Clinical Psychologist

Overview

At Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That0s why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It0s why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities. We are seeking caring, committed people to join our team on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.

Job

This paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job.

• Provides psychological diagnosis and psychotherapeutic interventions and treatments, and consults in the field of clinical/rehabilitation psychology and/or neuropsychology in a hospital inpatient/outpatient setting with interdisciplinary rehabilitation teams and other medical specialties.
• As a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team, plans treatment programs and disposition of cases, including identifying treatment outcomes.
• Assesses patients identified to have potential psychological emergencies. Consult with colleagues and/or Risk Management as necessary for unusual or emergency cases.
• Conducts psychological assessments.
• Develops individualized treatment plans for each patient assessed.
• Consults with patients outside mental health providers.
• Provides appropriate referrals to outside mental health services as indicated or requested.
• Evaluates client response to treatment, modifies treatment strategies and includes the client as part of the decision-making process.
• Generates reports of diagnostic and psychological findings and/or treatment recommendations.
• Intervenes with clients to enhance their ability to fully participate in treatment, including defining treatment goals and designing intervention strategies that support recovery and resiliency.
• Maintains detailed medical records for every contact (individual and group) and clinical phone calls.
• May participate in hospital research or program development as appropriate.
• Obtains and studies medical, psychological, social and family histories, by interviewing individuals, couples, or families and reviewing relevant records.
• Participates in professional staff conferences concerning psychological assessment methods, techniques and results.
• Performs direct service activities including diagnostic evaluation, structured clinical interviewing, and individual, group, and family therapy.
• Provides in-patient consultation to patients with acute psychological issues.
• Provides patients with information about support groups and/or additional educational resources as indicated or requested.
• Selects, administers and interprets a wide variety of psychological testing instruments for the diagnosis and evaluation of clients with psychiatric and co-occurring disorders.
• Utilizes a variety of treatment modalities such as psychotherapy, behavior modification, and various evidence based or promising practices such as cognitive-behavioral therapy.
• Delivers individual cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy and facilitates group sessions for patients.
• Meets individually with group patients who appear to have significant issues.

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying.

Education
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Doctoral degree in Psychology from an accredited university.

Experience
:
Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.

License/Certification
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• Psychologist by California Board of Psychology

• Ability to design appropriate treatment interventions, evaluate results, and make modifications as needed.
• Ability to select, administer, and score various psychological assessments.
• Ability to establish therapeutic relations with clients, conduct crisis intervention, and make appropriate referrals.
• Knowledge of a broad range of psychological assessment techniques.
• Knowledge of abnormal, developmental, personality, and social psychology.
• Knowledge of crisis intervention techniques.
• Knowledge of principles of psychopharmacology and psychobiology; psychometric and statistical theories and methodology; psychological research methods and experimental design.
• Knowledge of theory and practice of individual and group psychotherapy.

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions in which the job is typically performed are available from the Occupational Health Department. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Pay Range

Compensation is based on the level and requirements of the role. Salary within our ranges may also be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities, as required by the role, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Typically, new team members join at the minimum to mid salary range.

Minimum to Midpoint Range…