Job Description

Initial Posting Date: 11/14/2024Application Deadline: 11/30/2024Agency: Oregon Health AuthoritySalary Range: $10,913-12,600 MonthlyPosition Type: EmployeePosition Title: Clinical Psychologist:Please email a current CV or Resume to if it is easier to apply that way.Are you looking to start your career as a clinical psychologist and make a difference in the lives of people with mental illness? Or are you a current psychologist looking for an institution dedicated to inspiring hope, promoting safety and supporting recovery for patients entrusted to their care? If so, check out the following opportunity at the Oregon State Hospital's Salem campus.What you will do!This position is for a unit based psychologist, working with patients committed under various Oregon Statutes. Psychology department staff must operate as a highly productive member of the Interdisciplinary Team in a fast-paced environment to manage morning meetings, admissions, patient care plan meetings, and completion of admission suicide risk assessments.This position will also provide clinical psychology services in the form of psychological assessment and testing within the limits of the psychologist's expertise and privileging, consultation, treatment (individual, group, milieu), participation in various treatment malls, direct patient care, participation in the IDT, consultation to and training of treatment care staff, and providing in-service continuing education to psychology staff.This position may also include supervising psychology residents, interns, and students.What's in it for you?We offer a workplace that balances productivity with enjoyment; promote an atmosphere of mutual respect, dedication, and enthusiasm. You will collaborate in an open office with a team of bright individuals to work with and learn from. We offer full with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave and ten paid holidays per year plus . If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, the is the place for you.This posting will be used to fill multiple permanent, full-time position. This position is classified as represented by a union, SEIU.OHA values health equity, service excellence, integrity, leadership, partnership, innovation and transparency. OHAxe2x80x99s health equity definition is xe2x80x9cOregon will have established a health system that creates health equity when all people can reach their full potential and well-being and are not disadvantaged by their race, ethnicity, language, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, intersections among these communities or identities, or other socially determined circumstances. Achieving health equity requires the ongoing collaboration of all regions and sectors of the state, including tribal governments to address: the equitable distribution or redistributing of resources and power; and recognizing, reconciling, and rectifying historical and contemporary injustices.xe2x80x9d OHAxe2x80x99s 10-year goal is to eliminate health inequities. Click , to learn more about OHAxe2x80x99s mission, vision and core values.DUTIES &RESPONSIBILITIES:Major duties include, but are not limited to:PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS AND CONSULTATION:

• As appropriate, attends clinical management meetings to consult on clinical and service delivery issues.
• Completes psychological evaluations utilizing assessment techniques that address personality, intellectual, and cognitive impairments, as well as risk and malingering assessments within the limits of the psychologist's expertise and privileging or under the supervision of an OSH privileged neuropsychologist or forensic psychologist.
• Performs risk assessments of patients as requested and directed by an Associate Chief of Psychology.
• Completes evaluations within specified deadlines.
• Completes and documents psychological evaluations that include baseline psychological testing according to the Psychology Department policy manual.
• Performs job duties within MAHPS privileging specifications.
• Provides in-service training to treatment staff as assigned by an Associate Chief of Psychology.

TREATMENT SERVICES:

• Provides individualized treatment services as needed across OSH based on an Associate Chief of Psychology's direction.
• Documents all consultation or direct services provided in the patient's medical record per Medical Records and Psychology Department policies.
• Meets with patients to implement treatments consistent with the treatment care plan, monitor progress or regression, and assist in making necessary treatment care plan changes.
• Provides individual and group psychotherapy across OSH as assigned by an Associate Chief of Psychology

FUNCTIONS AS A MEMBER OF THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT:

• Follows APA ethical standards, standards for providers of clinical and psychological services, procedures in OSH Psychology Department manual, and OSH policies and procedures
• Participates in continuing education to maintain professional competence, Oregon psychologist licensure, and to provide in-service training. You may be assigned supervision of others.
• Attends mandatory department meetings, hospital trainings and review of policies per designated timelines and serves on departmental committees as assigned by an Associate Chief of Psychology.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUESTED SKILLS:

• Four years post-Master's Degree experience, and license in Oregon as a Psychologist.
• Obtaining and maintaining MAHPS privileging per specified deadlines.
• Experience in advancing health equity, addressing systemic health disparities and collaborating with diverse, vulnerable and underrepresented populations.

Levels:Clinical Psychologist 2 ( Salary $10,913-12,600 Monthly )A doctoral degree in psychology from an APA accredited program AND completion of a one-year APA accredited predoctoral internship. Applicants must be a licensed psychologist by the Oregon Board of Psychology at the time of appointment.Clinical Psychologist 1 xe2x80x93 Underfill Option (Salary $6,230 - $9,577)A doctoral degree in psychology from an APA accredited program AND completion of a one-year APA accredited predoctoral internship. Applicants must be eligible for licensure as a psychologist in Oregon. Oregon psychologist licensure and hospital credentialing is required no longer than one year following the start date for a Clinical Psychologist 1.Need Help?If you need assistance to participate in the application process including an accommodation request under the American with Disabilities Act, please contact Barry LeinVoice: 503-440-6484Email: Barry.lein@oha.oregon.govAdditional Information

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for more information about veteransxe2x80x99 preference. If you checked that you are a veteran, we will ask you for your documents later in the process. * We do not offer VISA sponsorships or transfers at this time xe2x80x93 unless specifically noted. Within three days of hire, you will be required to complete the US Department of Homeland Security's I-9 form confirming authorization to work in the United States.

• If you are offered employment, the offer will be contingent upon the outcome of an abuse check, criminal records check and driving records check, and the information shall be shared with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Office of Human Resources (OHR). Any criminal or founded abuse history will be reviewed and could result in the withdrawal of the offer or termination of employment.
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webpageThe Oregon Health Authority is committed to fair employment practices and non-discrimination, including pay equity for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected class (race, sex, veteran status, disability, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation) in the payment of wages or screen applicants on the basis of their current or past compensation. We determine salary by completing a review of your application materials to evaluate your related education, experience, and training for this position. (critical elements of process).The Oregon Health Authority is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to work force diversity and anti-racism.

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