Behavioral Health Psychologist

Responsibilities

• Affords psychological assessments and provides appropriate interventions and treatments.
• Collaborates with medical team and ancillary services to provide psychological therapy for patients.
• Refers patients to other disciplines for consult and evaluations as indicated.
• Provides psychological expertise and education to multidisciplinary team.
• Acts as resource to other disciplines.
• Communicates complex/sensitive information to patients and medical team.
• Administers and interprets psychological tests used for diagnosing mental and personality disorders and differentiating between organic and functional cases of behavior disorders.
• Provides leadership support for diabetes management and health psychological management initiatives throughout the behavioral health department and organization.
• Supports ongoing continuing education and training initiatives within the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience facilitating psychological testing, application of scientific methods to understand emotional and behavioral functioning, through administration, scoring and interpretation of tests.
• Experience with written reports to support psychological testing.
• Experience working in an integrated primary care setting.
• Graduation from a Clinical or Counseling Psychology program that is accredited by the American Psychological Association or is documented to be working toward accreditation.
• FQHC experience preferred.
• Licensed as a Psychologist or license-eligible upon passage of the EPPP and/or completion of a post-doctoral residency.

Skills

• Knowledgeable of and adheres to all policies, professional practice standards, philosophies and requirements for professional clinical practice.
• Acts as consultant for integrated healthcare and works with key staff in areas of quality improvements, education, training, and efficiency targets and outcomes.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• $5000.00 of Tuition Reimbursement
• 403B Retirement, Company contribution of 4% & Company matching up to 4%
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Optional Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Continuing Education Funds and PTO
• Career Development and Leadership Opportunities