Psychologist

Job Summary

This position is responsible for providing direct clinical services to Oyáte Health Center (OHC) patients and their families.

• Assists with overall planning, organizing, improving and implementing comprehensive behavioral health services and programs; develops data and makes proposals on program elements such as resource requirements, priorities, and needs for changes in the psychotherapeutic services; and participates in community programs that have a focus on improving mental and emotional health.
• Provides clinical supervision to Behavioral Health employees and students from various mental health disciplines.
• Provides independent mental health assessments and therapy by observation, interpretation and intervention of the full range of complex emotional, behavioral, and mental health disorders as outlined by the DSM-5; provides a full range of psychological services to address emotional or family relations problems, acute or chronic mental illness, and difficult and complex problems of personal adjustment; work involves direct psychologist-client relationships in counseling, psycho diagnosis, and psychotherapy.
• Administers and interprets psychological tests for children and adults to assist in the differentiating between organic and functional causes of mental and physical disorders.
• Serves as clinical resource and psychological consultant for members of the patient‑care team is creating a psychotherapeutic environment, and advises on the problems arising in the course of patient treatment; and identifies and recommends educational needs.
• Provides consultative and advisory services to medical and nursing staff, student counselor, tribal officials, teachers, a social workers and others regarding mental health matters.
• Provides professional information on: (I) definition and application of psychological principles, theories, and methods to individual situations and problems; (2) use of methods and techniques for the measurement and prediction of human behavior; (3) direct and referral services available to patients with acute, chronic or severe mental illness; and (4) relationship of tribal, social, and cultural factors to mental problems.
• Provides Behavioral Health in‑service training for staff and other Behavioral Health partners including tribal programs using Behavioral Health Services.
• Works in close collaboration with physicians and other health care personnel in patient evaluation and treatment to further their understanding of significant social and emotional factors underlying patient's health problem.
• Leads ongoing assessment of community behavioral health needs, the planning and implementing of a community oriented behavioral health program, and integration of best practice behavioral health concepts into services provided.
• Provides leadership in the development of policies and procedures related to outpatient behavioral health services.
• Assures appropriate billable services are provided to enhance third‑party revenue generation.
• Participates in the establishment of priorities for use of third‑party resources, including behavioral health priorities.
• Coordinates with Purchased Referred Care in developing resources for difficult and/or high‑cost cases.
• Reviews results of patient satisfaction survey and reviews patient complaints.
• Maintains effective, collaborative interdepartmental and external relations.
• Actively participates in clinic quality improvement activities.
• Must comply with federal laws and regulations as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Performs related duties.

• Effectively plan, organize workload and schedule time to meet the demands of the position.
• Work in a cooperative and professional manner with OHC and GPTLHB staff.
• Treat Great Plains tribes and collaborators with dignity and respect.
• Utilize effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Advance personal educational development by attending training sessions and seminars as appropriate.
• Exemplify excellent customer service with tribal stakeholders, health board colleagues, program partners, service recipients, visitors and guests.
• Foster a…