Clinical Neuropsychologist Acute Rehabilitation

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These Principal Accountabilities Requirements and Qualifications are not exhaustive but are merely the most descriptive of the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example emergencies staff changes workload or technical development).

Position Overview

Provides mental health services to patients and their families on our inpatient rehabilitation unit. Patients served are recovering from stroke brain injury spinal cord injury and other disease processes.

We are offering a Sign On Bonus and this position is relocationeligible.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Schedules intake appointments and completes initial assessments within established timeframe.
• Assess patients functioning through interviewing techniques collaboration with referral sources psychological testing and patient observation.
• Develops and reviews with the parent(s) and/or guardian(s) the client and other appropriate persons a treatment plan with clearly defined specific and obtainable treatment goals based on the psychological assessment and diagnosis of child and adolescent patients.
• Assists in developing guiding and monitoring therapeutic working relationships with patients and adjusts intervention methods based on patients responses.
• Revises the treatment plan and problem list as treatment goals are achieved changed or updated.
• Obtains and provides consultation/collaboration with other professional staff as requested or needed.
• Makes appropriate referrals for medication evaluations medical evaluations employment/rehabilitation financial assistance and assures coordination and continuity of service through monitoring patient followup.
• Ensures orientation of practicum students pre and post doctoral students to job duties department and hospital operations as related to the position.
• Monitors present practices within assigned departments and investigates new mechanisms which may contribute to cost.
• Provides regular supervisory support.
• Supervises practicum students pre and post doctoral students in performance of their roles.

COMPLIANCE:

• Maintains strictest confidence of all patient protected health information (PHI) and protects all PHI from accidental intentional or inappropriate disclosure.
• Performs care in compliance with department standards policies and procedures as well as local state and federal regulatory agencies to deliver the highest level of patient privacy and care.
• Retains certification and completes mandated continuing education requirements to meet facility and regulatory agencies accreditation and licensure requirements.

EDUCATION:

Doctorate: psychology


CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:
APA licensed within the area of expertise


SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of human development psychological treatment and intervention modalities with children adolescents and adults.

Knowledge of psychosocial factors relevant to mental health such as personality human growth and development; interpersonal relationships; group process; family dynamics; community integration and socioeconomic resource provisions including the relevance of these factors for personal change in treatment.

Knowledge of and adherence to American Psychological Association ethical standards.

Knowledge of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and psychotherapeutic modalities and interventions including psychotropic medications.

Ability to effectively work with a wide range of psychiatric treatment problems of children adolescents adults and their families.

Ability to cooperatively work as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team.

Ability to make sound clinical decisions regarding assessing patients acuity and appropriate dispositions.

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PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS:
See required physical demands mental components visual activities & working conditions at the following link: Job Requirements

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