Forensic Occupational Therapy Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Salary : $96,612.00 - $144,420.00 Annually
Location : Denver, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: IIC 05888 7/8/2026
Department: Colorado Department of Human Services
Division: OBH - CMHIFL
Opening Date: 07/08/2026
Closing Date: 7/22/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Type of Announcement: This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
Primary Physical Work Address: 3520 W Oxford Ave, Denver 80236
FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information: Jeru Marshall: jerusalen.marshall@state.co.us
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
Department Information
This position is open to current Colorado residents only.
The Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (CMHH-FL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHHFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential. CMHH-FL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-59. The hospital currently has 154 adult inpatient beds, over seven treatment milieus serving civil and forensic individuals. A civil adolescent treatment milieu, serving up to 12 youth, will also be opening soon. Medical services, occupational therapy, neuropsychological rehabilitation services, and trauma-informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital.
Through our core values listed below, CMHH-FL staff is committed to:

• Individual dignity and respect
• Person-centered, evidence-based care
• Trauma-informed recovery
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Diversity and inclusion
• Strong family and community partnerships

The Psychologist II position works in the 24-hour state psychiatric hospital with individuals voluntarily and involuntarily committed for treatment. Patients receiving treatment at CMHH-FL have severe and persistent mental illness and may have traumatic brain injury, trauma disorders, and other complex dynamics. Each treatment team is multidisciplinary, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, addiction specialists, occupational therapists, recreation therapists, creative arts therapists, nurses, physicians, and mental health clinicians. In addition, the hospital offers dietary, peer, and chaplain services.
Description of Job
You are required to work at your assigned work location during your scheduled work times.
Please note: Work arrangements are subject to change at any time.
The Psychologist II is responsible for individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy. Individual and family therapy are provided as needed, which is determined in the treatment plan meetings and in collaboration with the treatment team. Group therapy is offered to all patients and group assignment shall be determined by clinical and individualized need, which the Psychologist II guides. The Psychologist II is responsible for developing group materials appropriate for patient specific needs and leading group therapy sessions. For individuals requiring a more detailed treatment approach or tailored intervention for specific behaviors, the psychologist II develops individualized behavior plans and programs and provides psychoeducation and training to all milieu staff for successful implementation. The psychologist II is responsible for monitoring the plan, documenting in the electronic health record, providing the patient and the treatment team with feedback, and modifying as needed.
The Psychologist II conducts comprehensive psychological testing and consults with all treatment teams on appropriate referrals and testing results. In addition, the psychologist II is responsible for providing psychological expertise to the treatment teams, all hospital departments, and external stakeholders. The psychologist II documents regularly in the electronic health record and contributes to the training of doctoral externs and predoctoral interns through various psychological seminars, supervision, co-facilitation, and mentoring. The psychologist II actively contributes to hospital-wide events, in-service training, and program development. Lastly, the psychologist II is responsible for completion of certification evaluations and court testimony.
This Psychologist II provides clinical leadership by contributing to, reviewing, and overseeing the forensic psychologists treatment plans and therapeutic interventions. This position is responsible for the supervision of designated psychology department staff members and supports execution of the hospital's mission, vision, and values within the psychology department and in collaboration with leadership. As a working supervisor, the Psychologist II is responsible for clinical and administrative supervision, as well as performance management and disciplinary processes.They also serve as the clinical consultant for civil treatment matters and guides treatment teams in their efforts to address restoration of competence. This includes provision of training, clinical consultation, and may serve as the liaison between the treatment team and community agencies. The Psychologist II supports the tracking and reporting of treatment outcomes and contributes to program development based on best practices, national trends, and statutory requirements. Other duties include:
Therapeutic and Behavioral Intervention:

• Responsible for individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy. Individual and family therapy are provided as needed, which is determined in the treatment plan meetings and in collaboration with the treatment team. Group therapy is offered to all patients, and group assignment shall be determined by clinical and individualized need, which the psychologist guides.
• Responsible for developing group materials appropriate for patient-specific needs and leading group therapy sessions. For individuals requiring a more detailed treatment approach or tailored intervention for specific behaviors.
• Develops individualized behavior plans and programs and provides psychoeducation and training to all milieu staff for successful implementation.
• Responsible for monitoring the plan, documenting in the electronic health record, providing the patient and the treatment team with feedback, and modifying as needed.
• Facilitates coordination of the hospital's individual therapy referrals and partners with psychologists and licensed clinical social workers to determine individual therapy assignments. They will also directly provide individual, family and group therapy as appropriate.
• Works on continually developing programming on the forensic treatment teams, identifying best practices and creating efficient workflow, ongoing training, and auditing.

