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Presbyterian Medical Group and Womens Services seeks a full-time Clinical Psychologist with experience in perinatal mental health counseling to join our team at Rust Medical Center.
The primary responsibility of this position is to provide brief, evidence-based outpatient behavioral support for OB patients through the antepartum, delivery, and postpartum periods. Presenting issues commonly include depression, anxiety, grief, traumatic birth experiences, fertility challenges, and substance use disorders during pregnancy.
The OB/Womens Services program utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach with the integrated behavioral health provider physically located within the outpatient clinic. The psychologist will work collaboratively with the medical team (OBs, RNs, Mas, and case management) to provide family-centered care as patients navigate the perinatal period.
ResponsibilitiesSummaryPerforms clinical service, including clinical supervision for all clinical staff within the Behavioral Health Program. Applies the counseling processes and therapeutic use of self to provide quality patient care and education clinical supervision to staff. Clinical supervision is defined as regular, ongoing supervision of counseling provided by another trained and experienced professional
Responsibilities*Provides clinical supervision to staff including therapists, nurses, and behavioral technicians. Clinical supervision is regular, ongoing supervision of counseling provided by another trained and experienced professional, including assisting the clinician to move through the therapy process with patient in an organized and meaningful way, educating the clinician about the timely and proper utilization of theoretical models, assisting the clinician to understand the patient s broader context and, equally important, assisting the clinician to understand his/her own broader context. The clinician s own context includes his/her cultural background, gender and family history. These factors are highly influential in how the clinician thinks and feels about caring for the patient and doing therapeutic interventions and are essential to understand and discuss in the supervision process. Ensures staff practice appropriate behavior and skill-based competencies for the respective position.*Performs counseling and case management for each patient assigned, including: assessment, diagnosis, planning care, intervention (including counseling patients/significant others, facilitating psychotherapy and educational groups), evaluation (including identifying unmet or new therapy services)*Demonstrates the therapeutic core conditions including empathy, warmth, mutual respect, trust and positive regard when interacting with patients, significant others, and staff according to generally accepted counseling practice*Performs professional clinical duties as the psychologist on staff for patients as needed, according to accepted standards of professional therapeutic practice. This includes collaboration and effective communication with nursing and ancillary staff, participation in multi-disciplinary treatment planning, and thorough documentation in medical record.*Active participation in initiatives to improve clinical and service quality as directed by program administration*Serves in a leadership role in regard to care of patients and appropriate therapeutic intervention
QualificationsType of Opportunity: Full Time FTE: 1.000000
Credentials
PhD or PsyDNM Psychology License
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