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Job Requisition ID: 52617 

Opening Date: 01/12/2026
Closing Date: 01/26/2026
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST - 08250 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $7,787 - $11,960 per month ($93,444 - $143,520 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators,Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME
Merit Comp Code: 

Position Overview

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a clinical psychologist for the Metro East area and Southern Illinois. This position conducts on-site and out custody jail preplacement evaluations of individuals adjudicated Unfit to Stand Trial (UST) and Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) in Department of Human Services (DHS) region 4 counties; interviews forensic patients in jail and out of custody, makes clinical diagnosis, reviews relevant court related materials to make placement recommendations to inpatient or outpatient treatment settings; and testifies as an expert witness in accordance with Mental Health Code and Forensic statutes. 

Essential Functions

  • Serves as a clinical psychologist for the Metro East area and Southern Illinois. 
  • Provides on-site, virtual, and remote clinical updates on Department of Human Services (DHS) referrals in the Metro East area and Southern Illinois. 
  • Provides outpatient fitness restoration to clients, including fitness education and preparation of fitness evaluations and progress reports for referring courts. 
  • Provides support to DHS-funded outpatient providers as a second-level fitness reviewer and generates reports for referring court. 
  • Manages and updates forensic waiting list of court-ordered referrals. 
  • Performs other duties as assigned or required that are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Requires current license as a Clinical Psychologist by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Conditions of Employment

  • Requires the ability to travel statewide in the performance of job duties.

*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description. 

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch

Headquarter Location: 600 E Ash St, Springfield, Illinois, 62703

Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery 

MH & Justice Services

Forensic Services

Work County: Sangamon

Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov

Posting Group: Health Services; Social Services