Staff Psychologist II

Organization:

SCP-Sutter Center for Psychiatry

Position Overview:

Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento is the foundation of Sutter Health, Northern California's largest health network with 29 acute care hospitals, more than 5,000 primary care physicians and specialists, home health, occupational health, psychiatric care and more. The downtown Sacramento medical center is made up of several facilities that include Ose Adams Medical Pavilion, Anderson Lucchetti Women's & Children's Center, and Sutter Center for Psychiatry.

Sutter Center for Psychiatry places the patient first and always. We provide compassionate care, showing dignity and respect to the individual while focusing on safety and involvement of the individual and their family. Our recovery model is a program that empowers and encourages the patient and family to be active participants in treatment decisions and development of skills and tools to support them in their daily life. We provide services to children from age 5 to elderly patients through a spectrum of care that allows each person to find the level of care needed to return to an active, healthy life. We encourage family members and significant others to participate in each patient's care by taking part in education services, therapy and support groups.

This position will be coordinating a Psychology Training Program with our interdisciplinary team at SCP. The psychology team provides assessments, individual therapy consults, and group therapy interventions for patients from elementary age to older adulthood. The Psychologist II will be the primary supervisor for trainees, overseeing their documentation, report writing, individual and group therapy skills (primarily DBT and other Evidenced Based Treatments), as well as trainings specific to an inpatient population. The psychology team conducts short assessment batteries for diagnostic clarification. Brief cognitive or dementia screening, mood disorders, psychosis, ADHD, and personality disorders are the most common referral questions. The Psychologist II also carries a reduced clinical caseload on the unit, contributing their experience in intervention and psychological assessment when appropriate. Leadership responsibilities include enforcing adherence to department, affiliate, operating unit, and/or system standards, policies and procedures, TJC standards, and applicable laws and regulations. This position works to collaborate with others to coordinate services, streamline and standardize work flows and procedures, and/or drive positive outcomes.

Job Description:

EDUCATION:

• Doctorate: Psychology

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

• 2 years recent relevant experience.

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

• APA licensed within the area of expertise.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge of human development, psychological treatment, and intervention modalities with children, adolescents and adults.
• Knowledge of psychosocial factors relevant to mental health, such as personality, human growth and development; interpersonal relationships; group process; family dynamics; community integration and socioeconomic resource provisions, including the relevance of these factors for personal change in treatment.
• Knowledge of and adherence to American Psychological Association ethical standards.
• Knowledge of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, and psychotherapeutic modalities and interventions, including psychotropic medications.
• Ability to effectively work with a wide range of psychiatric treatment problems of children, adolescents, adults and their families.
• Ability to cooperatively work as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team.
• Ability to make sound clinical decisions regarding assessing patient's acuity and appropriate dispositions.

Job Shift:

Days

Schedule:

Full Time

Shift Hours:

8

Days of the Week:

Monday - Friday

Weekend Requirements:

None

Benefits:

Yes

Unions:

No

Position Status:

Exempt

Weekly Hours:

40

Employee Status:

Regular

Number of Openings:

1

Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.

Pay Range is $52.01 to $78.03 / hour

Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment. Applicants for specific positions are still required to disclose certain convictions during the application process, and those convictions may also be considered in determining eligibility for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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