Licensed Psychologist

Position Overview: MMHC is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Licensed Psychologist to join our team as an assessment-focused psychologist. The ideal candidate will be an innovator, a lifelong learner, and someone who is passionate about providing high-quality, impactful care. This role involves conducting psychological assessments, collaborating with clients to understand their unique needs, and integrating testing results into effective treatment plans. You will focus on providing a holistic experience to clients who need psychological evaluations, ensuring accessibility and thoroughness throughout the process.

About Us: At MMHC, we believe in the power of collaboration between clients and clinicians to provide personalized and impactful care. Our approach to psychological assessment is rooted in the understanding that clients have the best knowledge of themselves, while our clinicians bring expertise in psychological testing and diagnosis. We are committed to considering the whole person, including their life circumstances, community, and relationships, to deliver comprehensive and empathetic care. Further, we aim to support clients in understanding the results and post assessment care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide assessments via telehealth and/or in person to adults.
• Perform psychological work involving the examination, classification, and diagnosis of clients, including diagnostic clinical interviews and the selection, administration, scoring, and interpretation of a wide range of psychological, intelligence, personality, and specialized assessments for clients of varying age ranges.
• Collaborate with clients to ensure a personalized testing experience that leverages their self-knowledge and the clinician's expertise. Clarifying common language as needed.
• Approach diagnosis holistically, considering the client's entire life context, including normative human experiences and the impact of various life circumstances.
• Provide clear and understandable explanations of assessment results to clients, ensuring they are informed and engaged in their care.
• Establish a practice that allows for follow-up sessions to help clients understand treatment recommendations, support initial intervention steps, and facilitate a warm transfer to longer-term providers, integrating assessment results into comprehensive treatment planning.
• Contribute to developing best practices and new approaches to psychological assessment, making assessments affordable and accessible.
• Complete documentation with a focus on quality and compliance, in a timely manner.
• Maintain Continuing Education requirements and maintain licensure in good standing.
• Engage in peer consultation as a collaborative element of the testing process.

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Psychology (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) from an accredited institution.
• Licensed or license-eligible as a Psychologist in the state of Minnesota.
• Good standing with the professional board.
• Strong interest and passion for psychological assessment and diagnosis.
• Experience providing psychological assessment in an outpatient setting.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a client-centered approach.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Passion for providing high-quality, impactful care to clients.
• Computer skills including using Microsoft Office products and healthcare software.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technology and software.

Your Skills & Expertise:

• Ability to build rapport and trust with clients while being confident in your expertise.
• Empathy, compassion, and a genuine passion for providing quality mental health care.
• Incorporating family systems (where fitting) into the data collection and feedback process to support long-term understanding on testing results, treatment planning, parenting/guardian interventions and support.
• Experience with diagnosing and creating objective treatment plans.
• Experience with developing evidence-based batteries for a variety of referral questions, including but not limited to ADHD, ASD, personality, and cognitive assessment.
• Observation and understanding of clients' readiness for treatment and tailoring treatment plans to fit clients' abilities and needs (including guardians in the process).
• Natural curiosity with a desire for continuous learning and sharing expertise with others.
• Non-judgmental mindset in communication and interactions with clients and others.
• Friendly and supportive to co-workers with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Self-motivation with strong time-management and organizational skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for quality client documentation.
• Proactive in developing and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Strong ethics and moral compass.
• Good self-care and establishment of boundaries to ensure your ability to continue helping clients.

Why Choose MMHC?

• We are building a team and want passionate people to be a part of it, while being able to be human and have our lives outside of work.
• Be a part of an innovative team and be a part of the creative process.
• Flexible schedule.
• In-house billing and office support to assist with scheduling, prior authorizations, and assessment paperwork.
• Access to supportive and collaborative in-house psychiatry services and intensive outpatient programs for adults, adolescents, and children.
• Opportunity to establish your practice specialty, receive referrals based on your expertise, and access/refer to other specialists within the organization.
• Ability to work both virtually and in person.
• Professional development assistance and many career opportunities.

How to Apply: Interested candidates should submit their resume, cover letter, and references to (Contact Information). Please include "Licensed Psychologist - Assessment Focused" in the subject line of your email. Don’t have a lot of assessment experience but want to grow and learn more? Please contact us and we would like to discuss further.

We look forward to welcoming a dedicated and passionate psychologist to our team If you have any questions or need further details, feel free to ask.