Psychologist from Joulé

Title: Psychologist I
Type: Full-Time, Direct-Hire
Shift: Day Job
Salary: Competitive hourly rate

Overview: Join a leading research team focused on groundbreaking neuroscience! We are seeking a motivated individual to contribute to important work studying brain function and the effects of neurological disorders. As part of our research team, you'll play a key role in collecting vital data for brain and tissue studies that advance our understanding of mental health conditions.

Responsibilities:

• Obtaining consent for brain tissue donation from the next-of-kin of deceased individuals who are undergoing autopsies
• Provides evaluation and treatment of patients with a variety of neurodevelopmental, behavior and/or mental health concerns.
• Provides diagnostic interviews/assessments with patients and/or families, conducts appropriate testing as needed, and provides feedback and recommendations to patients, families, and/ or community agencies/providers.
• May function as a sub-specialist within the unit or provide specialty services for other programs.
• Coordinates with care teams to plan behavioral health treatment across levels of care.
• Conducting Psychological Autopsies for the deceased by interviewing the next-of-kin
• Requesting records from treatment (and other) facilities
• Writing detailed case summary reports
• Presenting cases at the post-mortem diagnostic conference
• Data entry into the NBB database for all demographic and clinical data for each case.
• Participates in regular supervisory meetings with direct supervisor to review adherence to program standards.
• Demonstrates ability to maintain accurate and complete records and data collection, performed in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrates highly developed knowledge and skill in the area of differential diagnosis of psychiatric disorders.
• Consults and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant literature and empirically validated treatments.
• Performs psychological assessment with accurate diagnostic impressions.
• Provides behavioral health services using an acute and maintenance model.
• Schedules sufficient volume of patients so that direct service productivity standards are maintained within the department.
• Maintains knowledge of the literature relevant to the assigned patient population.

• Doctoral degree in Psychology (PsyD or PhD) from an accredited institution.
• 1 years of experience in Psychology or related field preferred.
• Excellent clinical interviewing and assessment/therapy skills to work with patients and families.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

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