Psychologist - Hospital Consult Liaison Services
On-siteWalnut Creek, California, United States
Job Summary
Conduct mental health assessments, diagnosis, and treatment for adult and child members presenting with acute or chronic mental illness, including crisis intervention and outpatient psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups. Develop, implement, and evaluate clinical treatment programs while collaborating with physicians and allied health professionals to direct individual member care plans. Administer psychological tests, prepare case summaries, and maintain confidential records in accordance with state and NCQA regulations. Provide clinical supervision to doctoral interns, postdoctoral residents, and trainees as needed, and participate in departmental program development and on-call rotations.
Required Qualifications
- PhD/PsyD/EdD in Clinical Counseling, Health or School Psychology from an accredited college or university
- Psychologist License (California) within 6 months of hire
- Psychologist License (from any state) required at hire
- National Provider Identifier required at hire
- Must be familiar with DSM-V as a means of diagnosis
- Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions
- 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
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership
- May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation
Desired 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
- Preferred Experience, writing 5150 evaluations, working with SMI and crisis intervention and experience working in hospital settings
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