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Kaiser Permanente · 5 hours ago

Psychologist - Uplift

California-Fairfield-Fairfield Behavioral Health

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Kaiser Permanente is a healthcare organization, and they are seeking a Psychologist to provide mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members. The role involves collaborating with a treatment team to plan and direct individual treatment programs and providing outpatient psychotherapy.

Health CareHospitalMental HealthNon ProfitPersonal Health

Comp. & Benefits

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

Qualification

PhD/PsyD/EdDPsychologist LicenseNational Provider IdentifierDSM-V familiarityEvidence-Based PracticePsychological testingIndividual psychotherapyFamily psychotherapyGroup psychotherapyProfessional maturityInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsTeamwork

Required

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

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

Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership

Preferred

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