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Atlanta, GA - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Position Summary

Centrias Licensed Clinical Psychologist should have a specialization in early identification screening diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related neurodevelopmental disorders from birth through 21 years. The Licensed Psychologist will be welltrained possess a PhD or PsyD in clinical psychology school psychology or a related field and have completed an APAaccredited internship and postdoctoral fellowship. This role should have clinical training/background in early intervention programs the administration of multiple standardized assessments including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Second Edition (ADOS2. This position is based out of our Atlanta area center with weekday daytime work schedule.

Success Measures

Success measures include adherence to Centria policies and quality standards performing 56 assessments per weekcompliance with company and payor requirements and meeting or exceeding personal qualitative and/or quantitative keyperformance indicator (KPI) metrics.

Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Conduct comprehensive diagnostic evaluations for individuals suspected of having ASD. Activities will includeconducting scoring interpreting assessment measures as well as providing oral and written feedback of theirresults.
    • Expectation is 56 assessments per week with final evaluation writeups completed within 21 days ofassessment completion.
  2. Utilize experience in administering autismspecific assessments such as the ADOS2 and the AutismDiagnostic Interview Revised (ADIR). As well as experience with administration and interpretation of toolsthat assess:
    • Developmental intellectual or cognitive functioning; and
    • Adaptive functioning; and
    • Social functioning; and
    • Speech language and communicative functioning; and
    • Medical and neurological functioning.
  3. Provide sensitive thoughtful and supportive feedback to parents as well as the ability to work well with teammembers parents young children and colleagues in the community. The Licensed Psychologist may also beinvolved in consultation and program development with community providers schools and interdisciplinaryclinical and research teams.
  4. Highly motivated to increase both professional skills and knowledge in providing evidencebased and familycentered care and interacting successfully with those from diverse cultural ethnic and educational backgrounds. Bilingual and all other qualified applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
  5. Assist in developing corporate structure and in the creation of policies and procedures.
    • Participate in team meetings.
    • General help to manage office staff for maximum efficiency.
    • Maintain knowledge of and compliance with different state and payor specific programs and certificationsrelated to practice of psychology and diagnostic.
  6. Promote the growth of Centria Healthcare and assist in pursuit of business opportunities.

Qualifications

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology or Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree from an accredited university with aclinical counseling or school psychology specialty area of training.

Licenses/Certificates

Fully licensed in the state(s) of practice as a Licensed Psychologist or under provisions specified by their Board ofPsychologist Examiners.

Work Experience

  • 2 years of professional experience in the examination evaluation and treatment of children and their familiespreferred.
  • Experience administering and scoring commonly used standardized assessment tools (e.g. Vineland WPPSIWISCV EVT PPVT ADOS2 ADIR PDDBI PSI SRS2 CBCL).

Equipment and Technology Requirements

  • Basic computer skills and working knowledge of tablets/iPads
  • Laptop
  • G Suite (Gmail Drive Docs Sheets Google Meet)
  • ABA Platforms preferred

Other Competency Requirements

  • Ability to follow written instructions
  • Ability to use computers and computer/software programs
  • Ability to communicate expressively and receptively

Knowledge and Skills

  • Demonstrated ability to interview perform psychological evaluations and provide a treatment plan;
  • Expertise in tracking and ensuring clinical outcomes progress and maintaining a high level of compliance;
  • Proficiency in preparing reports for parents medical personnel funding agencies and medical records;
  • Ability to effectively engage in onetoone communication with parents and clients;
  • Proven experience and understanding of customer service;
  • Works well in a collaborative environment and builds mutual trust and credibility at all levels of the organization;
  • Effective communication skills both written and verbal with clients internal and external stakeholders;
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and selfmotivated to achieve business goals.

Working Conditions

  • Centrias office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM 6:00 PM.
  • This position is based out of our Atlanta area center with weekday daytime work schedule.
  • Available for special support and to provide mentoring during and after regular business hours for consultationson emergency/urgent matters as needed.
  • Additional time or flex schedules may be required to complete the above work or meet company objectives.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job physical requirements such as bending reaching lifting pushing or pulling up to30 pounds may be required. This role will require sitting most of the day as well as walking and standing periodically. Thisrole may require close visual acuity on computer screens or monitors and the ability to analyze data and figures on a
screen.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of racereligion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status Veteran status or disability status. This jobdescription is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications skills efforts duties responsibilities or workingconditions associated with the position. Centria reserves the right to amend this job description at any time with or withoutwritten notice.

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Full Time

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