Pediatric Licensed Psychologist PRN (Crittenton Children's Center)

Job Description

The Opportunity:

Saint Luke's Crittenton Children's Center in South Kansas City, MO is seeking an experienced Licensed Psychologist to join our collaborative team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to render accurate diagnoses and treatment recommendations. Your experience and expertise in performing psychological evaluations will guide continued treatment. Join the Kansas City region's premier psychiatric care provider for children, adolescents, and their families in being "The best place to get care. The best place to give care."

This PRN position will provide you flexibility in your work schedule, with no set hours, working as needed. This position will provide for some coverage on weekends.

The Work:

• Provides individual group and family therapy as well as case management services

• This position recommends and implements general therapeutic interventions both for individual clients and for overall program development

• Functions as the therapist for patients and families with the psychiatrist as clinical team leader and will provide for additional work functions in the areas of Intake and Utilization Management

• This position will require the skills necessary to develop communication systems that triage workloads on a daily basis

• This position will additionally have developed the skill set necessary to provide for the full range of admission discharge throughout the Star system and Midas

We are seeking Licensed Psychologists with experience performing psychological evaluations for children. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of the system and processes of mental health care, along with being Trauma informed. We are seeking someone with great communication skills, who is able to connect and gain the confidence of children and adolescents in a short time. To be successful in this role, you must be inquisitive, detail oriented, efficient, and adaptable. This position requires you to work in a team atmosphere as well as autonomously.

Why Saint Luke's?

We believe in creating a collaborative environment, while looking for innovative ways to improve. We offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees:

• Medical health plans

• Continuing Education Assistance and Tuition reimbursement

• Leave of Absence, PTO, Extended Sick Leave, and various Welfare plans

• Retirement contributions

• Employee Assistance Program

As a leading behavioral health provider for youth in the Kansas City community, Crittenton's residential and acute inpatient programs have consistently exceeded national and local quality benchmarks over the past five years.

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

2 years

Master's Degree

Job Details

PRN

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The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke's 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke's means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.

Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.