Psychologist 4
Apply NowCompany: State of Louisiana
Location: Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Description:
Salary : $6,710.00 - $12,074.00 Monthly
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: OBH/CSH/207730
Department: LDH-Office of Behavioral Health
Opening Date: 04/01/2025
Closing Date: 4/15/2025 11:59 PM Central
Supplemental Information
The Louisiana Department of Health is dedicated to fulfilling its mission through direct provision of quality services, the development and stimulation of services of others, and the utilization of available resources in the most effective manner.
LDH serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities.
This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Behavioral Health / Community Program / East Baton Rouge Parish
Announcement Number: OBH/CSH/207730
Cost Center: 3301010102
Position Number(s): 50417940
This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Probationary appointment.
Applicant Preference
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link 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.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
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
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Casey Hickman
Casey.Hickman@la.gov
LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES
BATON ROUGE, LA 70821
225 342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice psychology followed by two years of experience in psychological research, testing, or counseling.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To improve the functioning of individual clients and/or organizations by applying advanced psychological principles and techniques. Incumbents are responsible for the management of an organizational program of complex and specialized psychological services which may include management of an advanced training program for masters and doctoral level trainees, research and program evaluation, staff development training, direct services and/or consultation and administration.
Level of Work:
Manager.
Supervision Received:
Broad direction from a facility administrator or other professional at a higher level.
Supervision Exercised:
Line and/or functional over other Psychologists, Associates, interns and students, interdisciplinary staff or other personnel assigned to the program area.
Location of Work:
Statewide.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from the Psychologist 3 by the presence of managerial responsibility for a complex program of psychological services within a region or organization. Complex, in this instance, refers to services that entail more than one distinct functional area.
Differs from Psychologist 5 by the absence of responsibility for management of multiple functional areas.
Examples of Work
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Specific duties of the Psychologist include, but are not limited to the following:
30% Serve as the Divisional Supervisory Monitor of all CEA hospitals, of which there are currently 4 facilities. This role includes:
-Direction of admissions process including determination of who meets criteria, placement location, and priority order
-Approved continued stay requests based on determination of medical necessity
-Onsite monitoring as needed
-Data collection, analysis, and reporting to ensure the hospitals provide quality treatment to patients
-Review and approve invoices to ensure accuracy
-Work with contractors to resolve issues expediently and effectively
-Work in collaboration with the Medical Director, Director of 24-hour Facilities, ELMHS, and CLSH to coordinate placement for difficult cases who present with needs are beyond the scope of contracting partners.
20% Serve as OBH subject matter expert on forensic matters, judicial commitments, and difficult inpatient psychiatric cases
-Case coordination for adult inpatient psychiatric patients who present with behavioral or treatment needs that make finding placement difficult.
-Assist Child Clinical team on difficult cases requiring placement assistance
-Reviews all petitions for judicial commitment received from facilities statewide to advise LDH legal of appropriateness of placement of patients in LDH custody and advise any further action.
-Management of consumer complaints involving the justice system or inpatient psychiatric placement
-Consult with LGEs and Regional Attorneys to solve problems related to difficult cases and with the statewide Community Forensics Program when cases cross between juvenile and adult legal systems.
-Responsible for providing information to the OBH and LDH administration for budget, legislation, public records requests, public sector meetings, and meetings with judges.
-Provide technical assistance to the Children's Division to ensure the needs of justice-involved youth are met, judges are trained, and services are provided.
-Assist in the development of OBH policies and procedures related to programmatic requirements or dealing with emerging issues related to inpatient hospitals, adult and juvenile forensics, CEA hospitals, and relations with the LGEs. Collaborate in the development of policies and procedures related to statewide forensic services.
-Development and review of year-end outcome reports to evaluate the effectiveness of service delivery and compliance with federal and state plan goals and objectives.
