Testing Staff Psychologist Details

Next STEPS Worldwide - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Employment Type : Full-Time

Next STEPS Worldwide is an innovative and rapidly growing mental/behavioral health outpatient treatment center in Texas. Headquartered in McKinney, Next STEPS has 12 locations throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and 3 locations in San Antonio. Next STEPS has built an impressive reputation for achievement and performance for quality care. We provide a wide range of services and programs that offer evidence-based treatments and best practices for our clients.

Our outpatient treatment services offer supportive and compassionate care for the entire life span through specialty programs that are tailored to meet the needs of our clients. Next STEPS Worldwide firmly believes in the multi-disciplinary team approach within an outpatient office setting. Our team consists of licensed psychologists, therapists, dietitians, and provider support specialists who collaborate regularly to offer the highest level of client care possible.

The psychologist in this role has the responsibility to provide specialized testing for clients presenting problems may include depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, ADHD, OCD, and trauma. The psychologist in this role should be able to provide psychological services that incorporate a variety of models including supportive, cognitive-behavioral, exploratory-interpretive, or educational.

Essential Role and Responsibilities:

  • Ability to conduct and supervise psychological testing and write comprehensive psychological reports.
  • Provides clinical services including individual psychotherapy 3 times per week, family therapy assigned as a family therapist 1-2 times per week, and co-leads groups.
  • Well-defined psycho-therapeutic and supervisory theoretical orientations that are based on science
  • professional practices and standards
  • Strong clinical acumen
  • Ability to conduct and supervise psychological testing
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team
  • Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills
  • Ability and willingness to provide services to children, adolescents, adults, couples, groups, or families
  • Ability to respect diversity and integrate issues of the culture into case conceptualizations
  • Ability to engage with patients that may be ambivalent regarding treatment options
  • Ability to adapt interventions to patients’ strengths, skills, and developmental levels
  • Commitment to empowering patients to solve their own problems when necessary
  • Ability to intervene decisively, when necessary, to protect patient safety
  • Ability to set appropriate boundaries and limits for best practice
  • Ability to comply with clinic documentation standards

Clinical Services 80%:

  • Provides individual face-to-face and telehealth, psychological assessment, consultation, intake, and crisis interventions.
  • Prepares for sessions and maintain accurately and up-to-date records of clinical services, and if interested, provide couples therapy and group therapy.

Training Services 15%

  • When possible, provide individual and group clinical supervision and training of doctoral-level trainees and undergraduate paraprofessionals.
  • Reviews supervisees' clinical paperwork and session recordings.
  • Evaluates supervisees and provide meaningful feedback, letters of recommendation, and training seminars.

Outreach Services 5%

  • Prepares for and provide outreach presentations and workshops.
  • Fosters relationships with assigned liaisons and attend consultations with colleagues.

Other Professional Responsibilities

  • Practices all responsibilities in accordance with ethical and professional standards and state laws.
  • Effectively participates in administrative and professional activities (e.g., staff and division meetings, case consultations, peer consultations, professional development, etc.).
  • Fosters excellent working relationships with co-workers, increase knowledge, and develop new skills or abilities that contribute to effective service provision, contribute to the evaluation and improvement of the organization, and all other duties as assigned.
  • Experience in providing relevant psycho-educational workshops based on the needs of the community.
  • Experience and interest in conducting group therapy.
  • Experience with teaching and program development.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and from an APA accredited training program, completion of an APA-accredited internship, and an ability to be licensed in the state of Texas.
  • Unrestricted license as a psychologist in Texas
  • Evidence of formal, doctoral-level coursework in clinical supervision
  • At least 2 years providing clinical supervision (preferred)
  • Experience in a counseling setting and/or experience in areas strongly related to mental health needs with populations (e.g., eating disorders, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, personality disorders).
  • Generalist base of knowledge and experience in psychotherapy (including telehealth therapy), (i.e., theories, processes, and elements of therapeutic change) and familiarity with developmental and other non-medical models of treatment and supervision.
  • Experience with psychoeducational assessment treatment models.
  • Excellent interpersonal, networking, community, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, and a commitment to lifelong learning and personal growth.
  • Ability to work and coordinate with a small group of clinicians and to work effectively as an independent self-motivated, professional staff member.

Compensation and Benefits:

  • $10,000.00 Signing Bonus
  • Competitive salary commensurate with experience
  • Monthly Performance Bonuses
  • Paid Training
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Vacation Days
  • 401K Company Match
  • Health and Wellness Benefits (Medical, Dental, & Vision)
  • Employee Development Program
  • Extensive client base and new referrals daily which includes all populations to engage in specific cases based on personal expertise.
  • A dedicated Provider Support Team who handles all your billing, scheduling, collections, and appointment reminders along with other administrative tasks.
  • State of the art software allowing for collaborative communication and efficiency in all your daily responsibilities.

Next STEPS Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $105,000.00 per year

Education:

  • Doctorate (Required)

License/Certification:

  • State of Texas Licensed Psychologist (Required)

Work Location:

  • Multiple locations

Posted on : 3 years ago