Summary

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY: Provides psychological evaluation and treatment services as directed and under supervision of a licensed LGH psychologist to inpatients and outpatients. Patient care includes care to patients in the following age groups: pediatric (30 days through 12 years), adolescent (13 through 18 years), adult (19 through 64 years), and geriatric (65 years and above).

HOURS: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, no weekends, no call

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

• Provides psychological testing/evaluation services for outpatients as assigned and completes summary reports of assessments to the referral source within one week of completing the assessment.
• Provides psychological therapies to outpatients as assigned. Always provides patient progress reports to referral source as indicated.
• Provides psychological testing/evaluation consultations and interventions to medical/surgical inpatients as requested or assigned within 24 hours and clearly documents findings and recommendations in the medical record.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:

• Completes required forms and documents all patient contacts in the outpatient and inpatient medical record in order to provide a continually up-to-date assessment of patient status.
• Regularly participate in treatment team and departmental meetings.
• Regularly participate in education and in-service training opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completion of all academic coursework required for Ph.D. or Psy.D., preferably from an APA accredited psychology program.
• Certification by doctoral program director of readiness for doctoral internship.
• A minimum of 400 hours of doctoral level practicum experience.
• A health care provider in good standing with Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and state health insurance programs, i.e. not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal or state health insurance program.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Prior hospital-based experience

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

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