Psychology Intern- Full time, Days

Centra Health•Lynchburg, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist, the Psychology Doctoral Intern provides high-quality psychological services to patients through direct patient interactions, supervision, and didactic training opportunities.

Requirements

Current enrollment in a PhD., Psy.D., or Ed.D., program in Psychology that is eligible to participate in the APPIC match and completion of at least three years of graduate-level study by the start of the internship.

Responsibilities

Engage in direct clinical opportunities, with supervision.
Utilize assessment data to develop treatment plans specific to goals, with supervision.
Implement interventions after consideration of scientific literature, patient’s diversity characteristics, and contextual variables with supervision.
Modify/adapt intervention strategies when clear treatment parameters are unknown, with supervision.
Monitor treatment effectiveness and adapt interventions as necessary, with supervision.
Author written reports and provide verbal feedback, with supervision.
Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.
Attend required didactic training sessions.
Follow all ethical and legal standards and apply the current version of APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, relevant laws, regulations, rules, and policies governing health service psychology at all levels.
Critically evaluate and disseminate research or other scholarly activities.
Develop skills through opportunities to work with patients of different backgrounds, ethnicities, sexual orientation, gender identification, and religious beliefs with focus on developing insight into the intern’s personal attributes and biases and how these may impact their practice of psychology.
Maintains the strict confidentiality of all information including healthcare/patient data and information.
Maintain relevant professional standards and guidelines.
Performs other duties as assigned.