Psychologist - Practice

Benefis is one of Montana's largest and premier health systems, and we are committed to providing excellent care for all, healing body, mind, and spirit. At Benefis, we work hard to support our employees in every aspect of their careers by offering outstanding benefits and compensation, state-of-the-art facilities, and multiple growth opportunities. The only thing missing is you!

Benefis Health System is recruiting for several Clinical Psychologists to join our Behavioral Health team within our large regional medical system in Great Falls, Montana.

Our Behavioral Health programs offer a spectrum of care including outpatient, intensive outpatient programming, partial hospitalization, and acute psychiatric inpatient care, provided by a team of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, social workers, and counselors. We are proud to serve the north central Montana area and work closely with primary care and other specialties in the inpatient and outpatient settings and have a variety of options to help you achieve joy in your practice.

• All Clinical Psychologist positions are typically full‑time, Monday‑Friday, with flexible start/end times. No evenings, weekends, or call. The ideal candidate has comprehensive skills in behavior management including clinical assessment, brief screening, targeted interventions, and group therapy, as well as interest in taking an active role in the education of trainees. There is also the opportunity for academic appointments at Idaho College of Medicine and Touro University in their Departments of Psychiatry.
• Outpatient Psychology:
  Patients in outpatient behavioral health service including individual therapy and psychological evaluations. Referrals come from across the system and the community for a wide range of psychiatric presenting problems. If interests align, there is also opportunity to provide group therapy and family/couples therapy.
• Outpatient Neuropsychology:
  Patients in outpatient behavioral health service requiring neuropsychology services including neuropsychological evaluations for adults, assessment feedback and education to patients/families, and consultation with referral sources regarding findings and recommendations. Option of also carrying a small therapy caseload, if interested. Psychometrist support for neuropsychological testing is available.
• Health Psychology:
  Patients in various medical departments, where the focus will be on coping with chronic disease or diagnosis, managing difficult health conditions and provision of support after surgery. This position would include program development to build an integrated model of care. Previous PCMH (primary care behavioral health) experience is preferred.
• Integrated Psychology:
  This position would include program development to build an integrated model of care within various departments throughout the health system based on desires. Previous PCBH (primary care behavioral health) experience / program development is strongly preferred.
• Program Coordinator: a clinical leadership opportunity overseeing the content/structure of our intensive outpatient program (IOP) and partial hospitalization program (PHP) for adults with mental health and/or substance use disorder diagnoses. Collaborate with the attending psychiatrists to ensure appropriate level of care placement in the outpatient setting. Work closely with counselors to ensure fidelity to the treatment model. Run programming groups and provide individual therapy for patients in programming.
  
  Perform psychological evaluations on the acute inpatient psychiatry unit, when needed. Option to see longer‑term therapy patients in the outpatient setting and/or complete outpatient psychological evaluations, if interested.

Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. or PsyD. in Psychology including an APA approved clinical psychology internship and one or two year post‑doctoral fellowship (informal or formal). Candidates must hold a Montana psychology license or be eligible for MT licensure. Candidates…