Psychologist

SUMMARY

Under the general supervision of the Clinical Director, the Staff Psychologist independently provides school-based psychological assessment, treatment, and consultation for students attending the Bradley Schools. Staff Psychologists also may provide supervision of undergraduate, graduate, and/or postdoctoral psychology trainees (e.g., practicum students and clinical psychology residents and postdoctoral fellows).
Candidates may be eligible for a faculty appointment through Alpert Medical School. For those with faculty appointments, some teaching and supervision of trainees will be required.
Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.
In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:
Instill Trust and Value Differences
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

Staff Psychologists consistently apply the corporate values of respect, honesty, and fairness and the constant pursuit of excellence in improving the health status of the people of the region through the provision of customer-friendly, geographically-accessible, and high-value services within the environment of a comprehensive integrated academic health system.

Staff psychologists participate actively in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of Bradley School students. This entails:

• Keeping current and knowledgeable regarding the medical, developmental, and family histories, clinical diagnoses, and treatment protocols of students on assigned teams.
• Providing quality clinical services to all assigned students.
• Providing leadership and role modeling to multidisciplinary staff in maintaining a standard of high quality care for all students within the school program.

Staff psychologists serve as treatment team leaders for Bradley School classrooms. This entails:

• Reviewing all available student records prior to admission for students on assigned teams and sharing relevant information with the appropriate team members.
• Overseeing and coordinating plans for the assessment, treatment, and education of all students in assigned classrooms.
• Facilitating cooperative working relationships among team members.
• Leading weekly team meetings, as well as formal meetings that include parents, school district personnel, or other community professionals (e.g., IEP/PPT meetings, behavioral reviews, transition planning meetings) for all students in assigned classrooms.
• Producing high-quality team reports, letters, or other required documentation in a timely manner.
• Communicating effectively with special education directors, school representatives, and other community contacts/providers.
• Consulting with the school nurse, psychiatrist, and outside medical providers regarding medical and/or psychiatric issues, as needed.
• Maintaining proactive, effective communication with the Clinical Director regarding clinical and administrative issues.
• Using effective leadership, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills to maintain effective functioning of assigned teams.
• Maintaining a balance of clinical and systemic perspectives in leading assigned teams.

Staff psychologists deliver psychological services for students admitted to the school program or referred for outpatient consultation. This entails:

• Providing diagnostic assessment services for students, as needed.
• Supervising the interpretation of classroom-based assessment data in the planning, implementation, and review phases of treatment for students.
• Providing case management, as assigned.
• Providing individual, family, and/or group therapy, as assigned.
• Providing consultation regarding behavior management, as assigned.
• Providing outpatient consultation, as assigned.
• Completing all required psychological reports and records in a professional and timely manner, as assigned.
• Providing in-service education opportunities for school staff, as well as in the community, as requested.

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