15% direct the 648b evaluation process for evaluating criminal defendants found irrestoribly incompetent for judicial commitment. This is a statewide, court mandated process. Individuals who are determined un-restorable to competency are placed in LDH custody for a
civil commitment evaluation. Duties include:
Direction of two contract physicians to conduct court-ordered evaluations
-Ensure timelines are met and reports are sufficient for court
-Review of report to court and consultation with physicians regarding recommendations
-Coordinate placement and transfers from the Department of Corrections or LGE referrals for follow-up care, as appropriate
-Approve invoices for payment
-Interface with LGEs and LDH attorneys to ensure issues are resolved
-Maintain a database of all 648B cases and compile reports for LDH use when requested
10% direct the highly complex statewide juvenile competency restoration program, mandated by the Louisiana Children's Code for children who are determined to be incompetent to stand trial. This consists of providing direct supervision of Mental Health Program Manager 1-A, who is responsible for managing the competency restoration services statewide, developing annual juvenile competency restoration certification training, assigning restoration cases and functional supervision of competency restoration providers from OBH and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities located in the 10 human services districts of the state, managing the data
collection system for juvenile competency restoration, providing reports to court and attending court when requested. Duties include:
-Supervise the provision of a juvenile competency restoration certification training for providers statewide as required by the Louisiana Children's Code (La. Ch.C. art. 837.1) to insure an adequate number of certified competency restoration providers.
-Supervise Mental Health Program Manager 1-A in ensuring the juvenile competency restoration program continues to provide exemplary services which may include reassessing and developing new protocols as needed, including revision of curriculum manual.
-Reassesses and develops new protocols as needed, including revision of curriculum manual and provider training materials.
-Review letters and reports submitted to juvenile judges regarding competency restoration.
-Review of data collected on all juvenile competency restoration cases.
-Participate in difficult case reviews for juveniles involved in criminal justice system, assist in facilitating placement and services for youth who come before the court.
-Consult with OBH staff, judges, and others regarding the appropriate placement and treatment of juveniles with mental health issues; participate in meetings with the courts, attorneys, legislators when needed.
10% Oversee Federal Settlement Agreement Compliance for the statewide and highly complex Adult Forensics Program composed of the ELMHS inpatient forensics services, community forensics services located in every region of the state, the Forensic Aftercare Clinic, and numerous contractual forensic residential step-down programs located throughout the state. Duties include:
-Review report for accuracy regarding timeliness and outcomes of assessments for the pre-trial and NGBRI individuals residing in the jail and awaiting hospitalization, frequency and duration of competency restoration sessions, timeliness of receipt of court orders by Community Forensic Services, timeliness of transfer from jail to the hospital or diversion
-Work with ELMHS & Central Office to resolve issues, ensure complete and accurate report is developed. Provide technical assistance -Calculate compliance rate and summarize reason for noncompliance
-Review and final approval of monthly Federal Settlement Agreement Report before submitting to Assistant Secretary, Deputy Secretary and LDH attorney for submission to Federal Court and Advocate Attorney.
-Develop a year end report of Settlement Agreement report data for Central Office.
5% Serve as the Divisional Supervisory Monitor of intermediate care hospitals (CLSH and ELMHS) to ensure that appropriate placements are accessed; patients are discharged when they no longer meet intermediate criteria; admission criteria is followed; the wait list is reviewed weekly to ensure only those needing intermediate care remain on the list; and the time a patient remains on the wait list is decreased. Meets with hospitals monthly to review potential discharges and discuss barriers.
5% Serves as a LDH psychologist on the Department of Corrections Sex Offender Assessment Panel (SOAP) meetings, which requires reviewing sex offender cases and attending regular meetings of the Panel to determine offenders who are Violent Sexual Predators or Child Predators.
5% Perform special projects and other tasks as directed by the OBH Executive Management Team. (e.g., LDH designee on the Interagency Council on the Prevention of Sex Offenses; Represent OBH at meetings, conferences, legislative hearings, with other organizations/entities. Meet with officials of federal, state and local agencies, legislators, professional organizations and interested groups on matters related to assigned programs. Develop and monitor contracts and contract amendments when requested. Assist in the development of RFPs, RFls, MOUs, and CEAs as needed for special projects. assist in writing grants to expand services. Other.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at
Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at
Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement- State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
01
Do you possess a current Louisiana license to practice Psychology?
02
If you answered 'YES' to the question above, please list the license TYPE, NUMBER, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE, and EXPIRATION DATE. If you answered 'NO', enter N/A.
