Psychologist Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital

Job Summary - Why you’ll love this position

Job Location: Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital, 1901 Pennsylvania Ave., St. Louis, MO 63133

Why you’ll love this position:

You will work alongside a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about patient care. We are looking for a positive and energetic Psychologist for a full-time position with our Residential units. The successful candidate will have an interest in helping youth with mental illness ages 6-17 maximize their potential. You'll also enjoy the excellent health care, vacation, and retirement benefits provided by the State of Missouri

Responsibilities - What you’ll do

• What you’ll do:

  • Provide individual, group, and family psychotherapy with Residential Unit adolescent clients at the facility.
  • Conduct assigned psychodiagnostics evaluations for child and adolescent clients from Residential and Inpatient units, and provide feedback to client, family, and HCPH teams.
  • Complete timely therapy and evaluation service notes, psychological evaluation reports, and assigned weekly treatment reviews of Inpatient and/or Residential Unit clients.
  • Participate in Master Treatment Plan, Treatment Plan Review, and discharge planning meetings for Inpatient and Residential unit children and adolescent clients and develop therapy goals and written reviews of client and/or family treatment progress to be included in treatment plan documents.
  • Participate in Inpatient and Residential treatment rounds and meetings to provide updates on services provided on personal caseload and psychological consultation related to treatment and diagnostic impressions of other clients in the programs.
  • Complete progress notes, evaluation reports, and treatment plan reviews in a timely manner.
  • Participate as team member to support clients and staff during and after crisis events at the facility.
  • Participate in Psychology Department meetings.
  • Complete online in-service trainings as needed.
  • Provide secondary supervision of psychology interns as needed.
  • At times, engage opportunities to supervise LPC clinicians in providing individual, family and group psychotherapy and case management services.
  • Serve on various committees within the hospital such as for Robust Process Improvement projects, programming decisions, policy and procedure updates.

Qualifications - All you need for success

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology
• Licensure as a psychologist in Missouri

• Ability to perform professional duties in accordance with standards of professional conduct asserted by the American Psychological Association (APA) Ethics Code and the laws and regulations of applicable governing legal authorities

• Ability to work in acute inpatient and residential units for children/adolescents ages 6-17

• Experience with child/adolescent populations and their families

• Experience in inpatient and/or residential setting and with clients with severe and acute mental illness

• Trauma-informed treatment experience

Preferred Skills:

• Objective and projective assessment competency and experience highly desirable

• Trauma treatment experience in TFCBT, PE, EMDR, or other protocols highly desirable

• DBT treatment experience highly desirable

• Experience with Autism Spectrum population is highly desirable

• Family therapy experience or family systems orientation is desirable

Job Details - More reasons to love this position

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here.

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Excellent State of Missouri Benefit Package Including:

• Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance

• Paid Basic Life Insurance (amount equivalent to annual salary)
• Cafeteria Plan
• Deferred Compensation with matching contribution
• MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay, to MOSERS plan and 1% towards Deferred Compensation)
• 13 paid holidays per year
• 10 hours of annual leave accrued per month
• 10 hours of sick leave accrued per month

To Apply:

Apply online at https://mocareers.mo.gov by selecting the Psychologist position located in St. Louis County, MO.

For questions contact the Human Resources Office at: michael.tillman@dmh.mo.gov

The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing and maintaining a talented workforce.