LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST - FOCUSED THERAPY SPECIALIST - FREMONT - 32 HOURS
Company: Kaiser
Location: Belmont
Posted on: October 26, 2024
Job Description:
Job Summary:
Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis
intervention services for adult and/or child members who present
themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental
health needs. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and
allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual
members treatment program.
Essential 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 Basic
Qualifications: Experience
- N/A
Education
- PhD/PsyD/EdD in Clinical Counseling, Health or School
Psychology from an accredited college or university. License,
Certification, Registration
- Psychologist License (California) within 6 months of hire
- National Provider Identifier required at hire
Additional Requirements:
- 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.
- If not licensed in CA at hire, must be licensed to practice in
a state in the United States and able to practice under Business
and Professional Code Section 2946 (maximum of 180 days subject to
the specifics of the regulation).
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 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. PrimaryLocation : California,Fremont,Fremont Civic
Center Behavioral Health
HoursPerWeek : 32
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri *variable
WorkingHoursStart : 12:00 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 11:59 PM
Job Schedule : Part-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : A05-IBHS-NUHW-NUHW Integ
Behavioral Hlth Ser
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Job Category : Behavioral Health, Social Services & Spiritual
Care
Department : Fremont Hospital - Mental Health/Psychiatry - 0206
Travel : No
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a
diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
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