, medical, nursing, and custody staff. The Treatment Team includes the assigned psychologist, psychiatrist, licensed social worker/licensed professional counselor, mental health specialist, relevant nurse, and primary care physician as well as the JTDC custody personnel and other Sheriff's Department personal as appropriate.

Typical Duties

• Coordinates the duties and tasks of the multi-disciplinary unit Mental Health team to carry out a full range of mental health screening, evaluation and services, programs therapeutic activities/recreation and community reentry intervention.
• Provides clinical oversight to mental health staff requiring a preceptor/sponsor, students, interns, residents and fellows)
• Conducts Unit Team meetings and multi-disciplinary staffing and participates in treatment plan and behavioral plan development, implementation, completion and monitoring.
• Monitors resident's adherence to treatment and behavioral plans, and collaborate with the Unit Teams regarding resident management and appropriate formal and information sanctions.

• Provides direct individual and group therapy to resident patients for identified individuals, with emphasis on the more complex and difficult cares.
• Works with parent or guardian to obtain Release of Information for health records, contact with agencies and community based organization and family.
• Responds to contacts while on-call according to the established rotation and schedule.
• Responds to all pages and telephone contacts when providing on-call coverage and ensures follow through on signature of any verbal orders given.
• Performs clinical rounds with accompanying documentation according to the frequency.
• Documents all clinical encounters with the patient's records.
• Coordinates psychiatry services with mental health services, clinical scheduling, in consultation with the Unit Psychiatrist.
• Ensures timely and accurate patient specific treatment plan development and completion.
• Involves Cermak and JTDC staff in specific treatment, behavioral plans and review of progress for residents.
• Develops treatment plans and conducts treatment team meetings with staffing (including patient's participation according to established timelines with policy).
• Participates in release planning for residents (community based mental health services).
• Collaborates with CQI team to include mental health activities and elements specific to the respective unit operation.
• Engages with Mental Health CQI and Suicide Prevention strategies.
• Provides responses to JTDC, resident grievances, family inquiries, attorney and other request.
• Develops summary of events for assigned mortality or morbidity review for identified situations/incidents; obtains medical records relevant to the patient's history.
• Provides input regarding Psychological Autopsy or sentinel review for Self-Injurious Behavior, suicide attempt, morbidity or mortality review.
• Establishes unit based statistical reporting mechanisms in response to the needs identified by the Interagency Agreement between the Office of the Chief Judge and CCHHS, CQI initiatives, studies, findings and corrective orders.
• Oversees and participates in the provision of individual and group counseling and therapy to include psycho-educational and cognitive/dialectical behavior therapy.
• Conducts peer reviews and charts for documentation.
• Communicates routinely both formally and informally with JTDC, Directors, and other staff.
• Involves mental health designee in the review of all incident and disciplinary reports generated for mental health residents and provides necessary input regarding the resident's mental status.
• Ensures staff designee completion of segregation screens and segregation, including protective custody and rounds.
• Tracks all unit-based program activities and times; disciplinary reports and segregation referrals, screens and rounds interventions and outcome.
• Completes or delegates completion of a self-injury behavior occurrence reports.
• Differentiates between Self Injurious Behavior intent to commit suicide, v. alternative motivation and follow-up with corresponding treatment plans.
• Counsels residents about compliance with prescribed psychotropic medication.
• Provides verbal and written orders to nursing in emergent situations for enforced psychotropic medication.
• Develops team training for unit staff.
• Conducts performance evaluations and documents corrective action.
• Communicates with community mental health providers to continue continuity of care.
• Communicates with the Illinois Department of Correction to insure the resident's continuity of care upon sentencing/transferring.
• Collaborates and generates movement among the various levels of treatment and levels of custody to ensure continuity of care and medication consistency and availability.
• Monitors medication compliance for residents prescribed psychotropic medications.
• Assures suicide prevention strategies are in place on the respective units and staff familiarity.
• Cooperates in staff investigations.
• Responds to subpoenas, court orders and provides necessary court testimony including for involuntary medications.
• Reports situations of unusual occurrences and sentinel events.
• Complies with the personnel rules and regulations of Cook County, Cermak Health Services, and CCDOC.
• Performs other duties as assigned, within position and licensure/discipline.