Instructor - Psychology jobs in Cincinnati, OH

Psychology Assistant 2

The mission of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) is to provide statewide leadership of a high-quality mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery system that is effective and valued by all Ohioans.

Position Location:

Summit Behavioral Healthcare

1101 Summit Road

Cincinnati, Ohio 45237

What You'll Do:

• Under the supervision of a licensed Psychologist: Conducts interviews and provides individual and group psychological.
  therapy including behavioral therapy sessions; performs supervised psychological evaluations of patients (e.g.,
  administration, scoring & interpretation of psycho-logical tests & reporting of findings).
• Provides clinical direction and participates in providing in-service training to other treatment team members (e.g., social workers, counselors, in-terns); provides advisory and consultative services to professional and non-professional personnel. involved in patient care; coordinates patient care activities and provides functional supervision for staff involved in patient care.
• Maintains continual information updates, attend meetings, conferences and in-service training sessions and participates in staff development programs and research projects.
• Performs miscellaneous duties related to patient care (e.g., maintains records, prepares reports, assists other staff members).

Doctoral degree in psychology or other doctoral degree deemed equivalent by Ohio State Board of Psychology.

• Or master's degree in psychology from accredited educational institution accredited or recognized by national or regional accrediting agency; 3 yrs. psychological work exp. comparable to Psychology Assistant 1, 83311.

• Or 3 yrs. psychological work exp. comparable to Psychology Assistant 1, 83311; master's degree with minimum of 60 quarter hours or 40 semester hours of graduate course work completed in psychology department (i.e., courses would have prefixes psych, psy or cpsy) documented on official transcript from accredited educational institution per Ohio State Board of Psychology; all transcripts must be reviewed by licensed psychologist who will act as immediate supervisor, except for positions in facilities operated by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction; in Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction, all transcripts must be reviewed by chief of psychological programs.

• Or 3 yrs. exp. as Psychology Assistant 1, 83311, in state agency where employees are paid by warrant of Auditor of State of Ohio.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing
The final applicant selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis prior to an appointment to test for illegal drug use. The State will decline to extend a final offer of employment to any applicant with a verified positive test result. Also, an applicant with a positive test result will not be considered for any position with the State of Ohio for a period of one year. "Not applicable to current state employees".

Background Check Information

The final candidate selected for this position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.