Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow

Location

Edina, MN | United States

Job description

We are a psychiatric healthcare system, dedicated to providing mental healthcare for all, with seven locations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, and two additional sites located in Rochester and Mankato. With a robust benefits package, career advancement opportunities, and great workplace culture, we value our employees and the work they do each day for our patients and families. Our services span the full continuum of care for patients, with a variety of roles and opportunities for job-seekers looking for more than a job, but a place where you can grow in your career.

Psychology postdoctoral fellows are trainees who directly report to the Psychology Training Supervisor. Under the supervision of a licensed psychologist, a psychology postdoctoral fellow provides quality psychological and/or neuropsychological assessment and testing services to child, adolescent and/or adult patients within PrairieCare. Scope of practice maintains a primary function of engaging in best practices for psychological assessment and utilizing gathered data to support treatment teams, patients and their caregivers in developing, translating and understanding clinical formulation within a patient’s mental health care treatment. Psychological assessment services engage patients/families and treatment teams in the ethical process of making informed, collaborative decisions about mental health care. Psychology postdoctoral fellows provide a supplemental service, as clinically indicated, as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and in collaboration with the patient and their caregivers in support of PrairieCare’s mission, vision and core values.

For any questions about this amazing opportunity, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Amy Swingle at [email protected]

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Administer psychological tests in standardized fashion.
• Translate psychological testing results through assessment report writing and other means of communication, as indicated.
  • Provide timely documentation summarizing, interpreting and contextualizing testing findings and communicate/collaborate about resulting findings to appropriate others.
  • Documentation will be tailored to level of care to best meet the need and serve purpose of pragmatic, efficient and effective interpretation and integration of results in terms that are understandable to the general public.
  • Results are translated as appropriate via documentation or other appropriate means to patient (as appropriate), family/responsible caregivers, referring provider/treatment team, and collaborating providers/caregivers.
• Fellows work directly with their supervisor for purposes of training in the testing process adjusted per level of care, including determination of testing goals, development of individualized testing batteries, administration of tests, scoring and interpretation of tests, report writing, and provision of feedback for assigned patients. Autonomy in this process will be increased as fellows display competency, though supervision will remain present at a developmentally appropriate level throughout the training year.
• Coordinate care with patient, family members/guardians, providers/school staff, and treatment teams, both internally and externally, as applicable and in alignment with policy and procedures.
• Provide services under supervision of a licensed psychologist. Supervision consists of weekly individual supervision with their primary supervisor as well as an additional hour of supervision per week in either a group or individual format, for a total of 2 hours of weekly supervision. The postdoctoral fellow will maintain responsibility for tracking and seeking signoff for attendance to supervision.
• Attend required training seminars, staff/team meetings, and/or rounds as applicable. Engage as an active participant within organizational or level of care initiative, as applicable.
• Maintain clinical records and confidentiality of client medical records according to PrairieCare policies, level of care requirements, and HIPAA rules.
• Prepare and submit accurate and timely billing records per policy and level of care requirements.
• Oriented toward, educated in, and embraces trauma informed and interculturally responsive functioning from lenses of gender, race, age, and other cultural identifications and differences.
• As applicable, contribute to interdisciplinary teams the perspectives of their unique training and clinical lens.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Requires a doctorate degree in Psychology (PhD, PsyD or EdD)
• Must have academic and experiential foundation and qualifications to meet standards in administering and interpreting psychological tests at a level expected for a postdoctoral, unlicensed psychologist
• Demonstrates excellent and agile written and oral communications skills
• Ability to clearly summarize pertinent clinical information via written correspondence and medical records documentation in terms understandable to the general public for ease of translation
• Knowledgeable of full range of acuity of adult, adolescent, and/or child psychological disorders (depending on training/competency)
• Knowledge of follow-up resource services available to adults, adolescents, and children
• Demonstrated skills in conducting standard tasks of psychological testing services
• Ability to maintain information as highly confidential
• Skills in time management and timely, efficient documentation
• Have computer skills using Microsoft Office products including Outlook and Word
• Ability to smoothly and rapidly shift between dissimilar tasks
• Ability to communicate well and flexibly, both verbally and in writing
• After training, ability to react quickly and calmly as part of a team to handle potentially high intensity or emergency situations including disruptive, explosive or resistant patients
• Ability to make effective decisions while in potentially stressful situations and circumstances
• Ability to engage with others in a culturally responsive, trauma informed, respectful, welcoming and accepting manner that avoids blame or shame

For any questions about this amazing opportunity, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Amy Swingle at [email protected]

PrairieCare is a psychiatric healthcare system experiencing rapid growth in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. With multiple sites across the metro, including locations in Rochester and Mankato, PrairieCare has quickly grown to become one of Minnesota’s largest providers of mental health services to children, adolescents, adults, and their families.

PrairieCare does not discriminate against any person based on race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admissions, treatment, or participation in its programs, services, activities, or employment. PrairieCare is an Affirmative Action Employer/Equal Opportunity Employer supporting Veterans, Disabled, and other protected individuals and is committed to a diverse workforce. Offers of employment from PrairieCare are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background studies.

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