PSYCHOLOGIST -

Department: Primary Care Behavioral Health | FTE: 1.00 Full Time | Shift: Days

About the Role

This position is an Integrated Behavioral Health Clinician as part of the Integrated Behavioral Health Clinical Services team supporting Integrated Behavioral Health care in medical clinics.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological evaluations; assess individual and group treatment and family interventions.
• Participate in staff education programs; orient new employees; provide psychological input at patient care conferences; provide direction for new or temporary personnel.
• Document all patient care activities and interactions.
• Collaborate with community and state-wide mental health agencies to ensure follow-up patient assistance.
• Direct support staff, as needed.
• Establish and maintain good rapport and effective working relationships with patients, visitors, physicians, and employees.
• Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes.
• Identify and report or correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk.
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors, and/or near misses in a timely manner.
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations they don’t understand or may “not seem right.”

Requirements

• Doctorate Degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, or Psychology.
• Psychologist License in New Mexico.
• CPR for Healthcare/BLS Provider or Professional Rescuers within 30 days of hire.
• Documented experience in an age-appropriate environment (Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric age groups).
• 1 year of directly related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual in English and Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo.

Working Conditions

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods.
• No or minimal hazard, physical risk, office environment.

Failure to obtain or maintain required credentials may result in termination with 60 days written notice required to be eligible for rehire.

Benefits

• Sign-On Bonus Available
• Relocation Assistance Available