Clinical Psychologist III

Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital (WRCH) operated by the Department of Mental Health (DMH) is seeking an experienced clinical psychologist to provide clinical risk screening and assessment, individual and group psychotherapy, psychodiagnostics assessment, supervision of psychology services provided to designated units/program/caseload, interdisciplinary team consultation, and positive behavioral support (PBS) interventions.

Please Note: This position is full-time, 40 hours per week. The selected candidate will work from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. The days off are Saturday and Sunday. 

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Participates in deciding whether or not to accept people for treatment; refers patients to appropriate services.
• Conducts Psychology Admission Assessments and identifies patients in need of risk evaluations through use of the DMH screening tools, risk history, CORI review, and patient interview.
• Performs Psychological testing functions, including assessments related to cognitive, neuropsychological, personality, and functional needs.
• Provides Specialized Risk Assessments as assigned including, but not limited to, Violence Risk, Fire-Setting Risk, Suicide Risk, Substance Use Risk, as well as complete referral documents for MIPSB (Mentally Ill Problematic Sexual Behavior) according to DMH/WRCH standards and professional practice expectations.
• Offers crisis intervention, treatment planning, and relapse prevention.
• Provides individual and group therapy services consistent with the Psychologists competencies and Psychology practice standards.
• Documents treatment consistent with CMS and Joint Commission guidelines.
• Supports individualized positive behavioral interventions according to WRCH protocols and Psychology practice standards.
• Participates in relevant hospital training, both as a learner and contributor, as needed, and meets all training responsibilities both by DMH and for psychological licensure. Meets with and performs administrative and other tasks as requested by the hospital leadership and/or the Director of the Psychology Department.
• Provides clinical supervision and education to assigned post-doctoral psychology staff, doctoral interns, advanced practicum students, and other psychology or interdisciplinary trainees; participates in planning/developing related training programs.
   

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge of the symptoms of mental and/or emotional disorders (including risk assessment: interview, psychological testing and neuropsychological testing.)
• Ability to analyze observational, interview and psychological test data to draw conclusions, and make appropriate recommendations.
• Skilled in applying knowledge of the theory, principles and practices of psychotherapy (and related evidence-based practices).
• Capacity to apply knowledge of motivation, basic behavioral analysis and principles associated with positive behavioral support.
• Knowledge of the methods of general report writing, statistical methods and techniques including sampling.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and handle confidential matters appropriately.
• Knowledge of the ethical principles, and standards of practice of the Professional Psychologist
   

Preferred Qualifications:

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