Psychologist III

Date: Sep 16, 2026 | Location: TERRELL, TX

About the Role

The Psychologist III performs highly advanced, specialized psychological work with minimal supervision, providing professional supervision and consultation for staff and special programs. The role includes supervising psychology interns or practicum students, participating in hiring decisions, evaluating staff psychologists, reviewing behavior support plans, and overseeing the use of psychotropic medication. The Psychologist III also contributes to professional development, ensures compliance with laws and policies, and may support disaster response or continuity of operations activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional supervision and consultation to psychology staff and other personnel.
• Review, coordinate, and approve behavior support plans and psychotropic medication use.
• Systematically evaluate implementation of behavior support plans through observation, staff interviews, and documentation review.
• Collaborate with Unit Directors and staff psychologists to facilitate effective program implementation.
• Develop and deliver professional development for staff psychologists (e.g., applied behavior analysis, positive behavior support).
• Maintain knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, and agency policies; develop systems and procedures to meet standards.
• Participate in hiring, orientation, and performance evaluation of staff psychologists.
• Ensure coordination and integration of psychological/behavioral services across the facility.
• Oversee quality and effectiveness of psychological activities and programs, including evaluations as needed.
• Perform special assignments at the request of the Clinical Director.
• Participate in disaster response, recovery, or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation, which may require alternate shift patterns or locations.
• Attend work regularly; may be required to work specific, rotating, extended, or overtime shifts per agency policy.
• Travel up to 10% as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of delivering psychological services to individuals with psychiatric and substance‑abuse diagnoses.
• Understanding of etiology and characteristics of psychiatric and substance‑abuse disorders.
• Familiarity with applicable laws, regulations, and agency policies.
• Proficiency in administering standardized psychological evaluations.
• Expertise in applied behavior analysis and behavior support plan development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Knowledge of psychotropic medications and systems for tracking treatment effectiveness.
• Ability to train staff in programming and related psychological/behavioral areas.
• Ability to supervise psychological/behavioral and programming staff professionally.
• Capacity to work with minimal supervision and make varied decisions within broad guidelines.
• Advanced writing skills for technical reports, grants, research proposals, and related documents.
• Leadership skills to motivate staff and implement changes effectively.
• Competence with personal computers and relevant software.

Requirements

• Licensed Psychologist in Texas or a reciprocity state.
• Doctoral degree in Psychology.
• At least three years of experience providing psychological services in an inpatient psychiatric setting (preferred).
• At least three years of experience administering standardized evaluations.
• Experience with applied behavior analysis and behavior support plan development, implementation, and evaluation (preferred).
• Minimum of two years’ experience supervising psychological/behavioral and programming staff (preferred).
• Successful completion of fingerprint background check, pre‑employment drug screen, and required registry checks.
• Compliance with HHSC immunization policy and state hospital operating procedures.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old (21 years for Waco and Terrell Center for Youth positions); males 18‑25 must be registered with Selective Service.

Benefits

• 100 % paid employee health insurance for full‑time eligible employees.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Generous time‑off benefits.
• Numerous opportunities for career advancement.
• Additional benefits detailed on the “Benefits of Working at HHS” webpage.

Pay

Salary range: $8,800.00 – $11,864.50 per month (paid monthly).

Schedule

• Day shift (regular schedule).
• Travel up to 10 %.
• Work hours may vary; overtime or extended hours may be required.
• Not eligible for telework.