CIT PSYCHOLOGIST, CF - California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC)

Job Description and Duties

Effective July 1, 2025, in accordance with the applicable Memorandum of Understanding, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) was implemented in response to the status of the State budget. PLP 2025 requires each full-time employee in Bargaining Unit 19 employees, will have their base salary reduced by 3 percent and will receive 5 PLP 2025 leave credits monthly through June 2027. Salaries do not reflect the recent changes.

This classification is subject to Section 5, Hiring-Above-Minimum (HAM) Authorization of the California State Civil Service Pay Scales. The authorized HAM rate for this classification is: P $11,496, Q $13,937. Recruitment and Retention Bonus may be available for clinicians newly hired with California Correctional Health Care Services. Please note: Individuals may be eligible to receive a $10,000 one-time recruitment and retention stipend should they meet the eligibility criteria, including but not limited to remaining employed with CCHCS for six months. Additionally, individuals may be eligible to receive a monthly recruitment and retention differential during their first year with CCHCS (totaling $20,000), should they meet the eligibility criteria.

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)

The incumbent serves as the designated mental health clinician on the institution’s Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), an interdisciplinary team established pursuant to departmental policy. The incumbent provides emergent, in-person crisis assessment and intervention services to patients experiencing acute psychiatric distress, including suicidal ideation, self-injurious behavior, psychosis, severe mood or anxiety symptoms, trauma-related symptoms, and behavioral decompensation, as close to the patient’s housing unit as operationally feasible, in collaboration with nursing and custody supervisory staff and in consultation with psychiatry.

The incumbent exercises independent clinical judgment under strict regulatory timelines, including during operating hours when no clinical supervisor is available on-site. Accordingly, the incumbent must possess and maintain a valid, current license as a Psychologist issued by the California Board of Psychology at the time of appointment.

The incumbent’s clinical decisions, risk assessments, and documentation are subject to review under the supervisory, quality management, and other monitoring processes.

Duty Statement

Additional information about the job can be found in the Duty Statement.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must possess a valid, current license as a Psychologist issued by the California Board of Psychology at the time of appointment.

Benefits

Recruitment and Retention Bonus may be available for clinicians newly hired with California Correctional Health Care Services. Please note: Individuals may be eligible to receive a $10,000 one-time recruitment and retention stipend should they meet the eligibility criteria, including but not limited to remaining employed with CCHCS for six months. Additionally, individuals may be eligible to receive a monthly recruitment and retention differential during their first year with CCHCS (totaling $20,000), should they meet the eligibility criteria.

Pay

The authorized HAM rate for this classification is: P $11,496, Q $13,937.

Schedule

This classification is subject to Section 5, Hiring-Above-Minimum (HAM) Authorization of the California State Civil Service Pay Scales.