Inpatient Psychologist - Child/Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Service

Psychologist provides expert psychological care for children, adolescents, and their families. Child psychologists working on the acute adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit will provide brief family therapy, either with individual families or with multi-family groups. They will also provide brief individual and group therapy. These modalities will be used to stabilize both psychiatric and substance use disorders. Psychological evaluations, including testing for autism, may occasionally be needed. Psychologist functions as an integral member of the interdisciplinary team and provides clinical leadership and teaching for other staff members. Strives to create a positive experience for patients, families, and support staff. Participates as a Psychology faculty member in supervision and teaching for the doctoral internship and provides supervision to psychology trainees and other types of trainees as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Provide brief family interventions (30%)
• Provide individual psychotherapy (20%)
• Provide group psychotherapy (20%)
• Conduct psychological testing, including testing for autism (10%)
• Educate trainees and learners (10%)
• Support continuous quality improvement (10%)

Education:

• Doctorate Degree Required

Work Experience:

• One year of postdoctoral experience required

Licenses:

• PSY-Licensed Psychologist - State Board of Psychologist Examiners Required
• BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge and skills in psychodiagnostics and in conducting standardized psychological assessment.
• Advanced intervention skills with adults with acute, severe and chronic mental illness.
• Effective and culturally-sensitive clinical work with diverse populations.
• Teaching and supervisory skills with advanced psychology trainees.
• Microsoft Office skills required.
• Knowledge of electronic health record preferred.