Director of Psychological Services Job New York New York USA,Healthcare

Location: New York

Provider Careers at NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan is the community hospital of choice for residents of East Harlem, northern Manhattan, and neighboring communities. The hospital provides culturally-sensitive care in a welcoming and hospitable setting, emphasizing primary care medicine and utilizing the latest advances in medical science. Metropolitan delivers high quality health services with compassion, dignity, and respect to all, without exception. Since its founding in 1875, the hospital has been affiliated with New York Medical College, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States.

Metropolitan is a part of the NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Work Shifts

8:00 A.M – 4:00 P.M
Standard Weekly Hours-35

Monday-Friday

Responsibilities

Ph.D. in Psychology with specialization in areas of Clinical Theory and Practice from a college or university accredited by the American Psychological Association, plus New York State licenses to practice psychology, or approved equivalent with a valid diploma from the American Board of Professional Psychology; and,
Six years of clinical experience, of which four are in psychopathology and two years in an administrative and supervisory category with the psychologist group

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position:

Under the general direction of the Executive Director or his or her designee of a majorhospital center, formulates policies and practices, coordinates, develops the services of the Psychology Department and plans the scope of services such as psycho diagnosis, psychotherapy, training and education, and research to achieve the objectives and effectuation of policy and practice in the support of efficient and effective mental health services.

Examples of Typical Tasks:

Develops, plans, directs and administers programs for psychological services throughout the hospital center to support diagnosis, evaluation, adjustment and rehabilitation.

Collaborates with administrative and professional staff in planning psychological services, participation and educational programs, and in formulating policies and practices in accordance with the objectives of the hospital center.

Develops and administers programs to provide support for therapeutic management of patients through counseling and psychotherapy in treatment objectives.

Defines the psychological service role and function, and interprets the service program and patients’ needs to hospital administration medical staff.

Establishes Psychology Service Department policies, methods and procedures providing for adaptability, program assignment and program development. Establishes program priorities within the total scope of program planning.

Organizes the personnel of the department into areas of responsibility, authority and specialization. Staffs, directs, guides and controls departmental activity. Organizes the department to respond promptly to needs of divisions and other departments and maintains flexibility of operations.

Evaluates personnel performance, work progress of department, establishes work performance standards, provides managerial leadership to attain effective productivity and initiates action to accomplish objectives. Is responsible for credentialing and clinically privileging all Psychologists.

Evaluates and audits psychological service programs, program accomplishments and makes recommendations for appropriate action.

Formulates research objectives and programs in areas of clinical psychology and directs programs for training in research methodology and development of advanced psychological testing design.

Directs research findings and reports activities, interprets and disseminates to top echelon management.

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