Post-Doctoral Psychology Assistant

Alvarado Parkway Institute • La Mesa, CA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Alvarado Parkway Institute (API) is a free-standing psychiatric hospital in La Mesa, California with three Intensive Outpatient/Partial Hospitalization Programs. Alvarado Parkway Institute (API) provides comprehensive adult behavioral health and addictive disorders services in a 66-bed hospital setting. API is San Diego County's leading provider of comprehensive mental health and substance abuse care, offering a variety of Outpatient Services, Partial Hospitalization services, and Intensive Outpatient services. These programs emphasize symptom management, community integration, and prevention of hospitalization or re-hospitalization. The role of the Post-Doctoral Psychology Assistant is to provide quality psychotherapeutic services to adult, addictive disordered patients and their families, spouses, significant others. This role serves as a member of a multi-disciplinary team supporting the organization's treatment program and philosophy, ensuring the deliverance of quality treatment. The position also provides assistance to the Director of Psychology, Operations Manager, and Clinical Supervisor, including mentorship of interns/trainees, scheduling of groups, individual sessions, psychological testing, and various intervention and treatment plans.

Requirements

• Ph.D./Psy.D. in Psychology or will be receiving degree imminently and is at least masters prepared and qualified to register as a Psychological Assistant.
• Experience in inpatient mental health setting preferred.
• Written and oral communications skills.
• Skills in case management, time management, and crisis intervention common to acute psychotic as well as to non-violent crises intervention practice.
• Skills in administering psychological tests.
• Knowledge of acute adult, adolescent, and child psychological disorders.
• Advanced principals of abnormal psychology.
• Familiarity with follow-up resource services available to adults, adolescents, and children.
• Skills in conducting group therapy.
• Skills in maintaining information as highly confidential.
• Must demonstrate the ability to treat all age populations as needed or have the capacity to develop skills through the organization's cross-training, orientation program.
• Ability to clearly summarize pertinent clinical information via written correspondence and medical records documentation.
• In the absence of these qualifications upon hire, must demonstrate ability to learn these concepts and develop these skills within reasonable time frame.
• Use standard office equipment and access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.
• Use computer keyboard with manual and finger dexterity and wrist-finger speed sufficient to perform repetitive actions efficiently for extended periods of time.
• Communicate effectively in person or via telephone in a manner which can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking, including a diverse population.
• Give and follow verbal and written instructions with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Perform complex mental functions and basic arithmetic functions; interpret complex laws, regulations, and policies; collect, interpret, and/or analyze complex data and information.
• Vision sees details of objects at close range.
• Coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Reach forward, up, down, and to the side.
• Sit or stand for minimum periods of one hour at a time and come and go from the work area repeatedly throughout the day.
• Walk and/or stand for long periods of time (3/4 of the workday).
• Completion of a satisfactory background and reference checks.
• Employee signed employment non-compete/confidentiality agreement.
• Individuals whose position may require licensure, registration or certification must maintain such as current and valid.
• Annual Flu vaccination is required as a condition of hire and ongoing employment.
• Pass drug and alcohol test performed by Concentra.
• Clear TB skin test or Chest X-Ray at Concentra.
• Complete a satisfactory physical examination at Concentra designed solely to determine your ability to perform the duties of the position being offered.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in inpatient mental health setting

Responsibilities

• Provide quality psychotherapeutic services to adult, addictive disordered patients and their families, spouses, significant others.
• Serve as a member of a multi-disciplinary team supporting the organization's treatment program and philosophy.
• Assure the deliverance of quality treatment to adult and AD patients and their families.
• Provide assistance to the Director of Psychology, Operations Manager and Clinical Supervisor.
• Mentorship of interns/trainees.
• Scheduling of groups, individual sessions, psychological testing, and various intervention and treatment plans.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree