Job Description

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

This is a great opportunity to work and learn with a dedicated team caring for a diverse pediatric population.

• No after hours
• No weekends
• Opportunity for participation as a part of multidisciplinary healthcare team
• Full complement of benefits; medical, dental, vision, and PTO

Responsibilities Include

• Area of Emphasis: General child clinical and/or pediatric psychology outpatient consults and treatment, multidisciplinary clinics, inpatient consults with brief therapeutic interventions dependent on service line need and provider expertise
• Conduct diagnostic interviews and provide evidence-based psychological interventions to children and adolescents
• Provides inpatient consult coverage per provider rotation requirements
• Refers patients to other disciplines for consults and evaluations as indicated
• Assesses a patient's psychological status and provides evidenced based assessment and intervention
• Provides a continuum of short- and long-term psychotherapy to individuals and groups, based on individualized treatment plans
• Collaborates with medical services to provide appropriate psychological intervention for patients
• Provides psychological expertise and education to multidisciplinary team members and medical providers and residents
• Provides oversight/supervision of post-doctoral fellows and psychology interns
• Carries out ongoing record keeping and case review of all psychotherapy work in compliance with institutional and state guidelines

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is a non-for-profit, 195-bed inpatient and outpatient pediatric medical center. We specialize in neonatology, cardiology, pediatric and fetal surgery, and cancer services. We care for children of all ages from St. Louis, Missouri, Illinois, and from around the world. We also focus on the overall health of our communities in addition to the health of the children living in them. Our love for kids just keeps on growing.

Job Summary:

Provides therapeutic psychological counseling.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assesses a patient's psychological status and provides appropriate interventions and treatments.
• Collaborates with nursing and ancillary services to provide appropriate psychological therapy for patient. Refers patients to other disciplines for consult and evaluations as indicated.
• Provides psychological expertise and education to multidisciplinary team. Acts as resource to other disciplines.
• Communicates complex/sensitive information to patients and medical team.
• Administers and interprets psychological tests used for diagnosing mental and personality disorders and differentiating between organic and functional cases of behavior disorders.
• Carries out ongoing record keeping and case review of all psychotherapy work in compliance with state guidelines.
• Provides assessment (by telephone and in person) of suicidal and homicidal risk and immediacy of crisis situations.
• Provides a continuum of short and long term psychotherapy to individuals, couples families and groups, based on individualized treatment plans.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D or Psy.D in Psychology or related field

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent reaching, sitting, standing and walking.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Occasional use of vision to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements and squatting.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 

 
State of Work Location: Illinois 

• Clinical Psychologist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) 

State of Work Location: Missouri 

• Psychologist - Missouri Division of Professional Registration 

 
State of Work Location: Oklahoma 

• Psychologist - Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists 

 
State of Work Location: Wisconsin 

• Psychologist - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

4040010010 Psychology

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave : we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). 

• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. 

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status , or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Temporary work, Flexible hours, Shift work, Day shift,

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