What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Psychologist (Residential Unit/Call-in) position at The Queen's University Medical Group?
Company Description
The Queen’s Health System is a non-profit healthcare organization with four hospitals, over 70 specialty health care locations, and labs throughout the Pacific region, including Hawai'i. With a rich history of serving the people of Hawai'i, Queen's is the state's largest employer, with over 10,000 caregivers, medical staff and leadership. Queen's is accredited by The Joint Commission and is the only hospital in Hawai'i to achieve Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Our state-of-the-art facilities serve as the major referral center for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, behavioral health medicine, and is a major teaching hospital.
JOB SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides and supervises patient care in psychotherapy, behavior therapy, or other counseling interventions.
- Participates in research, specialty treatment and program development as needed.
- May provide clinical supervision and professional training to physician residents, psychologists pending licensure, and Medical Center personnel.
- May conduct neuropsychological evaluations such as assessments of intelligence, academic ability, attention, concentration, sensory-motor function, language, learning and memory.
TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Finger dexterity, seeing, hearing, speaking.
- Frequent: standing, sitting, walking and repetitive arm/hand motions.
- Occasional: frequent gripping of an object, stooping/bending, kneeling, climbing stairs, walking on uneven ground, squatting, twisting body, lifting and carrying weight up to 30 pounds, reaching above, at, and below shoulder level, static gripping of an object for prolonged periods.
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Not substantially subjected to adverse environmental conditions.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Current Hawaii State license as a Psychologist.
- Doctoral degree (e.g. PhD, PsyD) in psychology from an accredited university or professional school approved by the American Psychological Association.
- Credentialing and privileging required.
- Current BLS certification.
- Prior post-doctoral experience in professional psychology preferred.
- Previous hospital-based practice experience preferred.
- Experience to demonstrate:
- Knowledge of social services agencies, state regulations and APA standards as they relate to client treatment, patient rights and client/patient confidentiality, and other ethical issues.
- Ability in psychotherapy, assessment, and clinical research.
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Supervisory, training, and consultation experience preferred.
- Assignment to Comprehensive Weight Management Center:
- Previous bariatric practice experience preferred.
- Assignment to Behavioral Health Departments:
- Experience with psychometric testing including projective measures.
Hourly Rate: $66.92
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet
Salary : $66