Director of Psychological Testing/Assessment

Blue Ridge Health

$75K — $95K *
Sylva, NC 28779In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current licensure/certification as a Licensed Psychologist in North Carolina with advanced training in psychological testing.
  • Eligibility or willingness to supervise associate licensed social workers and counselors.
  • Strong knowledge of viable treatment plans and their implementation.
  • Proficiency in electronic health records systems and their functionality.
  • Experience in handling billing and budget management.
  • Ability to consistently promote trauma-informed services and create a recovery-oriented environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, facilitating effective interactions with clients and team members.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the psychological testing program, ensuring compliance with clinical standards and grant requirements.
  • Administer and interpret a variety of psychological assessments, compiling comprehensive reports for review with clients and referral sources.
  • Determine program needs including workflow setup and operational efficiency.
  • Provide clinical supervision and consultation to psychological technicians and interns.
  • Engage in agency-wide initiatives and contribute to clinical oversight committees to enhance program effectiveness.
  • Model trauma-informed care principles for team members, ensuring a safe, supportive environment.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead and shape a vital psychological testing program.
  • Be part of a collaborative behavioral health team focused on continuous improvement.
  • Access to professional development and supervision opportunities.
  • Engagement in significant agency initiatives reflecting a commitment to public health.
  • Supportive working environment fostering recovery-oriented approaches.
Full Job Description
Blue Ridge Health is currently seeking a Director of Psychological Testing/Assessment to join our Behavioral Health team.

What You'll Do:

The Licensed Psychologist will oversee our psychological testing program - planning for and determining all needs of the program within the standards of clinical coverage policies and grant requirements. The Licensed Psychologist will provide clinical supervision to psychological technicians and interns. Responsibilities include:
  • Administer a variety of psychological assessments, collect assessment data, score data, interpret data, and prepare written reports to review both with referral source and the family/client.
  • Determine program needs and scope including setting up work flows.
  • Supervise program staff.
  • Provide clinical supervision and clinical consultation to child and adult therapists as needed.
  • Participate in greater agency initiatives and meetings including clinical oversite committee in order to provide clinical consult and guidance around programs that utilize psychological testing.

What We're Looking For:
  • Current licensure/certification as a Licensed Psychologist in the state of North Carolina with advanced training in psychological testing.
  • Current licensure or willingness to supervise associate licensed social workers and counselors.
  • Excellent knowledge of viable treatment plans.
  • Strong understanding of electronic health records system function and use.
  • Experience with billing and budgets.
  • Consistently modeling the key concepts of trauma informed services for other team members and maintaining a recovery-oriented, trauma-informed tone and environment for the team as well as for service recipients.
  • Uses person-first recovery and resiliency language at all times to communicate sensitivity and engender mutual respect and connectivity.
  • Highly effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing by skills to record in a neat, orderly and logical manner, as well as to engage in a helpful, non-judgmental manner orally in person and by phone.
  • Demonstrate a high level of accountability around program standards, goals and outcomes.
  • Striving to be a positive role model and leader in all settings on a consistent basis by demonstrating recovery and resiliency values, attitudes, beliefs, and personal actions in order to promote a safe and vulnerable environment in the workplace and in the community.


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