Staff Psychologist

About us we’re maimonides health, brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At maimonides health, our core values h.e.a.r.t drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain honesty, empathy, accountability, respect, and teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care.

The system is anchored by maimonides medical center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; maimonides midwood community hospital (formerly new york community hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and maimonides children's hospital, brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its heart and vascular institute, neuroscience institute, boneand joint center, and cancer center.

Maimonides is an affiliate of northwell health and a major clinical training site for suny downstate college of medicine. Overviewcancer center staff psychologistfull time permanent#2643transfer rate based on years of experience. 0-10 years. $63.11 up to $80.38.a clinical position working with adults or children (according to training) providing a variety of treatment modalities, intake interviewing, and psychodiagnostic assessments. Participates in training clinical psychology interns and practicum students.responsibilitiesmonday-friday9:00am-5:00pm35

hours per weekcarries a caseload of adult patients as assigned, using a variety of clinical treatment modalities including individual, group, and family psychotherapy, and other intervention techniques. Demonstrates proficiency in utilization of professional skills in treatment of mental disorders. Where position entails special skills such as behavioral techniques, utilization is appropriate and proficient. Provides treatment with awareness of ethical and humane considerations.

Makes timely home visits to patients when clinically indicatedconducts psychodiagnostic assessments, writes reports, and presents findings to other staff. Psychodiagnostic reports are organized, lucid and relevant. Reports reflect ability to make diagnostic differentiationsavailable to interdisciplinary team for psychodiagnostic consultation; discusses with staff making request specific problem to be assesseddetermines appropriate psychodiagnostic instrument for determinationsmaintains appropriate patient records as required by law and mmc policies and proceduresseeks other treatment resources for patient when indicated, either in other units within the community mental health center (cmhc) or outside agencies;

communicates with other professionals regarding such referrals and does necessary paperworkfunctions as a member of a clinical interdisciplinary team and does intake interviewing as a member of that teamparticipates in clinical and administrative meetings of assigned teamparticipates in unit policy planning and implementationprovides clinical supervision to psychology interns and externs and to psychiatry residents as assigned. Becomes aware of supervisee's deficiencies and works collaboratively to remedy them.

Evaluations of students' performance are conducted in a timely manner and are validpatient care responsibilities are delivered with a knowledge of patient growth and development and are appropriate to the ages of the patients servedmaintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety,…