Clinical Psychologist/Intake/ Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital/FT .9/Variable

$55,914 - $88,380/Yr

Sharp Healthplan - San Diego, CA

Full-time

San Diego, CA

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About the position

The BH Clinical Psychologist performs psychological/diagnostic assessment and evidence-based treatment for mood, anxiety, thought, neurocognitive, intellectual, and personality disorders and behavior problems. Provides empirically-supported treatments. Demonstrates competence in group, individual, and family therapy is required. Serves as a consultant for the milieu program by assisting in the development, implementation of new programs as part of an interdisciplinary team. Develops and provides staff training to enhance clinical knowledge and skills as necessary. Provides specialized clinical training for psychology trainees, including supervision/mentorship as needed per APA, APPIC, and BOP guidelines. Demonstrates commitment to ongoing professional-development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with clinical supervisor and interdisciplinary team to develop competency and acquire technical skills.
• Communicates with appropriate supervisor in a timely manner all patient safety issues.
• Requests and accepts feedback and evidences self as a lifelong learner.
• Attends and actively participates in required treatment team meetings and clinical supervision.
• Communicates with the members of the healthcare team and court officers, conservator's office and/or patient advocates as appropriate to expedite patient progress.
• Maintains ongoing communication with multi-disciplinary team members regarding patient status and follow-up.
• Consults with team members in development of treatment plans.
• Attends treatment team and staff meetings inservices and case presentations as designated by unit/department/program.
• Arranges and facilitates patient care conferences for difficult/high-risk psychosocial cases.
• Identifies Bioethical dilemmas and initiates appropriate response.
• Testifies at Certification Review and Reise hearings regarding patient's current mental health status as appropriate.
• Consults, coordinates, and intervenes in crisis situations while assisting staff in de-escalating volatile situations.
• Develops interdisciplinary education to increase staff knowledge.
• Seeks and develops performance improvement initiatives.
• Develops initiatives to improve patient care.
• Utilizes appropriate processes or tools to document identified problems.
• Promotes quality outcomes in complex, new/unusual, or other high-risk clinical situations.
• Makes sound decisions and demonstrates ability to handle situations not covered by written or verbal instructions.
• Displays self-direction in gathering clinical and research information.
• Seeks out current scientific knowledge as needed to enhance knowledge about clinical practice.
• Applies psychological principles that will directly result in improved outcomes.
• Assists with matching therapeutic interventions with individual patient's developmental and psycho-social needs.
• Demonstrates self-directed psychological practice with individuals, families, and groups.
• Works effectively and ethically with diverse patient populations using appropriate assessment, intervention, team, communication and professional relationship skills.
• Formulates a useful case conceptualization that draws on current psychological research and theory.
• Provides individual, group, and family treatment which meets patient needs.
• Uses current methods and techniques in accordance with accepted treatment modalities.
• Provides family education services.
• Completes formal psychosocial and/or psychological evaluations.
• Identifies, conducts, interprets, and supervises psychological/diagnostic evaluation/assessment.
• Collaborates with treatment team and patient by gathering integral data to ensure the development of quantitative and evidence based treatment plans.
• Participates in interdisciplinary care by developing collaborative relationships with team members.
• Provides interdisciplinary team leadership and direction in conceptualization of complicated cases.
• Maintains ongoing communication with interdisciplinary team members regarding patient status and follow-up.
• Regularly attends and participates actively in interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Consults with other departments as appropriate to provide for an interdisciplinary approach to the patient's needs.
• Provides and/or facilitates formal/informal staff education regarding psychosocial issues.
• Designs, develops, and maintains quality programs for patients and staff.
• Demonstrates independent ability to identify and implement relevant program evaluation approaches.
• Provides supervision to psychology trainees and consultative supervision to BHS staff.

Requirements

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or PsyD. from an APA accredited doctoral program in psychology, or an Ed.D from a doctoral program in Psychology.
• 3 Years clinical experience.
• 1 Year experience (pre or post licensure) in a psychiatric treatment setting.
• Leadership experience.
• Experience in program development/evaluation.
• California Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP) - CA Board of Psychology - REQUIRED.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED.

Nice-to-haves

• Completion of an APA doctoral internship in clinical psychology.
• Completion of a postdoctoral fellowship in a relevant specialty area such as severe mental illness, trauma, psychosocial rehabilitation, cognitive behavior therapy.
• Experience supervising/training psychology students/interns/fellows.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly pay range of $55.914 - $72.147 - $88.380.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.