Fire Psychologist

Application

Fire

Exempt | Location: West Los Angeles

Hourly Salary

$63.88 - $93.40

contact information

Bella Escobar
lafd.civilianselections@lacity.org

job description

Fire Psychologists perform the following duties:

Provide clinical services for Department members, including diagnostic assessment, short-term counseling, and in some cases, longer-term therapy for those experiencing job-related and/or personal concerns negatively impacting mental health.
Participate in a scheduled on-call rotation triaging potentially traumatic situations or other work-related crises. Psychologists assess impacted member’s conditions and initiate appropriate crisis intervention actions as indicated. These interventions can include psychological first aid, one-on-one crisis intervention, or referral to a higher level of care. Rotations require 24-hour availability during on-call period.
Engage in system-level consultation to enhance psychological service delivery and skills, as well as programmatic efficacy.

Maintain ongoing and need-responsive training initiatives focused on issues related to firefighter wellness including managing traumatic exposure and resilience, stress physiology, leadership, effective coping, and communication.
Collaborate with other key stakeholders including clinicians from partnering agencies, peer support team, K9 handlers, and department chaplains. Collaboration is to enhance education, access points to support, and effective service delivery of interventions to the membership. Performs other duties as appropriate.

How to apply

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Doctoral Degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) from an American Psychological Association (APA) approved clinical program (programs accredited after graduation do not qualify);
Possession of a valid, active, and unrestricted license as a Psychologist in the State of California OR licensure within one year of appointment for strong applicants with demonstrated relevant experience.
A valid California Class C driver’s license

Electronic submittals are required. Interested candidates should submit a Departmental application and resume to the Los Angeles Fire Department Human Resources Division. Please select "Fire Psychologist - AOPS " in the form below when applying:

Report of Availability: https://forms.gle/yhttaataV7vEKFva7

Due consideration will be given to previous work experience, employment history, and attendance. Depending on the number of applications received, a screening process may be used to identify the most qualified candidates. Only qualified candidates will be invited to participate in the interview process. The evaluation of candidates for this position may be based on a combination of experience and training as presented on the resume, an interview, and/or a performance exercise.

exempt employment

If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a “property interest” in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process.

General Information About Exempt Employment

Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees

There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.

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