Senior Psychologist - Central Regional Hospital
About The Position
The primary purpose of this position is to assist the PST Director and Department Heads implementing long- and short-range goals necessary for the delivery of effective, integrated treatment for children, adults, and adolescents. This position requires conceptualization of difficult cases, liaising with treatment/management teams on novel solutions to improve service provision, addressing interdepartmental communication issues, providing supervision/guidance to staff regarding de-escalation/redirection, guiding line staff regarding any behavioral interventions, providing in the moment direction to supervisory and line staff when environmental or behavioral issues arise, as well as facilitating departmental workgroups, projects, committees, and training activities.
Requirements
- Eligibility for licensure in North Carolina under the provisions of the NC Psychology Practice Act (G.S. 90-270).
- Two years of professional psychological experience, one of which must be postdoctoral.
- Licensure must be obtained prior to beginning employment.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced competency in behavioral assessment, including preference and reinforcer assessments and the functional analysis of conditions maintaining problem behavior.
- Competency in the provision of psychological treatment including individual and group psychotherapy, techniques for increasing adaptive behavior such as shaping, differential reinforcement of behavior, modeling, and behavioral skills training, and techniques for reducing problem behavior via contingency management.
- Knowledge of community resources, institutional policies/procedures, and state law regarding psychological treatment.
- Knowledge of the theories and practices of the field of psychology including behavior analysis and other learning theories, the social learning model, biological bases of behavior and human development (normal and psychopathological) throughout the life span; with knowledge of issues of assessment and treatment of patients with severe behavior disorders and mental illness.
- Knowledge of psychometrically sound psychological, neuropsychological, neurodevelopmental, and educational tests including those of a complex, comprehensive nature, with specific knowledge of their age and need-appropriate use with patients.
Responsibilities
- Assist the PST Director and Department Heads in implementing long- and short-range goals for effective, integrated treatment for children, adults, and adolescents.
- Conceptualize difficult cases.
- Liaise with treatment/management teams on novel solutions to improve service provision.
- Address interdepartmental communication issues.
- Provide supervision/guidance to staff regarding de-escalation/redirection.
- Guide line staff regarding behavioral interventions.
- Provide in-the-moment direction to supervisory and line staff when environmental or behavioral issues arise.
- Facilitate departmental workgroups, projects, committees, and training activities.
Benefits
- Full State benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
