CRU Rehabilitation Psychologist

Shepherd Center in Atlanta Georgia is recruiting a full-time inpatient Rehabilitation Psychologist to work with patients with ABI SCI amputation polytrauma and other neuromedical conditions on our inpatient Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit (CRU). The psychologist should have specialty training in neurorehabilitation psychology and have medical center/hospital and interdisciplinary treatment team experience. This role allows you to develop active interdisciplinary team leadership provide cognitive and psychological evaluations as needed and psychological interventions and services for medical patients and their care partners.

The Psychology department is a large well-supported department with staff across services in spinal cord injury brain injury multiple sclerosis and pain management clinics. The department also provides training for students and postdoctoral fellows with mentoring/teaching opportunities available.

Shepherd Center is a private not-for-profit 175-bed rehabilitation hospital specializing in the medical treatment research and rehabilitation for people with neurological injuries or illnesses. Shepherd Center is accredited by the Joint Commission and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 10 best rehabilitation hospitals in the nation. This position includes a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salary health/dental/vision insurance CEU opportunities 403(b) with employer match paid time off and more.

Atlanta is a family-friendly beautiful healthy place to live. Travel is easy with large domestic and international airports. We host the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the country including Coca-Cola Home Depot Delta Airlines AT&T and many more. Culture music sports art- its all here. But best of all the world-renowned reputation of Shepherd Center makes it easy to take pride in your work and be an important part of incredible patient care teams.

Qualifications:

• PhD or PsyD from an APA/CPA-approved doctoral program in Psychology.
• APA-accredited internship completion.
• 1 or 2-year postdoctoral training in rehabilitation or military psychology or 2 years work experience with relevant patient populations.
• Experience working in medical or military settings and interdisciplinary treatment teams is preferred.
• Eligible for licensure in the State of Georgia.
• Eligible for board certification in rehabilitation clinical or health psychology preferred.

For more information contact Laurie Baker PhD ABPP at . To apply please complete this job application: Careers () or contact Lynne Durden in Human Resources at . For more information about the Shepherd Center please visit our website at The Shepherd Center is an equal opportunity employer.

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