Psychologist - Inpatient

The Psychologist is responsible for providing a range of clinical duties and psychology services, serving as the program expert on therapeutic interventions. The Psychologist’s primary areas of responsibility include the following:

• Providing expertise in overseeing clinical interventions that reflect best therapeutic practices.
• Providing training, consultation, and supervision to staff responsible for the direct care of clients.
• Facilitate development of healthy and safe therapeutic milieu.
• Provide direct care as appropriate consistent with professional psychological standards and minimum care standards as outlined by licensing and accreditation bodies.
• Engage in program development and clinical interventions that aligns with best practices and empirically supported treatments.
• Represent Rogers Behavioral Health as a thought leader in the academic and community spaces.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Providing expertise in overseeing clinical interventions that reflect best therapeutic practices
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to monitor and support patient care
• Monitor patient progress through self-report measures and other monitored outcomes to facilitate ongoing treatment planning
• Assist with milieu management
• Lead and direct the evidence-based case conceptualization and associated treatment interventions
• Be able to understand, interpret, implement, and provide direction on measures to clarify diagnosis and prioritize symptoms

Provide Evidence-based Symptom/behavior Conceptualization

Identify, model, and supervise relevant empirically based treatment interventions.

Evaluate evidence-based interventions and provide recommendations and rationale for interventions to treatment stakeholders (e. g., staff, healthcare professionals, leadership, patients, and families.

Complete and monitor required medical record documentation in accurate and timely manner, including documentation audits

Provide training, consultation, and supervision to staff responsible for direct care of clients

Provide high quality clinical supervision to all clinical patient-facing staff in accordance with supervision standard work (including therapists, behavioral specialists, and students)

In collaboration with service line leader and site-specific leadership, create and provide training to all staff to ensure most up-to-date interventions are provided

• Support protocol fidelity through ongoing monitoring
• Monitor quality and effectiveness of staff, programs, and referral services
• Propose departmental policies and procedures to direct supervisor and service line leaders
• Attend and support debriefs
• Demonstrate understanding and support of regulatory agency compliance regulations
• Facilitate development of healthy and safe therapeutic milieu
• Provide support for milieu management by supporting behavioral management and intervention
• Work with program leadership to ensure policies and procedures are clear and applied consistently
• Support staff by contributing to and facilitating a culture of mental well-being and a healthy work environment including growth mindset and positive problem solving.
• Model professionalism and ethical practice in accordance with professional psychological standards.
• Provide professional leadership concerning clinical assessment, treatment, management issues, and provide consultation/supervision to direct service staff as part of daily interdisciplinary services.
• Provide direct care as appropriate consistent with professional psychological standards

Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to support direct interventions, including individual, group, and family sessions

Provide and model direct care interventions (e. g., motivational interviewing) with patients and families.

• Engage in clinical assessment to clarify diagnosis and enhance treatment planning
• Lead and model complex case conceptualization and rationale for treatment interventions.
• Support complex discharge planning by engaging supports and community resources as needed.
• Engage in program development and clinical interventions that aligns with best practices and empirically supported treatments
• Stay up to date on latest peer-reviewed empirical research relevant to the program
• Collaborate with system leaders to continually enhance treatment protocols and offerings
• Collaborate with leaders of other disciplines to ensure appropriate and consistent treatment practices
• Monitor program changes with outcome data to ensure high quality care.
• Participate in Hospital committees to promote positive problem-solving and improve services.
• Represent Rogers Behavioral Health as thought leader in the academic and community spaces
• Engage in activities that push Rogers to the forefront on thought leadership, which may include (but not limited to):
• Interdepartmental presentations
• Community presentations
• Academic conference attendance and presentations
• Research participation, publication, and dissemination

Membership in Nationally Recognized Professional Groups

This position requires the employee to be available for on-call duty as part of their regular job responsibilities. The employee must be prepared to respond to urgent issues and emergencies outside of regular working hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requires the ability to travel and provide on-site services across multiple locations, demonstrating flexibility to meet the needs of diverse patient populations.

Other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description

Education/Training Requirements

PhD or PsyD degree in licensed psychologist eligible field

Minimum of two (2) years’ experience, licensed psychologist able to practice in state the residential facility is located and in good standing with the respective licensing board.

American Heart Association CPR certification within thirty (30) days of hire. Bi-annual re-certification is required.

Training in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) within sixty (60) days of hire/transfer. Annual re-certification is required.

• Excellent communication skills, customer focus, proficiency, leadership ability, and professional integrity.
• Compliance with RCC and CBRF employee requirements
• Electronic medical record software experience.
• Ability to work quickly and effectively in a fast-paced detail-oriented environment while adhering to deadlines.
• Psychologist - Cert
• With a career at Rogers, you can look forward to a Total Rewards package of benefits, including:
• Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your family
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee share program
• Life/disability insurance
• Flex spending accounts
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health and wellness program
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Through UnitedHealthcare, UMR and HealthSCOPE Benefits creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Rogers Behavioral Health. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please visit Transparency in Coverage (uhc.com)