Psychologist, Senior Clinical - Mental Health Center

Posting number: 26HSPH262TD02

Department: Human Services and Public Health

Division: Child Well-Being

Job classification: Psychologist, Senior Clinical

Posting type: Open

Categories: Community Services, Mental Health, Public Health, Communications, Social Sciences, Community and Social Services

Summary

The Mental Health Center is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join their team. This position will be responsible for administering psychological evaluations to children and adults with an emphasis on evaluations to 0–5-year-olds. In this position, you will also complete developmental disability (DD), autism, and neuropsychological evaluations to both children and adults. The Mental health Center receives referrals for both voluntary and court-ordered assessments from our county partners.
 
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Location and hours:
This position is located on-site at the Mental Health Center, located in the South Hennepin County Human Service Center at 2215 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407. Typical work hours are Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. The first 6 months will be fully on-site while training. After that, it will shift to a hybrid schedule (3 days on-site/2 days remote). New Employee Orientation (NEO) for all new benefit-earning employees is in-person in downtown Minneapolis. Details about NEO will be provided upon hire.
 
 
About the position type:
 This is a full-time, benefit earning position.
This position is internally classified as a Psychologist, Senior Clinical.
To view the job classification specification, click here.

 
In this position, you will:

• Administer psychological evaluations to children 0 - 5 years old.
• Complete DD, autism, and neuropsychological evaluations to youth (birth to 17) and adults.
• Conduct court-ordered and voluntary psychological and parenting evaluations, including administration/interpretation of personality and intelligence tests, to provide a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s mental health needs and to develop treatment recommendations.
• Record patient progress notes and attendance.
• Provide informal and formal consultation on diagnosis, treatment, and other psychological issues to other mental health professionals, government agencies, community organization, and/or schools.
• Review and sign off on psychological evaluations, treatment plans, and progress notes compiled by non-licensed psychologists and graduate students.
• Assist in maintaining standards for clinic accreditation by health management organizations, internship program accreditation by the American Psychological Association, and state licensure.
• Complete necessary documentation to bill health management organizations and other payers for client services.
• Provide court testimony pertaining to psychological assessments of clients.

• A doctoral degree in psychology from an APA-approved program with appropriate clinical training and one or more years of post-doctoral experience as a clinical psychologist in a medical or mental health setting appropriate to the area of specialization.
• Licensed psychologist by the Minnesota Board of Psychology.

Nice to have:

• Experi