Psychologist, Senior Clinical – Mental Health Center

Overview

The Mental Health Center is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join their team. This position will be responsible for administering psychological evaluations to children and adults with an emphasis on evaluations to 0–5-year-olds. In this position, you will also complete developmental disability (DD), autism, and neuropsychological evaluations to both children and adults. The Mental health Center receives referrals for both voluntary and court-ordered assessments from our county partners.

The Mental Health Center (MHC) is a state-licensed outpatient clinic and part of Hennepin County’s Public Health Clinical Services. The Mental Health Center’s team of support and provider professionals provides comprehensive outpatient mental health services to adults with serious mental illness as well as those with co-occurring substance use disorders. Additionally, the Mental Health Center serves children, adolescents, and families, many of whom are involved with other county programs. Our progress toward CCBHC certification allows us to advance our goals of service excellence and the provision of personalized, coordinated, equitable care for persons we serve. We are growing; we’re expanding our team as well as our services.

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Location and hours:
This position is located on-site at the Mental Health Center, located in the South Hennepin County Human Service Center at 2215 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407. Typical work hours are Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. The first 6 months will be fully on-site while training. After that, it will shift to a hybrid schedule (3 days on-site/2 days remote). New Employee Orientation (NEO) for all new benefit-earning employees is in-person in downtown Minneapolis. Details about NEO will be provided upon hire.

About the position type:
This is a full-time, benefit earning position.
This position is internally classified as a Psychologist, Senior Clinical.
To view the job classification specification, click here.

In this position, you will:

Administer psychological evaluations to children 0 – 5 years old.
Complete DD, autism, and neuropsychological evaluations to youth (birth to 17) and adults.
Conduct court-ordered and voluntary psychological and parenting evaluations, including administration/interpretation of personality and intelligence tests, to provide a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s mental health needs and to develop treatment recommendations.
Record patient progress notes and attendance.
Provide informal and formal consultation on diagnosis, treatment, and other psychological issues to other mental health professionals, government agencies, community organization, and/or schools.
Review and sign off on psychological evaluations, treatment plans, and progress notes compiled by non-licensed psychologists and graduate students.
Assist in maintaining standards for clinic accreditation by health management organizations, internship program accreditation by the American Psychological Association, and state licensure.
Complete necessary documentation to bill health management organizations and other payers for client services.
Provide court testimony pertaining to psychological assessments of clients.

Need to have:
A doctoral degree in psychology from an APA-approved program with appropriate clinical training and one or more years of post-doctoral experience as a clinical psychologist in a medical or mental health setting appropriate to the area of specialization.
Licensed psychologist by the Minnesota Board of Psychology.
Nice to have:Experience:Working with individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Working with persons involved in child protection and juvenile justice systems.
Assessing for developmental disabilities in children, adolescents, and/or adults including intellectual disability and autism, with a focus on 0 – 5-year-olds.
Administering and interpreting comprehensive psychological evaluations to individuals with mental illness, complex trauma, substance use, and behavioral disorders.
Engaging in psychological testing with children/adolescents and/or knowledge of early developmental needs, healthy attachment, and healthy parenting practices.
Utilizing Epic or other electronic health record systems (EHR).
Ability to:Communicate both verbally and in writing in Spanish, Somali, or Hmong.
Utilize interpreter services.

Candidates with fluency in another language in addition to English are encouraged to apply. Bilingual candidates who pass a language assessment may qualify for additional bilingual pay and duties.

About the department:
Public Health works to improve and protect the health of children, adolescents and adults who live, learn, work or play in Hennepin County. Our ultimate purpose is to promote physical and mental health, prevent illness and injury associated with communicable diseases and environmental conditions, reduce chronic diseases, and enhance the well-being of individuals affected by mental illnesses and serious emotional disturbances.

About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align with our mission to serve residents through transformative services that eliminate disparities, eliminate inequities, and create opportunity for all and our vision of a community where all people are healthy, all people are valued, and all people thrive.

Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge (login as Guest).

Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the elimination of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.

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This position will have access to systems or other documentation that contains HIPAA data.

Invitations to interview will be based upon an assessment of education and experience. Final candidates may be required to complete a drug test that may include testing for cannabis and/or a criminal background check.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Taylor Dahlberg
taylor.dahlberg@hennepin.us