Waivered Psychologist

Who We Are

Pacific Clinics is California's largest community-based nonprofit provider of behavioral and mental health services and support. Our team of more than 2,000 employees speak 22 languages and are dedicated to offering hope and unlocking the full potential of individuals and families through culturally responsive, trauma-informed, research-based services for individuals and families from birth to older adults.

Who We Serve

Pacific Clinics serves children, transitional age youth, families, adults, and older adults. We offer a full range of mental and behavioral health services, foster care and social services, housing, continuing adult education and early childhood education programs to Medi-Cal eligible individuals and families throughout Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus, Stockton, Tulare and Ventura Counties.

What We Offer

• Pay Range: $89,482.00 - $98,779 annually. Compensation may vary based on skills, experience, education, and location.

• We Offer Medical, Dental & Vision benefits, retirement options, Flex Spending, EAP, and more!

• Employee engagement and advocacy opportunities to advance our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda across our Agency and throughout the communities we serve.

Position Summary

• Under close supervision, serves as a direct-service psychologist (waivered) by applying psychological principles in the following major areas: assessment, treatment, research, training, and clinical consultation.

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides a full-range of professional psychological services and a full-range of professional psychological services relating to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric and co-occurring disorders.

• Responsible for selecting, administering, and interpreting various types of psychological testing instruments, and for providing individual, group and family therapy.

• Generates reports of diagnostic and psychological findings and/or treatment recommendations.

• Performs direct service activities including diagnostic evaluation, structured clinical interviewing, and individual, group, and family therapy.

• Utilizes a variety of treatment modalities such as psychotherapy, behavior modification, and various evidence-based or promising practices such as cognitive-behavioral therapy.

• Intervenes with clients to enhance their ability to fully participate in treatment, including defining treatment goals and designing intervention strategies that support recovery and resiliency.

• Evaluates client response to treatment, modifies treatment strategies and includes the client as part of the decision-making process.

• Obtains and studies medical, psychological, social and family histories, by interviewing individuals, couples, or families and reviewing relevant records.

• As a member of multidisciplinary treatment team, plans treatment programs and disposition of cases, including identifying treatment outcomes.

• Participates in agency grand rounds concerning psychological assessment methods, techniques and results.

• Assists in carrying out psychological research studies and multidisciplinary projects.

• Participates in psychology training committee activities - may provide supervision support to psychology interns and psychology practicum students.

• Education and/or Experience

• A Doctoral degree in Psychology, educational psychology, counseling psychology or a discipline deemed equivalent by the State Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Psychology.

Upon application must be eligible for a waiver issued by the California Department of Mental Health in accordance with Welfare & Institutions Code Section 5751.1-2. Waivers for newly-trained psychologists shall not exceed five years from the commencement of employment in California, or as currently defined by the State Welfare & Institutions Code. Waivers for out-of-state psychologists shall not exceed one year from date of employment in California, or as currently defined in the State Welfare & Institutions Code.

Required Qualifications

Requires knowledge of: Abnormal, developmental, personality, and social psychology; theory and practice of individual and group psychotherapy; crisis intervention techniques; applicable legal and ethical professional standards and Federal, State, and local laws governing mental health services; principles of psychopharmacology and psychobiology; psychometric and statistical theories and methodology; psychological research methods and experimental design; and the ability to: Establish positive and therapeutic relations with clients; conduct crisis intervention and make appropriate referrals; select, administer, and score various psychological assessments; design appropriate treatment interventions, evaluate results, and make modifications as needed; communicate effectively orally and in writing; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, co-workers, management, and representatives of community organizations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• One (1) year APA Accredited Doctoral Internship with training in severe psychopathology and community mental health services

• Two (2) or more years within the past five (5) years of work experience and/or training in community mental health or acute psychiatric care facilities.

OR:

• An equivalent combination of training, supervision and experience as identified in #1 and #2 to be considered on a case by case basis.

• Competency with administering and interpreting gold standard assessment measures and providing diagnostic clarification related to broad range of psychiatric diagnoses, with supervision

• Knowledge of community agencies and resources.

• Knowledge of state regulations and APA standards as they relate to client treatment, patient rights