Psychology Resident - Downtown Clinic, Psychological Assessment

Responsibilities

• Attends rounds with the multidisciplinary treatment team and reviews patient treatment and progress.
• Administers varied psychological assessments.
• Provides direct service delivery in individual and/or family therapy, and group psychotherapy.
• Participates in didactic seminars, weekly supervision, and individual evaluations during each rotation.
• Maintains medical records and current charting on assigned patients, and complies with quality assurance standards related to this documentation.
• Informs supervisor of therapeutic interventions and assessments taken with each patient.
• Complies with the ethical principles of psychologists published by the American Psychological Association, with the Utah State Psychologists Licensing Act, and with all psychology staff policies and procedures at the University of Utah.
• Provides group supervision to psychology interns and supervises practicum students in providing group therapy.
• May participate in an organization for psychology interns.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or Psy.D. degree from an APA accredited graduate program in counseling, school or clinical psychology.
• Completion of an APA-approved doctoral internship.
• 400 hours of practicum experience.
• Internship authorization and coursework verification.
• Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the principles of life span growth and development.
• Ability to assess data regarding the patient's status and provide care as described in the department's policies and procedures manual.

Skills

• Ability to complete work in a timely fashion, balance training goals with clinical demands, and adhere to the managed care policies that do not allow interns to provide and/or bill for their clinical services.

Physical Requirements

• Intermediate work that may exert up to 50 pounds and may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects while providing patient care to those with psychiatric conditions.