Child and Adolescent Psychologist

The Petaluma Health Center's mission is to provide high quality health care with access for all in Southern Sonoma County & West Marin. We pride ourselves on our Patient-Centered care while maintaining an engaging environment for our staff. The Center accomplishes this mission through collaborative, innovative programs, services and referral resources that meet the economic needs of the entire community.

• Functions as collaborative member of integrated care team
• Demonstrates knowledge of child and adolescent development and collaborates effectively with families, schools, and pediatric care teams to support treatment goals. 
• Readily accepts warm handoffs and provides follow-up recommendations to referring provider
• Shares skills and interventions with members of integrated team to facilitate coordinated treatment

• Consistently uses screening tools to assess mood, risk, and progress in treatment
• Conducts psychological testing, scoring, and creates reports as assigned
• Conducts developmentally appropriate assessments that consider family dynamics, educational functioning, cultural factors, and age-specific behavioral health needs
• Appropriately and expediently diagnoses mental health disorders based on DSM-V criteria

• Determine appropriate level of treatment for individual patients and episodes of care
• Designs evidence-based interventions that are developmentally appropriate and incorporate family engagement and caregiver support when indicated 
• Coordinate care with community resources as appropriate
• Utilize outcomes-based practice tools to ensure high quality patient care and tailor delivery of brief interventions
• Works collaboratively with Behavioral Health leadership to develop treatment programs specific to patient populations and treatment needs

• Provides evidence-based psychological assessment and brief treatment to individuals and families
• Documents progress/data in medical records using objective, measurable methods
• Treats psychological disorders to effect change
• Selects approach to use in brief individual therapy and modifies as needed
• Demonstrates skill in engaging children, adolescents, and caregivers through developmentally appropriate therapeutic techniques and interventions 
• Collaborates with Psychiatrists and other specialists in developing treatment recommendations
• Instructs and directs postdoctoral residents and students in hospitals and clinics assigned

• Works at maximum potential to meet productivity requirements in order to improve patient access and fiscal viability while maintaining quality care
• Adheres to health center standards for productivity as defined by the medical director and senior management
• Facilitates same-day access for patients in need of Behavioral Health treatment or assessment

• Utilizes Continuing Education resources to ensure compliance and skills necessary to practice in PHC treatment model. Willingly seeks additional training when needed in order to successfully fulfill job requirements.
• Models clear communication and conflict resolution skills with coworkers and patients
• Continually assesses needs of community and patients, and trends in psychology, to ensure cutting-edge treatment
• Maintains current knowledge of evidence-based practices, developmental psychology, to ensure cutting-edge treatment 
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives. Adheres to quality assurance guidelines and aids the health center in reaching its clinical quality goals. Adheres to nationally recognized health care standards
• Knows and follows clinic policies and procedures
• Demonstrates competent knowledge in delivering behavioral health services to patients through peer review as established through the medical staff bylaws, recommendations of each licensing Board, and clinic Quality Improvement Program.
• Supports and contributes in a positive manner to clinic efforts to maintain and improve patient satisfaction in all aspects of care delivery
• Meets all time commitments by arriving on time to the clinic and working entire shift or more as needed
• Responsible for maintaining credentials by keeping all required licenses current, including but not limited to California Psychologist License, CE hours, CPR Certifications and any other required licenses. It is the responsibility of the psychologist to give Human Resources current credentials before old credentials expire
• Willingly performs other duties within the scope of practice as assigned 

• Ph.D. or Psy.D in Psychology required
• Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology board certification preferred 

Desired Skills:

• Analytical-Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data; uses intuition and experience to complement data
• Technical Skills - Pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others
• Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; responds to requests for service and assistance 
• Interpersonal Skills - Maintains confidentiality. listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control; remains open to others' ideas and tries new things
• Oral/ Written Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions, writes clearly and informatively
• Judgement - Displays willingness to make decision; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisions 
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments 
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; reports potentially unsafe conditions
• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events. 

• Current California Psychologist license
• Candidate must be able to successfully meet PHC’s credentialing and privileging requirements

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. 

Computer Skills: High level of computer literacy and proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook), electronic medical records and web applications. 

Physical Demand: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.