Job Description:

To show our commitment to you and to assist with your transition into our organization, we will also offer a $2500 sign on bonus to those that have 1+ year of experience.

Posting Specifics

• Pay Range: $48.88-$75.43 Exempt
• Eligible for Student Loan Assistance
• FTE: Full Time
• Shift : 40 hours
• This role requires credentialing which can take up to 90 days, prior to start date.

Primary Children's Hospital's Pediatric Behavioral Health Service Line is currently recruiting a motivated and skilled psychologist to join our dynamic multidisciplinary behavioral health team at Wasatch Canyons Campus. This position is a compelling opportunity for an individual who enjoys diversity in their work, is comfortable with the pace and complexity of the outpatient environment, and who will seek to rely on and support colleagues through a team-based approach to care. This full-time psychologist position resides in the outpatient behavioral health setting, providing psychological evaluations/consultations and therapeutic interventions (individual, family, group). The psychologist will participate on one or more team-based care groups targeting specific behavioral health conditions, including participation on the DBT consultation team. The psychologist should be 2 years post licensure to allow supervision of pre-doctoral psychology interns in an APA-approved psychology internship training program.

Position Details:

Seeking a candidate with at least 2 years post licensure, allowing supervision of psychology interns/post docs in a fully accredited psychology internship training program, this supported by attendance at monthly psychology training/discipline meetings.

Salary will be based on experience.

Job Essentials

• Maintains quality and implementation of APA Standards of Accreditation related to the doctoral internship training program and in alignment with departmental and institutional values and priorities. Directs and organizes the training program and its resources, including: Selection of interns, fellows, and students within psychology programs Monitors and evaluates the training program's goals and activities. Documents and maintains interns' and fellows' training records. Organizes and participates in all educational activities and learning elements of the program, including supervision of students, interns, and/or fellows. Partner with service line clinical leaders to ensure overall quality of the training program and contribute to clinical excellence within pediatric behavioral health.

Clinical Responsibilities include:

• Assessing the patient's medical history, mental health history, and current presentation to understand the patient's needs from treatment.
• Diagnoses and treats various mental, emotional and behavioral disorders.
• Develops a plan of care either individually or with input from the patient, patient family/significant others, physicians and other members of the healthcare team.
• Provides treatment based on patient need and evidenced based interventions.
• Refers patients to other services to improve their well-being. These referrals may include community services, treatment programs, support groups, and/or psychiatrists (or other mental health providers).
• Properly documents pertinent information in regard to the patient's plan of care.
• Works with the multi-disciplinary team to develop a discharge plan in order to provide further care, services, and referrals in order to ensure continuity of care.
• Provides psychological testing as indicated by the patient condition.
• Complies with federal, state, local and clinical program/facility standards.
• Provides care and treatment within the scope of the Mental Health Practice Act.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D) in Psychology. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• Current Utah license as a psychologist.
• Psychologist will adhere to all appropriate standards of practice as outlined by the American Psychological Association, State Licensing Board, and Intermountain Healthcare.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a behavioral health outpatient setting.

Physical Requirements:

• Ongoing need for employee to see and assess various nonverbal cues used in patient diagnosis/assessment in order to understand and develop treatment options.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, as well as hear and respond quickly to emergent needs or issues that may arise with patients.

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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

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