Clinical Psychologist

Ellie Mental Health - 041

Clinical Psychologist

Bethesda, MD
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    Competitive salary

    Dental insurance

    Flexible schedule

    Health insurance

    Opportunity for advancement

    Vision insurance

    Who we are looking for: A Clinical Psychologist to conduct child and adolescent diagnostic evaluations, evaluate results and deliver treatment recommendations to families. The ideal candidate will have an interest in starting a new program and have experience working with a pediatric population, as well as, a special interest in Autism assessment.

    The perfect candidate will share our passion for improving and expanding access to quality mental health care and will thrive in a culture that emphasizes: autonomy, flexibility, creativity, authenticity, humor, compassion, acceptance and determination.

    Who is Ellie?

    Ellie Mental Health is a highly successful mental health organization with clinics structured to remove many of the daily obstacles that get in the way of providing world-class mental health services. Ellie makes the clinician’s experience a priority by offering: excellent compensation, benefits, training, and flexible scheduling. Ellie strives to lower the administrative aspects of providing care to the absolute minimum, so our practitioners have more time to focus on what they love - serving clients! We want our people to be happy because happy therapists do better work and provide better client care!

    Description:

    We are seeking to add a clinical psychologist to our growing clinical testing program with competency in providing comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, experience working with a pediatric, adolescent and young adult population, and a special interest in Autism assessment. The ideal candidate will help set up a program to conduct child and adolescent diagnostic evaluations, evaluate results and deliver treatment recommendations to families as part of a clinically excellent program.

    Major Responsibilities / Activities

    Complete psychiatric assessment on child & adolescent patient

    Conduct psychosocial evaluations and provides therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling child & adolescent patients and their families as needed to facilitate behavioral health clinical care management.

    Determine an evaluation plan that would address the referral questions, which may include diagnostic questions, treatment recommendations, and/or needs for special education accommodations

    Administer, score, and interpret psychological measures

    Write a thorough testing report to explain the results of the evaluation

    Provide feedback to the client regarding the results of the evaluation, and, if requested, coordinate with other providers to share the testing results

    Provide excellent customer service for clients and collaborate with a dynamic team to further the mission of filling gaps in our community

    Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals

    Other stuff we probably forgot to add but just as meaningful and important to your role ;)

    Required/Preferred Education and Experience

    Candidates are required to be licensed and credentialed to practice in the state of Maryland

    Have clinical or counseling Psychology Doctorate from an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited program and must have completed an APA-approved clinical psychology internship.

    Experience with completing psychological evaluations

    Familiarity with working with/within school systems and familiarity with the IEP/504 ProcessAbility to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner

    Flexible work from home options available.