What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Psychologist position at Middlesex Health?
Position Highlights
- Department: Mental Health Clinic
- Hours: Full-Time 40 hours per week
Summary:
As part of a multidisciplinary team, the Licensed Psychologist will provide direct care, including individual (including youth), couple, family, and group therapeutic services to patients, including assessments, treatment plans, discharge planning, and psychological testing/evaluations.Responsibilities:
- Participates in direct care to assess needs and coordinate services to the appropriate population (children, adolescents, adults, and families)
- Provides initial mental health assessments resulting in measurement-based care planning
- Provides brief, solution-focused therapy
- Provide group psychoeducation/treatment related to specific diagnoses/presenting issues
- Provide psychological/neuropsychological testing to patients referred
- Participate in care coordination
- Maintains daily/weekly scheduled appointments in electronic records systems
- Provide therapeutic services to patients and their families
- Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team members, including external partners and agencies
- Completes required documentation and paperwork including biopsychosocial assessments and treatment planning and implementation in a timely manner
- Participate in our high-risk program
- Demonstrates cultural competency and commitment to patients ,including LGBTQ community
- Participate in supervising psychology trainees in accordance with ABA compliance
Minimum Qualifications:
- Doctoral degree (Ph.D or Psy.D)
- Possession of valid clinical license in Connecticut
- Ability to diagnose using DSM 5
- Experience providing direct clinical care
Preferred Qualifications:
- Neuropsychological or psychological testing experience
- Experience supervising trainees/students
- Additional certifications in specialized clinical care such as DBT, CBT, trauma informed care, etc.
- Experience/knowledge of substance use disorders
- Experience/competency in working with LGBTQ
