Psychologist - Level II

NYC Health + Hospitals; Hempfield Township (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Queens Hospital Center, part of NYC Health + Hospitals, seeks a psychologist to provide professional and supervisory services across settings, including Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation Court Clinics. You will ensure patient-centered care and collaborate with psychiatrists, social workers, and other staff.

Assignment Level II requires a Doctoral degree and one year of qualifying experience; licensure is required.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in psychology from a program registered by relevant authority and licensure qualifying.
• One additional year of satisfactory full-time experience in psychology or supervisory capacity.

Responsibilities

• Performs professional and/or supervisory work in psychology with broad latitude for independent action.
• Conducts clinical interviewing and/or uses standard tests to evaluate emotional and intellectual functioning.
• Maintains records of test performance and treatment results and prepares reports.

Education

Doctoral Degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, forensic psychology, clinical health psychology or neuro-psychology

Job description

Marketing Statement

Queens Hospital Center is making good on its promise to the people of southeastern and central Queens to maximize both patient convenience and positive clinical outcomes. Residents of Queens can count on the delivery of quality medical care right in their own borough. In 2002 the hospital opened a state-of-the-art, 261-bed facility that includes the Queens Cancer Center, the first comprehensive cancer treatment center in the borough.

Marketing Statement

Queens Hospital Center is making good on its promise to the people of southeastern and central Queens to maximize both patient convenience and positive clinical outcomes. Residents of Queens can count on the delivery of quality medical care right in their own borough. In 2002 the hospital opened a state-of-the-art, 261-bed facility that includes the Queens Cancer Center, the first comprehensive cancer treatment center in the borough.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position:

This class of positions encompasses professional and/or supervisory work of varying degrees of difficulty in the field of psychology, providing psychological services to individuals and groups across various settings, including Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation Court Clinics (FPECC), which may include participation in the process of commitment of patients to institutional care. Ensures patient-centered quality care and services in support of better outcomes and improved patient experience, in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal rules and regulations, and psychology standards of care. All personnel perform related work.

Under direction, with broad latitude for independent or unreviewed action or decision-making, performs responsible professional and/or supervisory work in the field of psychology.

Examples Of Typical Tasks

At a more difficult and responsible level, performs the duties of Assignment Level I:

• Through clinical interviewing and/or through the selection, administration and interpretation of standard group and individual tests of personality development and intellectual capacity, evaluates individuals' emotional and intellectual functioning.
• Maintains suitable records and files of test performance and treatment results.
• Prepares reports of psychological findings which may be included in clinical case histories, files, etc.
• Consults with psychiatrists, social workers, judges and other relevant parties regarding the diagnoses, prognoses and recommendations for disposition of individual cases.
• Attends and may participate in psychological and general staff conferences.
• Participates in individual and group research by evaluating initial summarization and quantitative treatment of data, preparing research reports for publication.
• May be required to provide psychological consultation services on non-clinical issues, and may offer psychological consultation services to other City agencies.
• May participate in treatment programs administering psychotherapy.
• May provide neuro-psychological and vocational assessments.
• May prepare commitment papers, including write-ups and documentation for cases.
• May give instruction or training in psychodiagnostic and/or therapeutic techniques.
• May oversee the work of psychology interns, social workers and paraprofessional mental health workers.
• May do research on test development. May contribute to formulation of hypotheses and details of research design.
• May be required to testify in court or at other hearings.

Duties

In addition to performing duties of Assignment Level I at a more difficult and responsible level, also performs the following tasks:

• Supervises the work of unlicensed psychologists and other subordinate staff in the areas of diagnosis, therapy, and research, and coordinates their activities with the work of other professional workers.
• Evaluates and develops habilitation plans and treats individuals for addictions, cognitive impairments, and neuropsychological disorders.
• Administers therapy in difficult atypical cases, which may include individual, group and family counseling and/or therapy.
• Coordinates training programs and conducts case conferences and seminars for training purposes.
• Gives formal and informal instruction to psychologists and psychologists-in-training on diagnostic, therapeutic and research techniques.
• Conducts in-service training programs by organizing and staffing conferences and seminars, drawing up curricula, and evaluating efficiency of programs.
• May perform relevant clinical professional activities.
• May be part of a 24-hour trauma team providing counseling/evaluation at crisis situations within the New York metropolitan area.
• May work with City's Family Court System to conduct assessments for termination of parental rights, custody disputes, neglect and abuse cases.
• May provide evaluations of fitness to proceed and pre-sentencing evaluations to Criminal Courts.

Minimum Qualifications

SPECIAL NOTE # = Additional Requirements for Assignment Level II (Effective September 25, 1998)

• A Doctoral Degree in clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology or Neuro-Psychology, awarded upon completion of a Doctoral Program in Psychology registered by the New York State Department of Education and designated as licensure qualifying; and
• One additional year of satisfactory full-time experience, either as a Psychologist for the City of New York, or in a supervisory capacity in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology or Neuro-Psychology in an approved agency or institution. Employees who complete their Doctoral Degree requirements on or after October 1, 1992 must have at least one year of qualifying experience gained after the completion of all Doctoral Degree requirements; and

In the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Only

• Effective September 25, 1998, appointments to Assignment Level II require 1) a Ph.D. as outlined in A above; and 2) one year of qualifying experience as outlined in B above.
• License Requirements for Assignment Level II
• In the New York City Departments of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services, Police and Fire, and those programs functionally transferred to the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation from the New York City Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services, a valid license as a Psychologist issued by the New York State Department of Education.

• In agencies not noted in C. (1.) above, a valid license as a Psychologist issued by the New York State Department of Education within one year of the date of assignment. At the discretion of the appointing agency, the period to obtain the license may be extended for up to six months for employees who fail to obtain the license within one year of their assignment. Once obtained, this license must be maintained for the duration of the assignment.