Staff/Senior/Lead Neuropsychologist

About the role

Under general direction, provides psychological services to groups and individuals and provides advice and consultation to staff members.

Responsibilities

• Provides psychological services to individuals and groups as a member of an outpatient, day treatment or inpatient team.
  • Evaluates patient needs; plan and develop treatment programs;
  • Serves as consultant to other team members;
  • Trains and advises social workers, nurses, probation officers and teachers on psychological problems and behavior therapy;
  • Selects, administers, scores, and interprets a wide variety of objective and projective test instruments including intelligence, personality, aptitude, and achievement tests for the purpose of diagnosis and informing treatment options for clients;
  • Prepares comprehensive psychological reports and other documentation which present interview findings, testing results, diagnostic impressions, and recommendations for treatment;
  • Communicates findings as appropriate;
  • Provides advice and consultation for community groups and other agencies;
• Reviews referrals, assigns testing assignments and monitor workflow of Testing Psychologists;
  • Consults with Clinic Administrators and Behavioral Health Managers regarding needs for psychological services within the region(s) and programs assigned;
  • Covers for Staff Psychologists with caseload management;
  • Provides input for performance appraisals annually and as needed;
  • Assists with interviewing, hiring and training of psychologist(s);
  • Ensures adherence to Board of Psychology supervision requirements for all unlicensed staff;
• Conducts diagnostic clinical interviews with clients to assess their strengths and challenges;
  • Interviews relatives and other collateral contacts to obtain psychologically relevant history and background data;
  • Provides psychological services including clinical assessment, consultation, forensic evaluation, psychotherapy, psychological testing, research, and neuro-psychology, privileged by Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC) Psychology Department, to individuals and groups as a member of an outpatient, day treatment, or inpatient team;
  • Selects, administers, scores, and interprets a wide variety of objective and projective test instruments including intelligence, personality, aptitude, and achievement tests for the purpose of diagnosis and informing treatment options for clients;
  • Prepares comprehensive psychological reports and other documentation which present interview findings, testing results, diagnostic impressions, and recommendations for treatment;
  • Communicates findings as appropriate;
  • Trains and advises social workers, nurses, probation officers, teachers, and other professionals on psychological problems and behavior therapy;
  • Provides advice and consultation for community groups and other agencies;
  • Participates in the County Mental Health Program system needs assessment and program development;
  • Assists with long-range program planning to integrate design and function of the unit with other components of the Behavioral Health Department;
  • Researches and makes recommendations regarding best practices, evidence-based practices, and outcome measures in assigned program areas;
  • Prepares administrative reports and recommendations regarding assigned program activities and objectives;
  • Provides clinical supervision to treatment team members, including review and approval of the assessment, diagnosis, therapeutic treatment, and rehabilitative plans;
  • Reviews clinical charts and cases to ensure effectiveness of treatment plans;
  • Oversees case discussions and reviews;
  • Provides clinical supervision over psychological testing programs;
  • Approves selection and orders of testing assessments, protocols, and materials;
  • Provides guidance to staff on department philosophy, clinical methodology and practices, program goals and objectives, and department policies and procedures through casework meetings and work review;
  • Affirms and participates in the development of department-wide policies and procedures;
  • Ensures that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
  • Makes sure that clinical staff members are informed of and in compliance with the department's policies and procedures for delivering clinical services;
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