STGi · 4 months ago
Lead Psychologist - PT
Rockville, MD
Part-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$132/hr - $132/hr
5+ years expSTGi is currently seeking a Lead Psychologist to provide medical consultation and case review evaluations on Worker's Compensation cases. The Lead Psychologist will provide leadership and oversight for psychological services and ensure the quality of assessments for federal employees.
Health CareHuman ResourcesProfessional ServicesStaffing Agency
No H1B
Security Clearance Required
Responsibilities
Provides leadership, oversight, and management for the psychological pre-placement and case review services provided by Federal Occupational Health (FOH)
Ensures the quality of psychological services, determinations, and recommendations regarding federal employees, including those employees in law enforcement and other safety sensitive positions such as federal agents and federal agent candidates
Ensures that FOH psychologists and Reviewing Medical Officers (RMOs) understand customer agency specific security program requirements and federal regulations and can apply these program requirements to all interactions with customer agency employees
Develops documents and participates in designated national healthcare quality TJC accreditation processes
Establishes and participates in performing continuous quality improvement assessments for the various psychological examination types that are conducted for FOH
Demonstrates a strong level of technical expertise regarding psychological services that are required in an occupational healthcare setting and provides consultation (and psychological assessments when required) of the highest caliber
Possesses a strong technical knowledge regarding occupational federal safety and health regulations regarding psychological issues
Promotes and ensures the quality of psychological assessment results, particularly for difficult cases
Produces quality products in a short time frame, which is pre-determined by the type of psychological assessment that is to be completed
Promotes improvement-oriented ideas
Demonstrates a high level of professional conduct
Provides ongoing intellectual guidance for psychological assessment activities that is relevant for completing cases that require psychological assessments
Responsible for ensuring that psychological assessments are distributed to psychologists with the appropriate education, skill, and training to perform the psychological assessment
Performs a mixture of administrative, clinical, and consultant duties depending on the specific behavioral health case requirements
Provides consultation with customer agency management on psychological program needs and requirements as well as how to develop work-relevant psychological programs
Provides acute emergency consultation on performing federally regulated and agency-mandated psychological assessments (e.g. pre-employment, fitness for duty, security clearance, etc.)
May be required to conduct psychological assessments and render a professional opinion as it relates to work clearances or recommendations consistent with the examination findings and established psychological standards
Provides expert psychological advice and consultation on psychological matters in the workplace in accordance with accepted psychological standards of care and customary industry practices to FOH staff and the Federal agencies that FOH serves
Develops FOH policy and guidelines for work-related psychological assessments
Provides expert witness testimony services regarding psychological recommendations on cases in which psychological consultation is provided to a federal agency, when requested
Administers and interprets psychological tests in a manner that minimizes construct-irrelevant variance and promotes valid score interpretations for the intended assessment of all federal agency applicants and employees
Consults and opines on position suitability for customer agency applicants and employees based on the psychological interview and test results as they relate to the job task analysis as well as the psychological and medical standards provided by customer agency
Consults with psychiatrists as needed; and
Serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to customer agencies regarding their psychological programs, when requested
Advises FOH medical leadership about customer requests to change requirements for existing psychological business
Make recommendations for improving psychological assessment case review processes that will maximize the effective and efficient execution of agency service requests
Ensure that appropriate standardized Work Orders (later panels) for psychological case review are used to support IAAs and SOWs
Assist service area support and business operations teams with setting up new agreements and editing exam work orders
Develop processes for implementing new business for psychological assessments
Submit monthly billing in the required format and by the specified deadline, as requested
Responsible for coordinating with CORs to ensure that qualified psychologists at levels perform psychological assessments in stipulated timeframes according to agreements with FOH customer agencies
Responsible for ensuring that psychologists who perform psychological assessments staff and Reviewing Medical Officers are oriented according to standard operating procedure (SOP) to perform independently assigned psychological case reviews
Train psychologists, behavioral health providers, and RMOs to perform various examination types of psychological evaluations when requested
Participate in the implementation of electronic health records systems
Supports the psychological consultative needs for one (1) or more federal agencies
Demonstrates the ability to work and communicate effectively, particularly in high stress situations
Demonstrates the ability to convey expert psychological opinions and advice using excellent communication skills
Establishes procedures and processes for psychologists to notify a customer agency immediately when a customer agency employee (federal agent, federal agent candidate, or federal employee) fails the psychological component of the psychological standards or if the psychologist has any reason to believe that the employee is not able to perform their job in a safe, secure reliable manner
Interfaces with other customer agency psychologists by providing advice and training on behavioral health related issues such as new evaluation instruments, forms, etc
Responsible for analyzing (at least monthly) appropriate data and making recommendations to maintain adequate staff to perform psychological assessment cases
Develop, monitor quarterly, and review annually performance improvement initiatives for psychological assessment programs and use metrics for continuous quality improvement
Qualification
Required
Doctoral degree in Psychology
Current license to practice psychology
Five (5) years of independent practice experience in clinical or forensic psychology, preferably in a federal government setting
Expert understanding of federal safety and health regulations
Expertise in conducting fitness for duty, pre-employment, and security clearance evaluations
Experience providing guidance with behavioral health ADA requests
Ability to obtain a Top-Secret Security Clearance
Highly organized and able to coordinate multiple staff with varying backgrounds
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Experience in dealing with various size organizations representing widely divergent backgrounds, points of view, and levels of authority
Skills to evaluate and analyze data to create complex reports and dashboards
Good problem-solving and decision-making skills
Ability to motivate others and monitor work performed by psychologists
Proficient using Microsoft applications and basic computer and website use
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401k with company match
Generous PTO policy
Company
STGi
STGi provides healthcare, training, and grants management support services to federal, state, and local customers.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Michelle S. Lee
Founder, President & CEO
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