Req #: 0000186646
Category: Psychologist
Status: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Facility: Childrens Specialized Hosp
Department: Inpatient Psychology

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• PhD, PsyD, or EdD
• NJ Psychology license
• Valid Driver s License
• AHA BLS Provider Certification
• Experience working with children/teens on the Autism spectrum
• 1+ year of job-related experience
• 1+ year of children and/or adolescent experience
• Experience with cognitive behavioral modification
• Ability to relate therapeutically with the professional team, children, adolescents and their parents/significant others

Preferred:

• Standard battery testing experience
• Experience working with children/teens with chronic illness and/or health psychology

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Full Time
• 40 hours/week
• Flexibility in schedule needed
• May require on-call

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Performs complete psycho-diagnostic evaluations with new patients and identifies patient/family psychosocial needs
• Provides effective individual, family, group psychotherapy as indicated
• Identifies realistic goals for intervention and delivers ongoing behavioral medicine intervention based on the developmental needs of the patient
• Goals related to treatment adherence, pain management, improving coping with various medical conditions, treatment of comorbid psychopathology
• Conduct assessments in the area of cognitive and neuropsychological functioning
• Attends interdisciplinary case conferences for patients treated or evaluated
• Provides effective team consultation as needed
• Supports clinical staff
• Consult with nursing/medical staff, join treatment sessions with recreational, occupational, physical, and speech therapists
• Participates in program development with opportunities for research
• Provides in-services and educational trainings to staff and community agencies as requested by Supervisor
• Disseminates findings accurately and sensitively and according to Department policy
• Provides supervision to staff, fellows, interns, externs as indicated
• Displays competency in obtaining and interpreting the patient and family behavior based upon an understanding of cognitive, bio-psychosocial and aging processes
• Meet minimum annual expected volumes
• Flexibility, both in work hours and in performance of duties

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.