Psychologist

Provide clinical services to children, adolescents, and families within limits of training and credentialing. Work is often performed off-site in the absence of supervision.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Maintain an active caseload, providing individual, group, family, marital, child, and adjunctive therapies as needed and within area of expertise and limits of credentials; assure procurement of additional services as needed.
• Provide crisis management for clients, including on-call, hospital and school consults; make recommendations for interventions as appropriate; make determinations of client competency, danger, social security disability, etc.
• Follow Center procedures regarding the provision of client care and documentation of same.
• Acquire and maintain knowledge of child development and utilize age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate activities in treatment.
• Provide a wide range of psychological tests, including written reports and court testimony, as needed.
• Licensed HSPP’s provide clinical supervision to assigned staff, as needed, co-sign assessments, psychological test reports, treatment plans, terminations, Medicaid priors and chart reviews, assuring compliance with applicable standards and regulations; serve as a consultant to peers.
• Monitor caseload to assure compliance for third-party payers, including chart reviews, completing prior requests and pre-certification.
• Participate in continuing education activities, remaining knowledgeable in area(s) of expertise; meet requirements for professional staff membership.
• Attend meetings as appropriate and meet regularly with supervisor to exchange pertinent information and receive supervision.
• Maintain a high level of ethical conduct regarding confidentiality, dual-relationships and professional stature.
• Complete Hoosier Assurance Plan (HAP) training as required and pass all vignettes.
• Complete all Hoosier Assurance Plan (HAP) assessments and paperwork as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Ph.D., Ed.D., Psy.D. from accredited graduate program in professional psychology plus full-time one year internship in mental health setting that meets APA guidelines.
• Advanced knowledge and skills in community-based mental health care with specialization in child/adolescent issues.
• Good written and oral communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to use personal transportation in work capacity.

• Certification as a Psychologist at the basic level.
• Licensed in the State of Indiana as HSPP preferred.
• Completion of CPR/First Aid and CPI
• Re-certification of CPR/First Aid and CPI as required.
• Valid driver’s license in accordance with motor vehicle policy.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the essential duties of this job physical mobility is required, including standing, walking, lifting, bending, running and providing safe physical restraint to clients.

Work is generally performed in comfortable physical environment but may require service provision in schools, homes, and other environments that vary widely in cleanliness, degree of physical contact and intensity.

• Completion of tuberculin screening no later than three days prior to the first day of employment and annually thereafter.
• Completion of a pre-employment drug screening and completion of post-employment drug or alcohol tests upon reasonable suspicion of use.
• Satisfactory reference and background investigation checks.
• Satisfactory completion of an Indiana Department of Child Services criminal fingerprinting background check at the time of hire and every four years (or at contract renewal when applicable) for any employee that has direct contact on a regular and continuing basis with DCS and IVB clients.
• Completion of center-wide orientation and ALL required paperwork prior to reporting for work.
• Demonstrated computer literacy through successful completion of pre-employment testing may be required.
• Completion of Total Quality Management Training
• Attendance at all mandatory staff development and training.
• Successful completion of a six month on the job orientation period.
• Participation in payroll electronic deposit.
• Adherence to Compliance Program Plan.

Job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job. They are meant to be accurate reflections of the principle job elements essential for making fair pay decisions about jobs.

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