Psychology Fellow

Sutter Health•Sacramento, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Psychology Fellow position at Sutter Center for Psychiatry involves two concurrent components: a clinical psychology training fellowship and a research and education component, both supervised by a Psychologist. This fellowship is equivalent to up to two full years (24 months) of education and training in clinical psychology and related disciplines. The fellow will provide assessment, diagnostic, and treatment planning services for patients with medical and psychiatric disorders, developing skills for independent decision-making, evidence-based interventions, and community resource coordination.

Requirements

Doctorate in Clinical, Counseling, or Educational Psychology.
Knowledge of human development, psychological treatment, and intervention modalities with children, adolescents, and adults.
Knowledge of psychosocial factors relevant to mental health, such as personality, human growth and development; interpersonal relationships; group process; family dynamics; community integration and socioeconomic resource provisions, including the relevance of these factors for personal change in treatment.
Knowledge of and adherence to American Psychological Association ethical standards.
Knowledge of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, and psychotherapeutic modalities and interventions, including psychotropic medications.
Ability to effectively work with a wide range of psychiatric treatment problems of children, adolescents, adults and their families.
Ability to cooperatively work as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team.
Ability to make sound clinical decisions regarding assessing patient's acuity and appropriate dispositions.

Responsibilities

Provide assessment, diagnostic, and treatment planning services for patients with medical and psychiatric disorders.
Develop emerging skills and potential for independence in autonomous decision making, assessment, treatment planning, evidence-based interventions, and inter/intra community resource coordination.
Engage in a research and education component under Psychologist supervision.