Senior Psychologist– Cherry Hospital
Core
Provide direct psychological services, including emergency care, diagnostic evaluations, and therapy (individual, group, milieu) for chronically mentally ill adults with severe behavioral problems in an inpatient setting.
Role type
Senior clinical psychologist (inpatient psychiatric unit)
Builds
Patient care and rehabilitation programs for severely disturbed adults
Domain
Mental health / Clinical psychology
Required skills
Psychopharmacology knowledge, behavior therapy, milieu therapy, group therapy, individual therapy, social and adaptive living skills training, emergency services, diagnostic evaluations, capacity restoration
Preferred skills
Comprehensive psychological evaluations using objective and projective measures, therapeutic interventions for severe and persistent mental illness, mental health systems integration, supervision of graduate students and psychological associates
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Provide emergency psychological services, conduct diagnostic evaluations, deliver individual and group therapy, supervise Licensed Psychological Associates and practicum students, treat patients with aggression, hostility, self-injurious behaviors, and psychotic thinking
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
