Clinical Testing Psychologist

Ellie Mental Health - 164; Yorktown (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Training & development

Vision insurance

Job summary

A mental health organization is seeking a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Yorktown, Virginia. The role involves conducting diagnostic evaluations for children and adolescents, providing therapeutic interventions, and writing comprehensive assessment reports. Ideal candidates will have a Doctorate in Psychology and a passion for improving access to quality mental health care. Flexible scheduling and strong support for clinicians are core values of the organization.

Qualifications

• Licensed and credentialed to practice in Virginia.
• Experience with completing psychological evaluations.
• Familiarity with school systems and IEP/504 processes.

Responsibilities

• Complete psychiatric assessments on child & adolescent patients.
• Conduct psychosocial evaluations and provide therapeutic interventions.
• Administer, score, and interpret psychological measures.
• Write thorough testing reports.

Skills

Diagnostic evaluations

Crisis counseling

Psychological assessments

Interventions creativity

Education

Doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology

Job description

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

Who we are looking for:

A Clinical Psychologist 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.

The perfect candidate will share our passion for improving and expanding access to quality mental health care and will thrive in a culture that emphasizes: autonomy, flexibility, creativity, authenticity, humor, compassion, acceptance, and determination.

Who is 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!

Major Responsibilities / Activities

• Complete psychiatric assessment on child & adolescent patient
• Conduct psychosocial evaluations and provide therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling 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

Required/Preferred Education and Experience

• Candidates are required to be licensed and credentialed to practice in the state of Virginia
• Have a 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.