FIRE PSYCHOLOGIST

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The Los Angeles City Fire Department has an Exempt opportunity for a Fire Psychologist, Class Code 2379. The Fire Psychologist will be assigned to the Behavioral Health Program under the Administrative Operation Bureau, Wellness Section.

Fire Psychologists are responsible for the behavioral health and welfare of the LAFD’s sworn and civilian employees. Fire Psychologists are responsible for providing psychologicalservices to LAFD members, both sworn and civilian. These interventions include evidence-based treatments, including empirically supported treatment for trauma, crisis intervention and triage, and assessment for alcohol and substance use disorders, stress, anxiety, depression, and personal problems affecting work performance. In addition to clinical intervention, Fire Psychologists are involved in organizational consultation, which includes assessment and development of organizational interventions and/or training programs addressing emerging trends related to managing public safety sector stress. Fire Psychologists also monitor the effectiveness of the LAFD Behavioral Health Program to validate the various interventions applied to LAFD personnel.

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How to apply

Electronic submittals are required . Interested candidates should submit a City application and resume to the Los Angeles Fire Department, Administrative Operations.

Interested candidates should immediately submit a resume detailing applicable background and work experience (including specialty training and education that is required), a City application, a cover letter of interest, and three (3) work-related references (include name, job title, affiliation and telephone number). Please include Fire Psychologist - Administrative Operations, First and Last Name in the subject line of your email. Submit the requested information to: Dr. Krystle Madrid

Los Angeles Fire Department

Email: krystle.madrid@lacity.org

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.

Closing Date/Time: 1/31/25

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