Psychologist- Live Oak Outpatient Program

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare • Tallahassee, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with over 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community. TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region's only: Level II Trauma Center, Primary Stroke Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, Pediatric Intensive Care. The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle. Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.

Requirements

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in psychology
• Licensed as a psychologist in accordance with Florida Statutes, Title XXXII (Regulation of Professions and Occupations), Chapter 490 (Psychological Services)

Nice To Haves

• Experience in general psychological testing.
• Experience working in an acute care medical setting with a general medical and psychiatric population.

Responsibilities

• Identifies psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues, and diagnoses disorders using information obtained from interviews, tests, records, and reference materials.
• Utilizes knowledge of substance abuse, dependence, and addictive behaviors and their treatment to screen for psychoactive substance toxicity, intoxication, withdrawal symptoms, co-existing mental health problems, and danger to self or others.
• Determines clients’ readiness for treatment and change.
• Develops and implements individual treatment plans, specifying therapy type, frequency, intensity, and duration.
• Utilizes understanding of the range of treatment needed and knowledge of available treatment resources and their appropriate use in formulating (with clients) mutually agreed-upon treatment goals and measurable objectives.
• Completes psychological consultations.
• Provides individual and group therapy for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services.

What This Job Offers

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