Coordinator; NJ Licensed Psychologist), Child Treatment

Coordinator (NJ Licensed Psychologist), Child Day Treatment

Facility: Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Location: 655

E. Jersey Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07206
Pay Range: $82,000.00 - $ per year

The Coordinator assists with overseeing the day‑to‑day clinical operations of the Children's Partial Hospital Programs and supports the Psychology Internship Program in a supervisory capacity. The Coordinator ensures high‑quality, coordinated care and effective treatment delivery in the structured therapeutic milieu.

Required:

• Doctoral degree in Psychology
• Minimum of two years post‑doctoral clinical experience required with supervisory qualifications
• Clinical experience with child and adolescent population
• Demonstrates ability to render age‑appropriate and best‑practice, trauma‑informed care to children, adolescents and their families
• Knowledge of child development
• Knowledge of criteria to identify victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation and able to assess for age‑specific safety issues

Preferred:

• Experience in an acute mental health setting

• NJ Licensed Psychologist

• Shift working, Monday‑Friday 8:30am – 4:30pm
• Full‑Time (FT)

• Assists with the overall clinical management and supervision of the program in the accompaniment of the Director and in their absence, including facilitating staff meetings/safety huddles, responding to urgent programmatic needs, offering input and feedback to clinical team about all facets of patient care, cosigning EMR documents, and providing input for staff performance reviews
• Responsible for completion of the program's Daily Schedule, including coordinating covering staff, including per diems and full‑time, to ensure services are delivered without interruption
• Be accessible to staff's communications regarding call‑outs and needed schedule changes
• Assists with Intake Evaluation coordination by providing coverage as needed and supports Intake Coordinator with assessing appropriateness of referrals when in question
• Conducts daily billing reconciliation independently or in coordination with other staff members assigned to this task
• Provides Psychology Intern supervision, and all accompanying tasks, in accordance with professional and departmental requirements
• Provides EMR support by creating episodes, scheduling/adjusting appointments, checking‑in patients, and liaising and troubleshooting with EMR technology team as needed for all medical record and billing issues
• Assists with Quality Review activities to maintain compliance with all regulatory and requisite standards of care via chart audits, ensuring adherence to best practices, gathering and analysis of unit data, and developing and implementing ideas for improving outcomes and enhancing services
• Provides crisis management support and guidance to staff
• Functions in the role of direct care clinical staff, when needed, by providing intake assessments and case coverage; assesses patient needs; interprets nature of illness and prescribed course of treatment to patients and families; completes treatment plans; individual, group, and family therapy; and evaluates and documents patient outcomes according to policy and procedure
• Participates in ad hoc family meetings and treatment team meetings, and as a member of the multidisciplinary team, assists in reviewing and updating treatment and discharge plans
• Participates in overseeing accurate and timely clinical documentation and reporting according to established standards
• Collaborates cohesively with other hospital/system programs, community agencies, and referral sources
• Conducts administrative activities in lieu of administrative assistant when needed, consisting of transportation coordination, daily attendance, family communications, and dietary activities
• Supports and actively engages in marketing efforts to achieve and maintain target program volume
• Supports nursing staff in conducting UDS‑contracted services
• Completes all mandatory hospital/system employee trainings each calendar year

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