Psychologist II- Embedded Behavioral Health, Inpatient Rehab - Wilmington
About The Position
ChristianaCare’s Medical Group - Embedded Behavioral Health department is searching for a Full Time Psychologist II to support our Inpatient Rehab Team at the Wilmington Hospital in Wilmington DE . Center for Rehabilitation | ChristianaCare The Psychologist will enhance and improve the quality of patient care at ChristianaCare by providing psychological assessment, psychological treatment, consultation and education services on the inpatient rehabilitation unit, as well as outpatient rehab needs as they arise. The Psychologist provides clinical support as part of the embedded behavioral health team with a focus on rehab psychology. This position will demonstrate excellent clinical skills, empathy, and a commitment to delivering high-quality behavioral health care. This position will have opportunities to provide teaching to psychology trainees, and/or other learners. Delivering health, not just health care is our promise to our community. Be a part of an organization that makes a difference and impacts the lives of each other and the communities we serve through our commitment of being excellent today and even better tomorrow.
Requirements
- PhD or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology required.
- Delaware license or eligible for Delaware license.
- Maintains ongoing/continuing education as required &/or as necessary to remain current with treatment methodology.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary treatment teams in a medical setting.
- All qualified candidates will be required to be licensed prior to start date.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in rehab psychology and/or clinical/health psychology working in a medical setting with individuals and groups with health-related conditions, strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Conducts clinical interviews and assessments to provide diagnostic impression and treatment recommendations for patients on the inpatient rehab unit.
- Provides evidenced-based psychological interventions including individual therapy and group therapy for patients on the inpatient rehab unit.
- Functions as a member of the multidisciplinary rehab team (physicians, nurses, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists) regarding coordination of patient care, treatment planning, and connection to community-based services as appropriate.
- Provide psychodiagnostic evaluation and psychological intervention for outpatient rehab patients as needs and opportunities arise.
- Able to effectively communicate and work constructively with the multidisciplinary treatment team and maintain timely and appropriate documentation of the patient's clinical status, progress, and treatment in the electronic health record.
- Provides coordination of care services with patients, families, providers, payment sources and other involved parties.
- Actively participates in the design and implementation of research, evaluation, and quality improvement projects to assess the effectiveness and specific influence of the health psychology component as needed.
- Maintains up-to-date information on effective strategies and interventions to address psychological issues and health behavior change for the rehab psychology population.
- Participate in teaching of psychology trainees and/or other learners as needed.
- Maintains licenses/certifications in areas of specialty and completes mandatory CCHS education.
- Performs related duties as required.
Benefits
- Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
- Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions.
- Opportunity for great work-life balance.
- Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out.
- 12 week paid parental leave.
- Tuition assistance
- Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets, insurance and much more!
- ChristianaCare offers a competitive suite of employee benefits to maximize the wellness of you and your family, including health insurance, paid time off, retirement, an employee assistance program.
- To learn more about our benefits for eligible positions visit https://careers.christianacare.org/benefits-compensation/
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
