Psychologist / LICSW

Number of Job Openings Available:

1

Date Posted:

January 08, 2024

Department:

16000605 Allina Mental Health Admin

Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Shift Length:

8 hour shift

Hours Per Week:

40

Union Contract:

Non-Union

Weekend Rotation:

None

Job Summary:

Provides psychological services to clients and their families/support systems in the clinical setting. Independently and interdependently conducts diagnostic evaluation, therapeutic intervention, education and referral. Facilitates collaboration between clients and the interdisciplinary team to respond to identified treatment needs.

Allina Health has a robust Mental Health and Addiction Clinical Service Line that offers the full continuum of care including integration, specialty outpatient clinics, addiction and co-occurring services, partial hospitalization and day treatment, and inpatient care. There are more than 290 mental health and addiction clinicians dedicated to the highest quality patient care across 45 primary care clinics, 6 integrated psychiatry locations, 4 hospital-based clinics, 15 partial and day treatment programs, 15 Allina and affiliated Emergency Departments, and 7 hospitals with 270 inpatient beds. The Mental Health and Addiction Clinical Service Line is led by both psychiatry and psychology clinical leadership, in partnership with operations to advance mental health care for patients across Allina Health.

Key Position Details:

Ridgeview Medical Center is partnering with Allina Health to grow mental health services in the western metro and surrounding communities. This position will be physically located at Ridgeview Medical Center – Waconia, MN and employed by Allina Health. The role will be part of a team consisting of psychiatry, mental health professionals, and nursing supporting an outpatient mental health clinic along with an eight-chair partial hospitalization program. 

Job Description:

Principle Responsibilities

• Assessment:
  • Performs evaluation/assessment and diagnosis.
  • Creates team treatment plan and utilize various treatment modalities.
  • Performs evaluation/assessment and diagnosis.
  • Creates team treatment plan.
  • Engages family when appropriate in the development of treatment plans.
  • Re-assess and recommend changes to treatment plan when necessary.
  • May consult with primary care providers for ongoing management of behavioral health needs of their patients.
  • Communicate/notify attending, supervising or referring provider of assessment and recommendations.
  • Engages family when appropriate in the development of treatment plans.
  • Re-assess and utilize various treatment modalities in plan.
  • May consult with primary care providers for ongoing management of behavioral health needs of their patients.
• Treatment:
  • Meet requirements of third party payers.
  • Provide individual, family and group psychotherapy as identified in treatment plan.
  • Coordinate treatment with other providers and community agencies.
  • Complete treatment plan per department policy/procedure.
  • Reassess patient needs and progress per department policy/procedure.
• May provide crisis management in partnership with team.
• May have supervisory role in department.

Job Requirements

• Doctoral/Ph.D. level advanced degree in Psychology or Counseling required
• 2 to 5 years patient treatment in clinical setting preferred
• Licensed Psychologist - MN Board of Psychology required upon hire or
• Licensed Ind Clinical Social Worker - MN Board of Social Work required upon hire and
• ​BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required within 180 Days
• Formal Training/Certification in a suicide prevention modality as applicable based on role within 90 days required

Physical Demands
Sedentary:
Lifting weight Up to 10 lbs. occasionally, negligible weight frequently