Psychologist, Behavioral Health
$108,044–$162,074 year
On-siteMountain View Santa Clara County, California, United States or Santa Clara, California, United States
Job Summary
Provide mental health services to child, adolescent, and adult outpatient clients and their families, requiring autonomous decision-making for assessment, treatment planning, interventions, and discharge planning. Coordinate internal and external community resources while consulting with other clinical staff. Apply knowledge of human development, psychological treatment modalities, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual to address a wide range of psychiatric treatment problems. Work cooperatively within a multidisciplinary team to make sound clinical decisions regarding patient acuity and appropriate dispositions. Requires a PsyD or PhD in Psychology, four years of recent relevant experience, and a licensed Psychologist credential.
Required Qualifications
- Doctorate: PhD or PsyD in Psychology from an accredited institution
- 4 years recent relevant experience
- PSY - Psychologist licensed in the state of practice
- Knowledge of human development, psychological treatment, and intervention modalities with children, adolescents and adults
- Knowledge of psychosocial factors relevant to mental health, such as personality, human growth and development; interpersonal relationships; group process; family dynamics; community integration and socioeconomic resource provisions, including the relevance of these factors for personal change in treatment
- Knowledge of and adherence to American Psychological Association ethical standards
- Knowledge of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, and psychotherapeutic modalities and interventions, including psychotropic medications
- Ability to effectively work with a wide range of psychiatric treatment problems of children, adolescents, adults and their families
- Ability to cooperatively work as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team
- Ability to make sound clinical decisions regarding assessing patient's acuity and appropriate dispositions
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