Psychologist - ASD

Kaiser Permanente; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in San Francisco seeks a Psychologist - ASD to provide mental health assessment, treatment, and crisis intervention services. Responsibilities include developing treatment plans, conducting assessments, and collaborating with healthcare teams. Applicants should have a PhD in Clinical Counseling and experience in mental health. This full-time role emphasizes team collaboration and quality service delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience assessing, diagnosing, and treating psychiatric conditions.
• Knowledge of DSM-V for diagnosis.
• Professional maturity with ethical integrity.

Responsibilities

• Develop treatment plans and provide outpatient psychotherapy.
• Conduct psychological assessments and maintain records.
• Collaborate with physicians on psychotropic medication screening.

Skills

Assessment and diagnosis

Crisis intervention

Individual psychotherapy

Group psychotherapy

Excellent communication skills

Education

PhD/PsyD/EdD in Clinical Counseling, Health or School Psychology

Job description

Psychologist - ASD

Apply for the Psychologist - ASD role at Kaiser Permanente.

Job Summary

Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members who present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member’s treatment program.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness; participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs; provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families and groups; instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication regimens, within the scope of practice; may administer specialized therapeutic procedures; provides appropriate support to members’ family; may develop and conduct psychoeducational classes and groups.
• May conduct psychological assessments, including test administration, interpretation, and recommendations; prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records; charts members’ treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards; may be required to participate in the on-call rotation.
• Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice; utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members’ treatment; may develop, implement, and evaluate behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care; provides consultation to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine; provides clinical supervision to psychology doctoral interns, psychology postdoctoral residents, and other mental health trainees/fellows as necessary.
• May supervise Post Masters Fellows, Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate Marriage Family Therapists or Associate Professional Clinical Counselors as needed if supervision course is completed.
• May provide appropriate support to members’ family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment, at member’s request.
• Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members’ treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources, as appropriate; participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
• Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.

Education

• PhD/PsyD/EdD in Clinical Counseling, Health or School Psychology from an accredited college or university.

License, Certification, Registration

• Psychologist License (California) within 6 months of hire.
• Psychologist License (from any state) required at hire.
• National Provider Identifier required at hire.

Additional Requirements

• Must be familiar with DSM-V as a means of diagnosis.
• Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.
• May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.
• Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice and psychotherapy research methods.
• Knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to mental health.
• Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans.
• Competence in individual, family and group psychotherapy.
• Professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities.
• Commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic.
• Ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner.
• Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations and APA standards as it related to client treatment, patient rights and client/patient confidentiality.
• Previous clinical responsibilities to include psychological testing, diagnosis, crisis intervention, brief individual and group psychotherapy.
• Knowledge of psychological testing techniques, administration and interpretation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy.
• Demonstrated experience in psychological evaluations of adults, children, adolescents, & families, including administering & writing up psychological testing & assessment batteries.
• Demonstrated professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic.
• Demonstrated ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner.
• Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans.
• Competence in individual, family and group psychotherapy.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care