Staff Psychologist

McLean Hospital is a comprehensive psychiatric hospital committed to providing easy access to superior quality, cost-effective mental health services in the Boston area, Massachusetts and beyond. Since 1811, McLean Hospital has been a world leader in the treatment of mental illness and chemical dependency, research into the cause of mental illness and the training of generations of mental health care providers. McLean's multidisciplinary programs treat a broad range of psychiatric illnesses across the full continuum of care.

McLean Hospital is inviting applications for a full-time (40 hour/week) Staff Psychologist in the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program (MAMP) located in Cambridge, MA. The position will include a concurrent faculty appointment as an Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

MAMP is an intensive, group-based outpatient treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, mood and obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). Ideal candidates will have experience in providing Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) with an emphasis on exposure with response prevention (ERP) to children and adolescents.

Our team of energetic and compassionate clinicians is dedicated to serving the needs of youth with anxiety and related disorders and their families. The staff psychologist will be responsible for administering care within the intensive outpatient structure and will be involved in delivering the following clinical services: comprehensive psychodiagnostic evaluation, co-leading group-based CBT emphasizing ERP, delivering weekly family-based psychotherapy sessions, co-leading psychoeducation groups, and coordinating treatment planning for patients in partnership with out interdisciplinary team.

The Staff Psychologist has the responsibility to provide clinical services for assigned patients, as well as to participate in the activities of the program. In addition, the psychologist will have a role in mentoring, teaching, and training doctoral student trainees, and will have the opportunity to play a role in the programs's intervention research. Successful candidates are encouraged to participate in other hospital activities including committees, teaching, and research.

Salary and recruitment package in accordance with Hospital policies, and a Harvard Medical School appointment will be contingent on meeting the requirements for an HMS appointment and candidate qualifications including Massachusetts license.

Ph.D., Psy.D. or Ed.D degree in clinical or counseling psychology from an accredited university or school of psychology with current licensure (or license eligible) in Massachusetts. Candidates must have completed an APA= accredited internship. Postdoctoral experience in a related field strongly preferred.

Clinical psychology expertise and practice is required.

Expertise in CBT integrating exposure work (theory and practice) is required.

Expertise providing CBT treatment to adolescents and families is strongly preferred. In addition, familiarity with complementary evidence-based treatments (i.e. ACT, SPACE, behavioral parent training models, and/or DBT) is preferred.

All team members are expected to consistently demonstrate our values of integrity, compassion, respect, diversity, teamwork, excellence and innovation in their work activities and interactions.

All employees must possess basic computer skills to use a variety of electronic or online systems for communication, clinical and administrative purposes.

Required to complete electronic medical records training,and demonstrate 80% accuracy on competency test within 30 days of hire.