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Minnesota State Operated Forensic Services
Saint Peter, Minnesota
Clinical Director - Special Needs Services
Minnesota State Operated Forensic Services is seeking a qualified applicant as the Clinical Director for Special Needs Services (a program for cognitively impaired sex offenders). This 25 bed inpatient residential program is located in St. Peter, Minnesota, within a secure psychiatric facility and is approximately 60 miles south of the Twin Cities.
Job responsibilities include providing clinical direction and oversight to the staff, ensuring best treatment practices for patients, ensuring adequate training is offered to staff working with patients, overseeing and ensuring quality assurance measures and documentation are utilized, and providing clinical oversight to the admissions, discharges and transfers in and out of the program. Provides active consultation and direction to clinical staff and treatment teams regarding patients. Provides strategic planning of the program’s future with respect to the treatment services provided to patients. Completes various court ordered and other psychological reports. Provides consultation to other teams throughout our Forensic system. Expert testimony is occasionally required.
Minimum Qualifications:
Doctorate level licensed or license eligible Clinical Psychologist with specialized training and knowledge in evaluation and treatment of offenders with mental illnesses. Knowledge of program development and implementation, as well as standards of practice in civil commitments is highly preferred
Benefits:
We offer a competitive base salary. Generous vacation, holiday, and sick leave are provided, as are additional benefits, including a flexible work schedule. Excellent medical and dental benefits are offered at reasonable premiums. Dependant coverage is also available. Additional benefits include life insurance, short and long-term disability, and exceptional retirement plans. Relocation expense reimbursement is also available. Ongoing continuing educational opportunities exist, as well as financial support for CEU’s.
St. Peter is a thriving community of 10,000, located in the Minnesota River Valley. Home of Gustavus Adolphus, a private liberal arts college, it offers the best of small town living and close proximity to a major metropolitan area. Mankato, ten miles from St. Peter, is a city of 50,000 with a state university and a major retail and business center. The Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul is only 60 miles away.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Mahowald, Psy.D., LP
Forensic Clinical Executive Director
State Operated Forensic Services
Phone: (507) 985-2168
E-mail: sharon.mahowald@state.mn.us
Visit www.dhs.state.mn.us/jobs for other Clinical Psychologist opportunities!