Under the supervision of a licensed Psychologist or board certified Psychiatrist, provides mental health assessment and triage, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members with a broad range of mental health problems. Under supervision, may collaborate with treating primary care providers and with psychiatric and allied health professional team members to plan and direct each individual patient's treatment program. May provide consultation on psychological and neuropsychological assessment.
Essential Functions:
- Under the supervision of a licensed physiologist or board certified psychologist, participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs.
- Consults with medical, nursing and psychiatric staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits as determined by psychological and neuropsychological assessment and evaluation.
- 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 mediation regimens, within the scope of practice.
- May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as appropriate.
- May develop and conduct psycho-educational classes and groups and provide appropriate support to members family, usually with a licensed co-therapist.
- Conducts psychological assessments, including test administration, interpretation, and recommendation.
- 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.
- 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 primary care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.
Secondary Functions:
- Provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention for acute, or chronically mentally ill members and their families including those with organic brain syndromes.
- Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual members treatment program.
- Provides consultation to psychiatrists, allied health professionals, and other specialty care providers on psychological and neuropsychological assessment.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- PhD, PsyD or EdD in clinical or counseling psychology.
- Completion of a pre-doctoral internship - minimum of 1 year (1500 hours).
- Current valid registration as a Psychological Assistant with the Board of Psychology of the State of California.
- Once hired as an assistant, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half the required supervisory hours annually.
- Once the assistant obtains the required supervised hours, the employee has two (2) years from that date to complete state licensure.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum of two years professional experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist or board certified psychiatrist.
- 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 environment.
- Ablity to work in Primary Care Setting.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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