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Psychologist Child Team

Kaiser
Posted 25 days ago, valid for a year
Location

Cupertino, CA 95015, US

Salary

$36.46 - $43.75 per hour

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Contract type

Full Time

Sonic Summary

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  • The position involves providing mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and crisis intervention services for adults and children with diverse mental health needs.
  • Candidates are required to have a PhD, PsyD, or EdD in Clinical Counseling, Health, or School Psychology and must obtain a California Psychologist License within six months of hire.
  • The job entails collaborating with healthcare professionals to develop and implement treatment programs and may require participation in an on-call rotation.
  • Experience in assessing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions is necessary, along with knowledge of DSM-V and evidence-based practices.
  • The role is full-time, offering a salary of $120,000 per year, with working hours from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
Job Summary:

Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members who present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual members treatment program.

Essential Responsibilities:


  • Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness. Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs. Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families and groups. Instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication regimens, within the scope of practice. May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as appropriate.  Provides appropriate support to members family. May develop and conducts psychoeducational classes and groups.

  • May conduct psychological assessments, including test administration, interpretation, and recommendations. Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records. Charts members treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards. May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.

  • Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice. Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment. May develop, implements, and evaluates behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care. Provides consultation to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine. Provides clinical supervision to psychology doctoral interns, psychology postdoctoral residents, and other mental health trainees/fellows as necessary.

  • May supervise Post Masters Fellows, Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate Marriage Family Therapists or Associate Professional Clinical Counselors as needed if supervision course is completed.

  • May provide appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment, at members request.

  • Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources, as appropriate. Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.

  • Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies

Basic Qualifications:

Experience


  • N/A


Education


  • PhD/PsyD/EdD in Clinical Counseling, Health or School Psychology from an accredited college or university.


License, Certification, Registration


  • Psychologist License (California) within 6 months of hire



  • National Provider Identifier required at hire


Additional Requirements:


  • Must be familiar with DSM-V as a means of diagnosis.

  • Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.

  • May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.

  • Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice and psychotherapy research methods.

  • Knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to mental health.

  • Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans.

  • Competence in individual, family and group psychotherapy.

  • Professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities.

  • Commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic.

  • Ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner.

  • Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations and APA standards as it related to client treatment, patient rights and client/patient confidentiality.

  • Previous clinical responsibilities to include psychological testing, diagnosis, crisis intervention, brief individual and group psychotherapy.

  • Knowledge of psychological testing techniques, administration and interpretation.

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

  • If not licensed in CA at hire, must be licensed to practice in a state in the United States and able to practice under Business and Professional Code Section 2946 (maximum of 180 days subject to the specifics of the regulation).

  • Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership.


Preferred Qualifications:


  • Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy.

  • Demonstrated experience in psychological evaluations of adults, children, adolescents, & families, including administering & writing up psychological testing & assessment batteries preferred.

  • Demonstrated professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities, preferred.

  • Demonstrated commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic, preferred.

  • Demonstrated ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner, preferred

  • Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans, preferred.

  • Competence in individual, family and group psychotherapy, preferred.


PrimaryLocation : California,Cupertino,Santa Clara Tantau Medical Offices
HoursPerWeek : 40
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri *Scheduled days and hours are dependent on departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends. Variable based on clinic need.
WorkingHoursStart : 08:30 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 05:00 PM
Job Schedule : Full-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : A05-IBHS|NUHW|NUHW Integ Behavioral Hlth Ser
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Job Category : Behavioral Health, Social Services & Spiritual Care
Department : Santa Clara Homestead Hospital - Mental Hlth/Psych-Management - 0206
Travel : No
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.




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