Treatment Planning and Clinical Consultation:

• Participates in treatment planning and actively contributes to the formulation of patient-specific goals.
• Provides clinical guidance and consultation regarding effective and appropriate clinical goals, measurability, progress, and/or stagnation.
• Reviews documentation and medical records, gathers behavioral observations, evaluates, assesses, and synthesizes information. In addition to weekly and/or monthly treatment plan meetings.
• Participates in additional team consultation sessions, family meetings, discharge planning, and cross-team consultation meetings.
• Responsible for creating discipline-specific treatment goals, documenting progress, and updating as needed in the electronic health record (i.e., individual therapy, specific group therapy modalities, behavioral plans, etc.). They also audit the treatment plans and documentation of their supervisees.
• Provides clinical leadership to the treatment teams and consults with multidisciplinary staff across the hospital.
• May consult with external stakeholders regarding treatment needs and recommendations to support continuity of care. Examples include consultation with CMHH-FL staff, meetings with the patients' family, liaison with mental health centers, attorneys, and district and/or probate courts.
• Contributes to hospital-wide clinical training, as well as department-specific training opportunities. This can include development of hospital-wide programming, reviewing recent evidence-based literature to inform best practices, and assisting with hospital-wide training in clinical matters across all disciplines.
• Participates in work groups, committees, and hospital-wide activities.
• Responsible for continuing the development of the new forensic treatment units in terms of programming, best practices, identifying and creating efficient workflows, ongoing training, and auditing.

Psychological Screening and Assessment:

• Responsible for performing psychological assessments to include standardized suicide risk assessment measures, intellectual testing, adaptive abilities, personality measures, comprehensive psychodiagnostic batteries, competency-related skills, and a variety of screening measures.
• Leads the department and treatment teams in determining whether formal psychological assessment assists in guiding treatment planning, diagnosis, and disposition plans, and selects appropriate assessment procedures.
• Administers all testing measures, completes a written report, submits documentation in the electronic health record, and communicates the results and recommendations to the treatment team and milieu staff.
• Collaborates closely with the hospital's Neuropsychologist to coordinate all hospital testing referrals and needs.
• Supports the coordination and completion of suicide risk assessments with designated supervisees and in partnership with the medical records department.

Psychology Department Supervision/Lead Work:

• Responsible for employee supervisory responsibilities within the psychology department. This includes the provision of clinical and administrative supervision, professional development, employee performance evaluations, employee performance plans, corrective and disciplinary actions, staff scheduling, position descriptions, recruitment, retention, interviewing and hiring, onboarding, and training, and ensuring hospital-wide required training has been completed.
• Facilitates orientation for newly hired psychologists, in collaboration with the psychology department and other disciplines.
• Responsible for completion of department-specific audits to support high-quality documentation, assessment, report writing, and treatment.

Training:

• CMHH-FL has a long-standing predoctoral internship program and also trains predoctoral psychology externship students. Currently, CMHH-FL is partnered with the University of Denver (DU) Consortium as a predoctoral internship training location. The Psychology Department is responsible for interviewing and selecting predoctoral extern and intern-level students.
• Helps provide didactic opportunities, oversees the supervision of forensic interns and externs, and ensures that each forensic student is afforded the opportunity and support to meet their training requirements.
• Helps to facilitate training for the predoctoral internship and externship programs.
• Creates and implements training hospital-wide, in an effort to provide education to staff and improve patient interventions, treatment, and outcomes.

Evaluation for Civil Commitment:

• Primarily assesses mental health symptoms and evaluates the potential need for involuntary commitment pursuant to Colorado Mental Health Statutes (CRS 27-65-101 et seq.) when a forensic patient's charges have been dismissed (and they become potentially appropriate for civil treatment) or when they are admitted for rapid stabilization.
• Also assist the civil psychologists in evaluating civil patients' mental status and condition to determine whether they can be released, can cooperate with voluntary inpatient treatment, or need to be certified pursuant to the Colorado Mental Health Statutes (CRS 27-65-101 et seq.) for involuntary treatment.
• Communicates findings to the Court by letters, petitions, and expert-witness testimony as needed.
• Facilitates coordination of the hospital's legal commitment responsibilities and partners with the admissions department to ensure all needs are met in a timely manner.

Other Duties as Assigned:

• Other duties as assigned include hospital-wide ad hoc activities, milieu support, etc.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:
Current, valid licensure as a Psychologist from the Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners
Three (3) years of experience as a licensed psychologist or a permitted psychologist candidate, two of which must have been at the level of a fully operating psychologist
No Substitutions
Preferred Qualifications:

• Psychologist, Forensic, Supervision Experience
• 3 years post-licensure (PhD or PsyD)
• Supervisory/management experience (of students and/or preferably other employees), experience in forensic settings and/or competency restoration programs, program development
• Previous State experience

Conditions of Employment:

• 2-step TB (tuberculosis) screening is required of all new employees upon hires
• Annual influenza vaccination
• Other vaccinations as required by the State of Colorado
• May be exposed to bodily fluids or caustic chemicals
• Due to the juvenile population served