POSITION HIGHLIGHTS: - Schedule: First Shift, Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
- Work Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
- Location: 1000 Silver St, Middletown, CT
This position will be supporting clients within the Woodward 2 South (W2S) unit. Woodward 2 South is a co-ed unit with 15 clients specializing in the assessment and treatment of clients with both mental illness and an acquired brain injury (ABI).
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING: - Providing specialized psychological treatment, programming, and behavioral interventions for patients on the Acquired Brain Injury/Traumatic Brain Injury (ABI/TBI) inpatient unit (W2S).
- Developing and implementing evidence-based, ABI/TBI-specific therapeutic interventions such as cognitive-remediation strategies to support patient stabilization and recovery.
- Creating and overseeing individualized behavioral intervention plans designed to reduce aggressive incidents and improve functional outcomes.
- Delivering consultative psychological services across the 361-bed Connecticut Valley Hospital campus as needed.
- Designing psychology-led programming that supports faster stabilization, reduced hospital length of stay, and improved access to care for patients awaiting services.
- Implementing specialized behavioral interventions that help minimize reliance on constant observation, thereby reducing paraprofessional overtime needs.
- Providing training, coaching, and clinical support to staff to increase competency in working with ABI/TBI populations and to reduce burnout and turnover.
- Facilitating patient transitions by applying knowledge of the ABI/TBI waiver process and supporting discharge planning to step-down or community-based settings.
- Contributing clinical expertise to interdisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive and consistent care for patients with complex neurological and behavioral needs.
PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK) In state facilities this class is accountable for supervising a major program component or other uses as indicated below.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES - Supervises a major independent clinical psychology program;
- Plans, develops, implements and coordinates new service programs;
- Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews the work of staff;
- Provides staff training and assistance;
- Conducts performance evaluations;
- Determines priorities and plans program work;
- Establishes and maintains program procedures;
- Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards;
- Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding program policies and procedures;
- Selects and administers a variety of objective and projective psychodiagnostic tests;
- Evaluates individuals level of function and supervises staff in development of individualized treatment plans;
- Provides consultation on complex cases;
- Addresses professional and lay groups;
- May design, implement and direct psychological research programs;
- Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY - Considerable knowledge of
- abnormal and clinical psychology and other psychological disciplines;
- sources, uses, administration and interpretation of a wide variety of psychological tests;
- psychological research design, data analysis and application of results;
- Considerable
- interpersonal skills;
- oral and written communication skills;
- Considerable ability to
- make diagnoses, develop treatment plans and conduct psychotherapy;
- interface clinical programs with multidiscipline approaches;
- develop and direct training programs;
- Teaching ability;
- Supervisory ability.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE A Doctorate degree in clinical or counseling psychology and two (2) years of postdoctoral experience as a licensed clinical psychologist.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience working with the mentally ill.
- Experience working with patients with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) / Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
- Previous supervisory experience.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS - Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a license to practice psychology in Connecticut. Any person employed by the State of Connecticut prior to July 1, 1985 with a title in the psychology series of the classified services shall be exempt from the above licensure requirements pursuant to Public Act 613, Section 119(c). For certain positions, the appointing authority may require State licensure.
- Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain eligibility for participation in federal health care programs as defined in 42 U.S. § 1320a-7b(f).
- Incumbents in this class may be required to be fluent in a foreign language or proficient in the use of the American Sign Language.
- Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
