PSYCHOLOGIST MANAGER

Relocation Assistance Available

Department: Neuropsychology
FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days

Position Summary:
Responsible for managing mental health care and education. Responsible for overall operations; oversee clinical program content and development. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities:
* EVALUATIONS - Oversee psychological evaluations, individual and group treatments, and family interventions
* PROGRAMS - Revise programs when necessary/appropriate, to meet organizational objectives
* PERFORMANCE - Manage and establish performance goals; allocate resources and assess policies for direct subordinates
* OPERATIONS - Manage and oversee the daily operations of the department, ensuring compliance with UNMH, State and Federal policies and regulations; oversee continuous quality of services
* PLANNING - Prepare short- and long-range plans; monitors progress
* REPORTS - Prepare statistical reports on program services, revenues, and expenditures to include required interval and annual reports
* EDUCATION - Oversee staff education programs
* REPRESENTATION - Represent the organization to the psychological community locally and nationally
* PATIENT CARE - Document all patient care activities/interactions; collaborate with community and state-wide mental health agencies to ensure follow-up patient assistance
* WORKING RELATIONS - Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, visitors, and Hospitals employees in the work environment
* DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
* SUPERVISION - Develop efficient organizational structure. Supervise employees and select, terminate, train, educate, correct deficiencies, perform appraisals, issue discipline, counsel, schedule work assignments; encourage staff teamwork and growth initiatives
* BUDGET - Develop and administer the division's annual budget; monitor and approve expenditures
* PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
* PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
* PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
* PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
* PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

Education:
Essential:
* Doctorate Degree
Education specialization:
Essential:
* Ph.D. or Psy.D. Counseling, Clin Psychology, Psychology

Experience:
Essential:
3 years directly related experience

Nonessential:
No preferred experience

Credentials:
Essential:
* Psychologist License in New Mexico
* CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days

Physical Conditions:
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Working conditions:
Essential:
* No or min hazard, physical risk, office environment
* Sub to credential.failure obtain/maintain may result in term
* Subject to an annual contract and performance appraisal

Department: Behavioral and Mental Health