Outpatient Psychologist and Therapist

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Phillipsburg (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network seeks a Psychologist to provide counseling and psychological assessment within an outpatient program. You will conduct assessments for adults, adolescents, children, families, and couples, and coordinate treatment plans with psychiatrists in a team approach.

Responsibilities include crisis intervention, development of treatment plans, documentation, and ongoing education to maintain licensure while delivering evidence-based care across the continuum of care.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical assessment and diagnostic skills.
• Knowledge of DSM-5 and mental health treatment standards.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build rapport and maintain therapeutic relationships.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information.
• Cultural competency and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Effective time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Flexibility and ability to provide services across continuum of care.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competency in the assessment, range of treatment, knowledge of growth and development and communication appropriate to the age of the patient treated.
• Conducting scientific studies of behavior patterns and cognitive function
• Observing and interviewing individuals, recording the interactions
• Researching psychological, emotional, behavioral or organizational patterns and identifying issues
• Diagnosing potential disorders
• Discussing possible methods of treatment with patients
• Researching and writing papers on clinical psychology issues and disorders
• Performs appropriate treatment services to assigned clients.
• Uses interventions with assigned clients which meet accepted standards of mental health care and reflect consideration of treatment plan.
• Provides crisis management for assigned cases and is able to provide back up for the program.
• Maintains amount of weekly scheduled client hours as required by departmental needs and standards.
• Participates as a treatment team member and maintains a current level of psychological theory and practice.
• Attends clinical supervision meetings and staff meetings as scheduled and comes to meetings prepared.
• Keeps current with professional literature and trends in mental health.
• Attends continuing education trainings, workshops, seminars or conferences in order to keep current with evidenced based standards of practice and maintain licensure.
• Maintains active communication with identified staff and agencies that share case involvement when appropriate releases are signed.
• Maintains appropriate records of service rendered to or on behalf of the client populations served.
• Maintains clinical records of all client contacts according to QA &I, State and Joint Commission guidelines.
• Produces an evaluation report which effectively addresses the reason for referral and reflects the sound organization and synthesis of fact, impressions and clinical recommendations.
• Completes progress notes, reports and correspondence in a timely manner.
• Exercises

Skills

Clinical assessment

DSM-5 knowledge

Communication skills

Rapport building

Critical thinking

Confidentiality

Cultural competency

Time management

Independent work

Team collaboration

Job description

St. Luke's University Health Network seeks a Psychologist to provide counseling and psychological assessment within an outpatient program. You will conduct assessments for adults, adolescents, children, families, and couples, and coordinate treatment plans with psychiatrists in a team approach.

Responsibilities include crisis intervention, development of treatment plans, documentation, and ongoing education to maintain licensure while delivering evidence-based care across the continuum of care.