Outpatient Rehabilitation Psychologist - Brain Injury

Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia, is recruiting for a full-time Outpatient Rehabilitation Psychologist with their Pathways program, in Decatur, GA https://www.shepherd.org/patient-programs/brain-injury/day-program. Patients in the Pathways programs work with interdisciplinary treatment teams for comprehensive rehabilitation needs. Applicants should have experience working with the full spectrum of traumatic brain injury, concussions, stroke, and trauma recovery issues. The psychologist should have specialty training in neuromedical patient populations, rehabilitation psychology, psychological assessment, and have interdisciplinary treatment team experience.

Primary responsibilities for this new position include active interdisciplinary team participation, and providing rehabilitative services for patients and their families/caregivers, which may include individual, group, and family therapy/interventions, assessments, consultations, and education. The Department of Psychology is a large collaborative group of specialists, with services in brain injury, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and pain management.  The Rehabilitation Psychologist will also be involved with training postdoctoral fellows and pre-internship trainees.

Primary responsibilities include active interdisciplinary team participation, and providing rehabilitative services for patients and their families/caregivers, which may include individual, group, and family therapy/interventions, assessments, consultations, and education. The Department of Psychology is a large collaborative group of specialists, with services in brain injury, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and pain management. The Rehabilitation Psychologist will also be involved with training postdoctoral fellows and pre-internship trainees.

Shepherd Center is a private, not-for-profit, 152-bed growing facility specializing in medical treatment, research, and rehabilitation for people with neuromedical injuries or illnesses. It is accredited by Joint Commission and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best rehabilitation hospitals in the nation. This position includes a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salary, health/dental/vision insurance, CEU and education opportunities, 403(b) with excellent employer match, paid time off, qualification for PLSF student loan forgiveness programs and more.

Atlanta is a family-friendly, beautiful, healthy place to live. Travel is easy with large domestic and international airports. We host the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the country, including Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Delta Airlines, AT&T, and many more, including film industries. Culture, music, sports, art, film, festivals- it’s all here. But best of all, the world-renowned reputation of Shepherd Center makes it easy to take pride in your work and be an important part of incredible patient care teams.

Qualifications:

· PhD or PsyD from an APA/CPA-approved doctoral training in Psychology.

· APA-accredited internship completion.

· 1 or 2-years supervised postdoctoral training in Rehabilitation Psychology or 2+ years’ work experience with neuromedical patient populations.

· Experience working in medical settings and interdisciplinary treatment teams is preferred.

· Eligible for licensure as a psychologist in the State of Georgia.

· Eligible for board certification in rehabilitation or health psychology.