Required Question
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: OBH/CSH/207730
Department: LDH-Office of Behavioral Health
Opening Date: 04/01/2025
Closing Date: 4/15/2025 11:59 PM Central
Supplemental Information
The Louisiana Department of Health is dedicated to fulfilling its mission through direct provision of quality services, the development and stimulation of services of others, and the utilization of available resources in the most effective manner.
LDH serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities.
This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Behavioral Health / Community Program / East Baton Rouge Parish
Announcement Number: OBH/CSH/207730
Cost Center: 3301010102
Position Number(s): 50417940
This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Probationary appointment.
Applicant Preference
- Preference will be given to licensed psychologists with experience working with state level behavioral health.
- Willingness to work with forensic inpatient behavioral health facilities is preferred.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link 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.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
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
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Casey Hickman
Casey.Hickman@la.gov
LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES
BATON ROUGE, LA 70821
225 342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice psychology followed by two years of experience in psychological research, testing, or counseling.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To improve the functioning of individual clients and/or organizations by applying advanced psychological principles and techniques. Incumbents are responsible for the management of an organizational program of complex and specialized psychological services which may include management of an advanced training program for masters and doctoral level trainees, research and program evaluation, staff development training, direct services and/or consultation and administration.
Level of Work:
Manager.
Supervision Received:
Broad direction from a facility administrator or other professional at a higher level.
Supervision Exercised:
Line and/or functional over other Psychologists, Associates, interns and students, interdisciplinary staff or other personnel assigned to the program area.
Location of Work:
Statewide.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from the Psychologist 3 by the presence of managerial responsibility for a complex program of psychological services within a region or organization. Complex, in this instance, refers to services that entail more than one distinct functional area.
Differs from Psychologist 5 by the absence of responsibility for management of multiple functional areas.
Examples of Work
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Specific duties of the Psychologist include, but are not limited to the following:
30% Serve as the Divisional Supervisory Monitor of all CEA hospitals, of which there are currently 4 facilities. This role includes:
-Direction of admissions process including determination of who meets criteria, placement location, and priority order
-Approved continued stay requests based on determination of medical necessity
-Onsite monitoring as needed
-Data collection, analysis, and reporting to ensure the hospitals provide quality treatment to patients
-Review and approve invoices to ensure accuracy
-Work with contractors to resolve issues expediently and effectively
-Work in collaboration with the Medical Director, Director of 24-hour Facilities, ELMHS, and CLSH to coordinate placement for difficult cases who present with needs are beyond the scope of contracting partners.
20% Serve as OBH subject matter expert on forensic matters, judicial commitments, and difficult inpatient psychiatric cases
-Case coordination for adult inpatient psychiatric patients who present with behavioral or treatment needs that make finding placement difficult.
-Assist Child Clinical team on difficult cases requiring placement assistance
-Reviews all petitions for judicial commitment received from facilities statewide to advise LDH legal of appropriateness of placement of patients in LDH custody and advise any further action.
-Management of consumer complaints involving the justice system or inpatient psychiatric placement
-Consult with LGEs and Regional Attorneys to solve problems related to difficult cases and with the statewide Community Forensics Program when cases cross between juvenile and adult legal systems.
-Responsible for providing information to the OBH and LDH administration for budget, legislation, public records requests, public sector meetings, and meetings with judges.
-Provide technical assistance to the Children's Division to ensure the needs of justice-involved youth are met, judges are trained, and services are provided.
-Assist in the development of OBH policies and procedures related to programmatic requirements or dealing with emerging issues related to inpatient hospitals, adult and juvenile forensics, CEA hospitals, and relations with the LGEs. Collaborate in the development of policies and procedures related to statewide forensic services.
-Development and review of year-end outcome reports to evaluate the effectiveness of service delivery and compliance with federal and state plan goals and objectives.
