Clinical Psychologist

Role description

Position Highlights

* Department: Mental Health Clinic
* Hours: Full-Time 40 hours per week

Summary: A s 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+