Psychologist

Job Summary

The Psychologist has two main responsibilities:

• conducting diagnostic evaluations for individuals ages 1 to 21, evaluating results, and delivering treatment recommendations to families.

• providing clinically excellent supervision to postdoctoral fellows, master’s level psychometricians, and doctoral externs.

Essential Functions

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Selects, administers, scores, and interprets psychological tests and complete psychological assessments.

• Conduct diagnostic evaluations using standardized assessments (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R, MIGDAS-2) for autism and differential diagnosis.

• Develop and deliver appropriate, individualized treatment recommendations to families.

• Provide high quality and efficient clinical services and reports.

• Participate in continuity of care for children evaluated and diagnosed.

• Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary clinical team.

Program Development:

• Provide clinical supervision to postdoctoral fellows, master’s level psychometricians (psychology associates), and doctoral externs in clinical psychology:

  • Plan and execute weekly individual supervision sessions for pre-licensed clinicians, including training, direct and indirect observation (including live observations, video-based observations, and review of permanent products), and progress monitoring.

  • Plan and executive weekly group supervision sessions, to include case presentations, delivering didactic presentations, and facilitating group interactions between pre-licensed clinicians at various professional levels.

  • Review and provide feedback on test administration, scoring, and report writing.

  • Share observations with Program Lead for purposes of monitoring performance of pre-licensed clinicians and develop plans to provide additional support as needed.

  • Maintain supervision forms in an organized, shared location as directed by Clinical Leadership and in accordance with state mandates and ethical guidelines.

• Stay up to date on current and relevant ethical codes, guidelines, and requirements.

Collaboration

• Additional opportunities are available based on a candidate’s interest and experience. This could include providing offering post-diagnosis processing groups, research projects, community outreach, and parent coaching.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Planning & Project Management - Develops project plans; coordinates projects; communicates changes and progress; completes projects on time and budget. Manage multiple deadlines and changing priorities; prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.

• Customer Orientation - Demonstrates concern for satisfying one's external and/or internal customers; quickly and effectively solves customer problems; talks to customers (internal or external) to find out what they want and how satisfied they are with what they are getting; finds ways to measure and track customer satisfaction.

• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; seeks ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality. Demonstrates attention to detail. Meets Deadlines. Consistently completes tasks, projects, and assignments on time.

• Adaptability – Adapts to changes in the work environment; able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events. Works well under stress.

• Judgment - exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions.

• Critical Thinking - Proactive anticipation of issues; develops solutions.

• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently.

• Teamwork – Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views and ideas; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of practice above own interests.

• Interpersonal Relationships – Works to build and maintain healthy relationships with co-workers, clients, and others. Focuses on solving conflicts with win/win solutions; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control.

• Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; writes clearly and informatively; reads and interprets written information.

• Results - Focuses on completing essential tasks within an appropriate timeframe; is effective at setting priorities; demonstrates proficiency in both the quality and quantity of work; effectiveness of performance under pressure and/or opposition. Able to delegate responsibilities effectively.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• Doctorate in clinical psychology.

• State license or eligibility.

• 3 years clinical experience required, which may include internships, externships, or fellowships.

• Experience with diverse population preferred

• Certification in good standing and appropriate State licensure.

• Knowledge of the behavioral health industry and terms.

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement best practices related to training.

• Proficient knowledge of computer systems including Excel and Word.

• Knowledge of industry regulations.

• Experience administering Autism specific assessment screeners and diagnostic tools (ADOS-2, ADI-R, MIDGAS-2, CARS-2, Vineland, SRS, etc.) is preferred.

Work Environment, Physical Conditions

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to work 40+ hours per week.

• Ability to work cooperatively with others.

• Must comply with practice policies and procedures.

• Requires regular in-office schedule.

• Physical activities include standing for long periods of time, sitting for long periods of time, walking, bending, kneeling.

• Must be able to reach, pull, and push.

• Requires manual dexterity, auditory and visual skills.

• Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.

Salary: $120,000

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