15% direct the 648b evaluation process for evaluating criminal defendants found irrestoribly incompetent for judicial commitment. This is a statewide, court mandated process. Individuals who are determined un-restorable to competency are placed in LDH custody for a
civil commitment evaluation. Duties include:
Direction of two contract physicians to conduct court-ordered evaluations
-Ensure timelines are met and reports are sufficient for court
-Review of report to court and consultation with physicians regarding recommendations
-Coordinate placement and transfers from the Department of Corrections or LGE referrals for follow-up care, as appropriate
-Approve invoices for payment
-Interface with LGEs and LDH attorneys to ensure issues are resolved
-Maintain a database of all 648B cases and compile reports for LDH use when requested
10% direct the highly complex statewide juvenile competency restoration program, mandated by the Louisiana Children's Code for children who are determined to be incompetent to stand trial. This consists of providing direct supervision of Mental Health Program Manager 1-A, who is responsible for managing the competency restoration services statewide, developing annual juvenile competency restoration certification training, assigning restoration cases and functional supervision of competency restoration providers from OBH and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities located in the 10 human services districts of the state, managing the data
collection system for juvenile competency restoration, providing reports to court and attending court when requested. Duties include:
-Supervise the provision of a juvenile competency restoration certification training for providers statewide as required by the Louisiana Children's Code (La. Ch.C. art. 837.1) to insure an adequate number of certified competency restoration providers.
-Supervise Mental Health Program Manager 1-A in ensuring the juvenile competency restoration program continues to provide exemplary services which may include reassessing and developing new protocols as needed, including revision of curriculum manual.
-Reassesses and develops new protocols as needed, including revision of curriculum manual and provider training materials.
-Review letters and reports submitted to juvenile judges regarding competency restoration.
-Review of data collected on all juvenile competency restoration cases.
-Participate in difficult case reviews for juveniles involved in criminal justice system, assist in facilitating placement and services for youth who come before the court.
-Consult with OBH staff, judges, and others regarding the appropriate placement and treatment of juveniles with mental health issues; participate in meetings with the courts, attorneys, legislators when needed.
10% Oversee Federal Settlement Agreement Compliance for the statewide and highly complex Adult Forensics Program composed of the ELMHS inpatient forensics services, community forensics services located in every region of the state, the Forensic Aftercare Clinic, and numerous contractual forensic residential step-down programs located throughout the state. Duties include:
-Review report for accuracy regarding timeliness and outcomes of assessments for the pre-trial and NGBRI individuals residing in the jail and awaiting hospitalization, frequency and duration of competency restoration sessions, timeliness of receipt of court orders by Community Forensic Services, timeliness of transfer from jail to the hospital or diversion
-Work with ELMHS & Central Office to resolve issues, ensure complete and accurate report is developed. Provide technical assistance -Calculate compliance rate and summarize reason for noncompliance
-Review and final approval of monthly Federal Settlement Agreement Report before submitting to Assistant Secretary, Deputy Secretary and LDH attorney for submission to Federal Court and Advocate Attorney.
-Develop a year end report of Settlement Agreement report data for Central Office.
5% Serve as the Divisional Supervisory Monitor of intermediate care hospitals (CLSH and ELMHS) to ensure that appropriate placements are accessed; patients are discharged when they no longer meet intermediate criteria; admission criteria is followed; the wait list is reviewed weekly to ensure only those needing intermediate care remain on the list; and the time a patient remains on the wait list is decreased. Meets with hospitals monthly to review potential discharges and discuss barriers.
5% Serves as a LDH psychologist on the Department of Corrections Sex Offender Assessment Panel (SOAP) meetings, which requires reviewing sex offender cases and attending regular meetings of the Panel to determine offenders who are Violent Sexual Predators or Child Predators.
5% Perform special projects and other tasks as directed by the OBH Executive Management Team. (e.g., LDH designee on the Interagency Council on the Prevention of Sex Offenses; Represent OBH at meetings, conferences, legislative hearings, with other organizations/entities. Meet with officials of federal, state and local agencies, legislators, professional organizations and interested groups on matters related to assigned programs. Develop and monitor contracts and contract amendments when requested. Assist in the development of RFPs, RFls, MOUs, and CEAs as needed for special projects. assist in writing grants to expand services. Other.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at
Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at
Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
- Mardi Gras,
- Good Friday,
- Memorial Day,
- Independence Day,
- Labor Day,
- Veteran's Day,
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement- State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (),
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (), among others
01
Do you possess a current Louisiana license to practice Psychology?
- Yes
- No
02
If you answered 'YES' to the question above, please list the license TYPE, NUMBER, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE, and EXPIRATION DATE. If you answered 'NO', enter N/A.
Required Question