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Kintegra Health · 15 hours ago

Behavioral Health Psychologist

Statesville, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

Kintegra Health is a healthcare organization focused on providing holistic, whole-person healthcare. The Behavioral Health Psychologist will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide behavioral health and substance abuse services, psychological testing, and consultation to support patient care in primary care clinics.

AssociationCommunitiesDentalHealth CareNon ProfitPersonal Health

Responsibilities

Assesses a patient’s psychological status and provides appropriate interventions and treatments

Collaborates with medical team 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

Provides leadership support for diabetes management and health psychological management initiatives throughout the behavioral health department and organization

Supports ongoing continuing education and training initiatives within the organization

Practice reflects adherence to professional Code of Ethics

Provides evidence based assessment, intervention, consultation, and referral services for patients with a variety of behavioral and chronic health conditions

Works cooperatively as an integral part of the primary healthcare team with the goal of improving patient care and increasing team efficiency

Formulates and facilitates the implementation of behavioral health, substance abuse, and chronic disease management plans of care through use appropriate treatment modalities, interventions, and available community resources

Assists primary care providers with screening, identification, diagnosis, management, and treatment of behavioral health, substance use, issues, chronic disease management

Engages in ongoing assessment and quality improvement strategies to assist in the implementation ongoing primary care/behavioral health integration strategies

Provides consultative services to health care team members within the scope of care definitions and provides training to other health care professionals as needed

Completes, in a timely manner and according to policy, all required documentation related to patient treatment, payment for services rendered, and organizational operations in accordance with the Kintegra Health policy

Engages in continuing education to maintain licensure and enhance professional competence relevant to medical and legal issues that impact patient care

Maintains working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies and resources

Qualification

Psychological testingIntegrated primary careBehavioral health assessmentBLS/CPR certificationClinical Psychology degreeConsultation skillsContinuing educationCultural sensitivityTeam collaboration

Required

Experience facilitating psychological testing, application of scientific methods to understand emotional and behavioral functioning, through administration, scoring and interpretation of tests

Experience with written reports to support psychological testing

Experience working in an integrated primary care setting

Graduation from a Clinical or Counseling Psychology program that is accredited by the American Psychological Association or is documented to be working toward accreditation

BLS/CPR certification

Licensed as a Psychologist or license-eligible upon passage of the EPPP and/or completion of a post-doctoral residency