Clinical Psychologist

MedStar Health is looking foraClinical
Psychologisttojoinourteam at MedStar Washington
Hospital Center!

TheHealth/Clinical Psychologistwill serve on the
Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison team and assist in overseeing behavioral
management policies at the hospital. Clinical responsibilities may include
responding to consults and providing the full range of
necessarypsychodiagnosticand psychotherapeutic services to
inpatients and outpatients of designated
department(s).Administrative/clinical responsibilities may include
overseeing the Behavioral Emergency Response Team and the Suicide Prevention
efforts throughout the hospital. There are opportunities to be involved in
teaching/training and joining the teaching faculty at Georgetown University
Medical School.

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Primary Duties:

• Coordinates clinical service delivery provided to designated department(s). Provides information to the director or designee about clinical activities and program demands to ensure adequate staffing to meet patients' needs and to maintain quality of services being provided. Conducts and documents initial psychological assessment of patients.

• Conducts psychological evaluations as needed, including Bariatric Surgery Pre-OP evaluations and court ordered evaluations. Establishes psychological service delivery plan subject to timely reassessment and revision. Performs detailed and specific psychodiagnostic assessment, including psychological testing and psychological evaluations. Provides psychotherapy including counseling, group and family therapy, sexual counseling, cognitive therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-based therapy, and behavior therapy.

• Communicates with treatment teams to maintain continuity of psychological and other care and to reduce unnecessary duplication of services. Participates in discharge planning to provide appropriate referral and liaison for patients' and families' psychological needs. Provides consultations on inpatient units within scope of practice. May provide clinical supervision of other clinicians or clinicians in training.

• Maintains detailed documentation of services provided to permit administrative and peer review; audit of services against charges for services and meet documentation requirements of the department(s) and the District of Columbia. Develops behavioral assessment, treatment, and remediation programs for patients in designated department(s) and implements such programs in collaboration with other disciplines. Serves as the psychological consultant to treatment teams. Engages in teaching/training.

• Maintains and enhances clinical skills, via supervision, in-service training, appropriate workshops, courses, and conferences. Completes documentation and charge capture per hospital regulations. Participates in scholarly activity; engages in translational /clinical research. Adheres to the standards for ethical and professional practice of the American Psychological Association and the District of Columbia.

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in psychology.

• Licensed Psychologist in the District of Columbia or eligibility for reciprocity.

• APA (American Psychological Association) approved internship preferred.

• Postdoctoral training in Health Psychology preferred.

• 1-2 years of progressively more responsible related experience in a medical setting preferred.