What Is This Job?

A forensic psychologist is a specialist who applies their knowledge and understanding of psychology to the criminal justice system, either as an expert witness or practitioner. They assess individuals, conduct psychological evaluations, and provide expert opinions on competency and criminal behavior.

What Does This Job Do?

A forensic psychologist assesses individuals to establish cognitive abilities and behavioral/mental health. They perform competency, triage, and suicide risk assessments, compile reviews of each patient, and provide expert testimony in court. They also consult with multidisciplinary teams, educate on psychological issues, and administer psychological tests.

Job Brief

We are looking for a Forensic Psychologist who is observant and empathetic to assist our team with psychological assessments and to conduct a range of tests to support our team.

Forensic Psychologist responsibilities include providing expert opinion on competency for trial, performing psychological assessments on inmates to help them transition back into society successfully once released from incarceration (or prison). If you enjoy interacting with patients and care about the justice system, we’d like to meet you. Please share your past experience along with your application.

Ultimately, you will be able to put personal feelings aside during an evaluation and maintain highly detailed results on each patient. You will remain unbiased in evaluations of an applicant’s competency or recidivism risk level.

Responsibilities

• Assessing individuals to establish cognitive abilities and behavioral/mental health
• Helping those in need by performing competency, triage, and suicide risk assessments
• Compiling quantitative and qualitative reviews of each patient
• Provide expert oral and/or written testimony as required by the court
• Take on difficult cases with empathy and professionalism
• Complete reports, documentation, and other tasks according to applicable standards
• Act as a consultant for multidisciplinary teams and coaching psychology students
• Educate clinical teams on psychological issues
• Create, evaluate, and initiate correctional programs
• Administering, scoring, and reporting the results of testing
• Be on-call as needed

Requirements

• Proven work experience as a Forensic Psychologist or similar role
• Excellent people skills
• Proficient understanding of mental and behavioral diversity
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to make tough decisions in stressful situations
• State licensure
• Proficient organizational skills
• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written
• Doctoral degree in psychology