Description
Job Title: Psychologist
Job Classification: Exempt
Supervisor: Clinical Director
Benefits: Including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, Life, 401k, PTO
Position Summary:
The Psychologist is responsible for providing family, individual, and group therapy; conducting psychological testing and evaluation of clients, monitoring treatment-planning efforts, and collaborating with all members of the interdisciplinary team to provide excellent care and support to the people we serve.
Essential Functions:
- Administer and interpret psychological evaluations
- Provide outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, families, and groups
- Perform diagnostic assessments
- Participate in multi-disciplinary case staff meetings
- Develop individual treatment plans with the people we serve, and if appropriate, their family members, and other involved service providers
- Document all professional contacts in EHR
- When needed, provide insurance companies with appropriate prior authorization information sufficient to document the need for the services
- Arrange with other Range Mental Health Center professional staff to ensure that the services which need to be provided in an uninterrupted fashion will continue when on leave
- Maintain positive working relationships with other area caregivers with whom the RMHC shares people
- Responsible for the clinical supervision of staff providing services in the outpatient setting and approved interns as directed
- Consult clinically with other programs as needed
- Follow all pertinent regulatory and statutory guidelines and standards, and all pertinent RMHC policies and procedures
- Participate in the clinical on-call rotation for the entire agency
- Provide leadership of meetings or other functions when delegated to do so
- Provide leadership and training to staff in areas of expertise
- Promote utilization of evidence-based practices
- Collaborate on clinic policy, procedure, and functioning
- Participate in grant writing, applications, and reporting as needed
- Provide clinical supervision to interns or trainees as assigned
- Other duties as assigned
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent clinical assessment and mental health counseling skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, general computer skills
- Good observation, rapid assessment, and crisis management skills
- Able to converse and interact sufficiently to effectively communicate and record information proficiently in person, written, by telephone, or via Tele-therapy
- Able to maintain the confidentiality of interactions with the people we serve and supervisees.
- Able to handle sensitive situations in a calm, professional manner
- Flexible and able to prioritize workload
- A philosophical approach consistent with the Range Mental Health Center’s mission
- Ability to train and coach
Education and Experience:
- Licensed Psychologist in the State of Minnesota
- Doctoral degree in psychology
- Obtain and maintain appropriate credentials as a licensed psychologist in the state of Minnesota
- Two years post-degree experience with appropriate clinical supervision
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Able to articulate the English language that is sufficiently clear as to be easily understood
- Maintain an acceptable level of physical appearance
- Adequate level of vision to use computer terminal
- Sufficient hearing to accurately record information received verbally
EOE/AA