Clinical Psychologist I - Rehab Business Services - Rehab Center - Day Shift - Per Diem

Shift: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week. No weekends or on-call required.

Pay

The stated pay scale reflects the range Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position: $63.51 – $91.78 per hour, with midpoint at $81.93. Actual pay rate and pay grade will depend on years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, and employer business practices.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, plans, directs, and administers psychology services.
• Assists patients in reaching their maximum performance and level of functioning.
• Participates in operational aspects of the department, maintains performance improvement activities, and engages in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities.
• Documentation Performance Criteria:
  • Completes documentation in a timely, complete, legible, concise, and accurate manner following Sharp HealthCare guidelines, professional standards, and third-party payor/regulatory requirements.
  • Maintains records pertinent to departmental operations.
  • Completes all documentation elements (Interdisciplinary Plan of Care, Education record, billing, discharge plan, etc.).
• Patient Care Performance Criteria:
  • Performs appropriate assessments on all patients and reassesses as per policy.
  • Assesses patient pain interfering with function or rehabilitation and provides intervention.
  • Designs, implements, and evaluates treatment effectiveness, recommending changes to physicians as needed.
  • Ensures patient care is delivered in a safe environment, reducing the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors.
  • Formulates and evaluates teaching plans based on identified learning needs; includes family in teaching as appropriate.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and safe use of modalities, equipment, and therapeutic procedures.
  • Coordinates and directs patient care to ensure needs are met and hospital policy is followed.
• Completes development plan with satisfactory performance.

Requirements

• Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Psychology from a graduate program.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) certification – required.
• California Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP) – required.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in a clinical psychology setting.