Clinical Psychologist

Ellie Mental Health - 041; Clarksville (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Vision insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Job summary

A mental health organization in Maryland is looking for a Clinical Psychologist to conduct diagnostic evaluations for children and adolescents. The role requires experience in psychological assessments and familiarity with working in school systems. The ideal candidate will help establish a new program focused on Autism assessment. Competitive salary and flexible work options are offered.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice in Maryland.
• Experience with psychological evaluations is necessary.
• Ability to submit documentation timely.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychiatric assessments on child & adolescent patients.
• Administer and interpret psychological measures.
• Write thorough testing reports for clients.

Skills

Experience with child and adolescent populations

Diagnostic evaluation expertise

Familiarity with IEP/504 Process

Crisis counseling

Collaboration in a team setting

Education

Doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology (APA accredited)

Completion of an APA-approved clinical internship

Job description

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Vision insurance

Overview

Who we are looking for: A Clinical Psychologist to conduct child and adolescent diagnostic evaluations, evaluate results and deliver treatment recommendations to families. The ideal candidate will have an interest in starting a new program and have experience working with a pediatric population, as well as, a special interest in Autism assessment.

About Ellie

Ellie Mental Health is a highly successful mental health organization with clinics structured to remove many of the daily obstacles that get in the way of providing world-class mental health services. Ellie makes the clinician’s experience a priority by offering: excellent compensation, benefits, training, and flexible scheduling. Ellie strives to lower the administrative aspects of providing care to the absolute minimum, so our practitioners have more time to focus on what they love - serving clients! We want our people to be happy because happy therapists do better work and provide better client care!!

Description

We are seeking to add a clinical psychologist to our growing clinical testing program with competency in providing comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, experience working with a pediatric, adolescent and young adult population, and a special interest in Autism assessment. The ideal candidate will help set up a program to conduct child and adolescent diagnostic evaluations, evaluate results and deliver treatment recommendations to families as part of a clinically excellent program.

Major Responsibilities / Activities

• Complete psychiatric assessment on child & adolescent patient
• Conduct psychosocial evaluations and provides therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling for child & adolescent patients and their families as needed to facilitate behavioral health clinical care management
• Determine an evaluation plan that would address the referral questions, which may include diagnostic questions, treatment recommendations, and/or needs for special education accommodations
• Administer, score, and interpret psychological measures
• Write a thorough testing report to explain the results of the evaluation
• Provide feedback to the client regarding the results of the evaluation, and, if requested, coordinate with other providers to share the testing results
• Provide excellent customer service for clients and collaborate with a dynamic team to further the mission of filling gaps in our community
• Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals
• Other stuff we probably forgot to add but just as meaningful and important to your role ;)

Required/Preferred Education and Experience

• Candidates are required to be licensed and credentialed to practice in the state of Maryland
• Have clinical or counseling Psychology Doctorate from an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited program and must have completed an APA-approved clinical psychology internship
• Experience with completing psychological evaluations
• Familiarity with working with/within school systems and familiarity with the IEP/504 Process
• Ability to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner
• Flexible work from home options available