Psychologist

Job description

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference
As a Psychologist in a correctional or detention facility, the role involves providing clinical mental health services to inmate patients. The Psychologist is responsible for providing clinical supervision and guidance to any mental health professionals assisting them. The Psychologist must provide mental health services that are consistent with their professional training and experience while meeting the expectations of the facility.

Key Responsibilities
Provide clinical and consultation services consistent with professional standards and institutional policies and procedures.
Conduct direct clinical services including diagnosis, treatment, psychological testing, and crisis intervention.
Ensure compliance with ethical and professional standards of care and participate in quality improvement activities.
Develop and implement goals and objectives for clinical services and assist in staff recruitment and selection.
Notify appropriate personnel of serious incidents and provide professional education and staff development as needed.
Qualifications & Requirements
Education

Doctorate in psychology and experience with mental health delivery systems
Experience

Significant professional experience in the mental field that indicates knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and psychological evaluation techniques, including psychological assessment instruments
Licenses/Certifications

Licensed to practice psychology in the State of employment by the appropriate state licensing agency