Psychologist; Vinita

Job Summary

Prevents or eliminates symptomatic, maladaptive, or undesired behaviors and enhances interpersonal relationships, work and life adjustment, personal effectiveness, behavioral health, and mental health in individuals, families, and groups by observation, description, evaluation, interpretation, and modification of human behavior by the application of psychological principles, methods, and procedures within the boundaries of their competence, based on their documented education, training, supervised experience, state and national professional credentials, and appropriate professional experience.

Prevents or eliminates symptomatic, maladaptive, or undesired behaviors and enhances interpersonal relationships, work and life adjustment, personal effectiveness, behavioral health, and mental health in individuals, families, and groups by observation, description, evaluation, interpretation, and modification of human behavior by the application of psychological principles, methods, and procedures within the boundaries of their competence, based on their documented education, training, supervised experience, state and national professional credentials, and appropriate professional experience.

• Routine duties shall include providing health care services to individuals eligible for services in accordance with the self-governance compact and funding agreement between the Cherokee Nation and the United States executed under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
• Practices only within the boundaries of their competence, based on their documented education, training, supervised experience, state and national professional credentials, and appropriate professional experience.
• Uses psychological tests and the evaluation or assessment of personal characteristics, such as intelligence, personality, abilities, interests, and aptitudes; counseling, and behavior analysis and therapy consistent with training and experience.
• Collects information about individuals or clients, using interviews, case histories, observational techniques, and other assessment methods.
• Analyzes data such as interview notes, test results, and reference manuals in order to identify symptoms, and to diagnose the nature of the clients' problems.
• Diagnoses and provides treatment for mental and emotional disorders or disabilities, alcoholism and substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, as well as of the psychological aspects of physical illness, accident, injury, trauma or disability.
• Advises clients on how they could be helped by counseling and helps clients to understand problems, define goals, and develop realistic action plans.
• Consults with other professionals to discuss therapies, treatments, counseling resources or techniques, and to share occupational information.
• Develops therapeutic and treatment plans based on client's interests, abilities, and needs. All treatment plans are to be recovery focused, trauma and co-occurring specific and the client must be able to actively participate in the treatment.
• Active participation means that the client must have sufficient cognitive abilities, communication skills, and short-term memory to derive a reasonable benefit from the treatment.
• Evaluates the results of counseling methods to determine the reliability and validity of treatments.
• Ensures all communications between a licensed psychologist and the individual with whom the psychologist engages in the practice of psychology are confidential and at the initiation of the services the patient is informed of the limitations to the confidentiality of their communications.
• Obtains written consent from the client (or legal guardian, if a minor) PRIOR to the use of information for instructional, supervisory and/or research purposes.
• Documents in client's records the dates of all assessments, tests, and services; the start and stop time for each session; signature of the provider; credentials of provider; specific problem(s), goals and/or objectives addressed; methods used to address problem(s), progress made toward goals and objectives; patient response to the session or intervention; and any new problem(s), goals and /or objectives identified during the session.
• For each group psychotherapy session, a separate list of participants must be maintained.
• Psychological testing will be documented for each date of service performed which should include at a minimum, the objective for testing, the test administered, the results/conclusions and interpretation of the tests, and recommendations for treatment and/or care based on testing results and analysis.
• Ensures when under Medicare, the psychologist works under the supervision of medical doctors or osteopathic physician at institutions such as hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities to ensure that services are prescribed by a physician, provided under a written treatment plan, periodically reviewed by a physician and furnished while under the care of a…