Psychologist - $57-70 per hour - Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Psychologist for a job in Orange, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Psychologist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Duration: Ongoing
• 20 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Staff

Job Summary:
Provides psychological testing, counseling and evaluations of defined populations.

Essential Responsibilities:

Performs psychological assessments of referred patients by administering, scoring and interpreting psychometric and projective tests as well as other psychodiagnostic techniques and behavior observations.
Provides treatment to adults and/or adolescents and children.
Conducts initial interview with member, gathers and reviews all relevant information.
Determines urgency of members needs. Provides a professional interpretation of members presentation and recommends a course of therapeutic action; selects appropriate treatment modality.
Renders appropriate and immediate guidance and therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.
Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports and letters; phones, writes and visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information.
Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information and referrals.
Transmits diagnostic and assessment information to referring professionals through verbal and written reports.
May conduct program evaluation to assess quality of care and cost effectiveness of clinical procedures. May provide case management services to defined population.
May offer consultation and inservice training to other mental health professionals on clinical issues relevant to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders to include consultation with physicians on psychological factors in the physical health or illness of individuals.
May conduct research of human behavior and possible methods for eliminating psychological disorders. May offer research and program design consultation.
Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patients clinical care and license, maintains license. Complies with organization, department, state, federal, regulatory agency guidelines, policies and procedures.Basic Qualifications:
Experience

Two (2) or more years of post graduate experience in a behavioral health setting, or a pre-doctoral internship, post-doctoral internship or fellowship at Kaiser Permanente.

Education

Doctorate degree from an APA accredited doctorate program with specialization in a field of clinical or counseling psychology.

License, Certification, Registration

Psychologist License (California)

Additional Requirements:

N/A

Preferred Qualifications:

Internship in an APA approved program preferred.

Notes:

Set schedule/Shift: Tuesdays 9:00am-5:30pm, Thursdays 8:30am- 5:30pm, Wednesday or Monday ( 1:00pm -4:30pm)

Kaiser Permanente Job ID #1305446. Posted job title: Psychologist, Pt 20 Hours, Orange, Ca

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