Urgent Search: Psychologist - Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient
Company: Kaiser
Location: Walnut Creek
Posted on: June 25, 2025
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Job Description:
$10,000 sign-on bonus eligible position! Job Summary: Provides
mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis
intervention services for adult and/or child members who present
themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental
health needs. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and
allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual
members treatment program. Essential Responsibilities: - Develops,
implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs
for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan
members with acute or chronic mental illness. Participates in staff
conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs.
Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families
and groups. Instructs and counsels patients and their families
regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and
adherence to prescribed medication regimens, within the scope of
practice. May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as
appropriate. Provides appropriate support to members family. May
develop and conducts psychoeducational classes and groups. - May
conduct psychological assessments, including test administration,
interpretation, and recommendations. Prepares intake summaries,
treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing
confidential records. Charts members treatment and progress in
accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted
community standards. May be required to participate in the
department on-call rotation. - Collaborates with physicians in
screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications,
within the scope of practice. Utilizes resources of public and
private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of
the members treatment. May develop, implements, and evaluates
behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of
settings, including primary care. Provides consultation to other
care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental
health, health psychology and behavioral medicine. Provides
clinical supervision to psychology doctoral interns, psychology
postdoctoral residents, and other mental health trainees/fellows as
necessary. - May supervise Post Masters Fellows, Associate Clinical
Social Workers, Associate Marriage Family Therapists or Associate
Professional Clinical Counselors as needed if supervision course is
completed. - May provide appropriate support to members family,
including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support
treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence
to treatment, at members request. - Utilizes resources of public
and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs
of the members treatment to include referral of the member and/or
members family to external resources, as appropriate. Participates
in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies Secondary
Functions: - Shifts can start as early as 8:00AM or end as late as
7:00PM. Days may also vary Monday through Friday. Basic
Qualifications: Experience - N/A - - - - Education - PhD/PsyD/EdD
in Clinical Counseling, Health or School Psychology from an
accredited college or university. License, Certification,
Registration - Psychologist License (California) within 6 months of
hire - National Provider Identifier required at hire Additional
Requirements: - Must be familiar with DSM-V as a means of
diagnosis. - Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a
broad range of psychiatric conditions. - May be required to
participate in the department on-call rotation. - Knowledge of
Evidence-Based Practice and psychotherapy research methods. -
Knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to
mental health. - Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing
effective treatment plans. - Competence in individual, family and
group psychotherapy. - Professional maturity and ethical integrity
necessary for assuming professional responsibilities. - Commitment
to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly
interactive multidisciplinary clinic. - Ability to complete
multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner. - Knowledge of social
service agencies, state regulations and APA standards as it related
to client treatment, patient rights and client/patient
confidentiality. - Previous clinical responsibilities to include
psychological testing, diagnosis, crisis intervention, brief
individual and group psychotherapy. - Knowledge of psychological
testing techniques, administration and interpretation. - Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills. - If not licensed in CA at
hire, must be licensed to practice in a state in the United States
and able to practice under Business and Professional Code Section
2946 (maximum of 180 days subject to the specifics of the
regulation). - Must be able to work in a Labor/Management
Partnership. Preferred Qualifications: - Previous clinical
responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group
psychotherapy. - Demonstrated experience in psychological
evaluations of adults, children, adolescents, & families, including
administering & writing up psychological testing & assessment
batteries preferred. - Demonstrated professional maturity and
ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional
responsibilities, preferred. - Demonstrated commitment to quality
of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive
multidisciplinary clinic, preferred. - Demonstrated ability to
complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner, preferred -
Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment
plans, preferred. - Competence in individual, family and group
psychotherapy, preferred. PrimaryLocation : California,Walnut
Creek,Walnut Creek Psych/Hearing Aid Center HoursPerWeek : 32 Shift
: Day Workdays : Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri *variable, Shifts can start as
early as 8:00AM or end as late as 7:00PM. Days may also vary Monday
through Friday. WorkingHoursStart : 08:00 AM WorkingHoursEnd :
07:00 PM Job Schedule : Part-time Job Type : Standard Employee
Status : Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation :
A05-IBHS|NUHW|NUHW Integ Behavioral Hlth Ser Job Level : Individual
Contributor Job Category : Behavioral Health, Social Services &
Spiritual Care Department : Walnut Creek Hospital - Mental
Hlth/Psych-Extend Eval - 0206 Travel : No Kaiser Permanente is an
equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and
inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment
without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin,
disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic
or status.
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