Remote Psychologist

Essential Job Functions

• Provide individual therapy to clients and their families as indicated. Assist clients in identifying their personal interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Facilitate the transition from professional services to community-based services.
• Promote self-advocacy by assisting clients to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of clinical services.
• Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the client’s goals and interests.
• Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and develop strategies to overcome those barriers.
• Ensure consistent completion of documentation including but not limited to session notes, group notes, treatment plans, utilization review reports and discharge summaries.
• Attend staff meetings and provide clinical observations and recommendations regarding client care.
• Participate in weekly supervision with clinical director to ensure clinical services provided follow best practice and utilize the weekly supervision to enhance clinical skills.
• Provide clinical supervision to unlicensed master-level psychologists.

Knowledge, Abilities, and Attitudes Required

• Knowledge of software programs for personal computer use, especially word processing, video conferencing, email, and spreadsheets.
• Knowledge and experience in counseling and case management with mental health and substance abuse clients.
• Ability to provide services via video conferencing/teletherapy. Teletherapy may include evaluation, assessment, consultation, treatment planning, case management, coaching, individual therapy and group therapy. Telehealth will occur primarily through interactive audio, video, telephone and/or other audio/video communications.
• Ability to prepare, implement, and analyze treatment plans and psychiatric reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, establishing and maintaining effective working relationships, gaining cooperation and resolving conflicts.
• Ability to plan and organize case workload, manage deadlines of him/herself.
• Ability to maintain and demonstrate ethical professional standards and demeanor, including the confidentiality of employee and client data, client boundaries, and other sensitive information.
• Demonstrated competence with, and continued commitment to respect for cultural differences and diversity, protecting client rights.
• Makes clinical and organizational decisions with the clients’ and agency’s well-being and best interests in mind.
• Provide treatment that promotes client dignity, independence, individuality, strength, privacy and choice, recognizing the unique needs of the client population served by the agency.
• Recognize obvious symptoms of a mental disorder, personality disorder, or substance abuse.
• Identify types of medications commonly prescribed for mental disorders, personality disorders and substance abuse, and the common side effects and adverse reactions to medications.
• Provide ethical and professional services to clients and families ensuring confidentiality laws including HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) are adhered to at all times.
• Recognize, prevent and respond to a situation in which the client may be a danger to himself or others, behaves in an aggressive or destructive manner, is experiencing a crisis situation or medical emergency.

Qualifications

• AZDPS Fingerprint Clearance Card (preferred, will be required to obtain)
• Licensed in PSYPACT
• Hold a PhD
• Behavioral health and addictions: 1 year (Required)

Benefits

• 401(k) with matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule

Monday to Friday

Pay

From $100,000

Work Location

Remote (United States)