This is an integrated behavioral health position who will serve as part of the Integrated Care Behavioral Health Services team providing support to integrated care medicine clinics.
Sign-on Bonus and Relocation Reimbursement available!
Department: Primary Care Behavioral Health
FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days
Position Summary:
Responsible for mental health care and education. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric age groups.
Detailed responsibilities:
PATIENT CARE - Provide psychological evaluations; assesse individual and group treatment and family interventions
EDUCATION - Participate in staff education programs; orient new employees; provide psychological input at patient care conferences; provide direction for new or temporary personnel
PATIENT CARE - Document all patient care activities/interactions; collaborate with community and state-wide mental health agencies to ensure follow-up patient assistance
SUPERVISION - Direct support staff, as needed
CUSTOMER RELATIONS - Establish and maintain good rapport and effective working relationships with patients, visitors, physicians and Hospitals employees
PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
Qualifications
Education:
Essential:
Doctorate Degree
Education specialization:
Essential:
Ph.D. or Psy.D. Counseling, Clin Psychology, Psychology
Experience:
Essential:
Documented experience in age appropriate environment
Nonessential:
Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo 1 year directly related experience
Credentials:
Essential:
Psychologist License in New Mexico
CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days
Physical Conditions:
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Working conditions:
Essential:
No or min hazard, physical risk, office environment
Sub to credential.failure obtain/maintain may result in term
60 days written notice required to be eligible for rehire
Department: Behavioral and Mental Health
