Overview
We have a great opportunity committed to delivering exceptional care to a complex pediatric population.
Behavioral Medical Practitioner Sign-on Bonus up to $10,000
Psychologist Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500
Job Summary
Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Hospital (CABHH) in Willmar MN, a part of the DHS Direct Care and Treatment division, has an amazing opportunity for an ambitious and talented child and adolescent clinical psychologist who wants to help lead a specialty team in behavioral health. The State of Minnesota has broken ground on a $7.5+ million to build a new 16-bed psychiatric hospital for individuals ages 6 to 18 who have serious behavioral and emotional conditions. The funding is part of a long-term commitment to serving this vulnerable population in a state-of-the art facility and providing exceptional care and treatment to match.
With our new facility comes the need for inspired clinical leadership. As a child and adolescent clinical psychologist, you will be deeply involved in the care and treatment of those we serve as well as helping to set the direction and priorities for treatment within a program model that you help to advance. You will be part of a dedicated team of hospitalists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, and rehabilitation therapists, all of whom are devoted to the use of evidence-based practices and integrated, child-centered treatment.
Psychological services include comprehensive psychological assessment; providing evidence based individual, group and family psychological treatment; working as a member of the interdisciplinary team to incorporate assessment results with the broader treatment plan; participate and help lead patient treatment conferences; provide assistance and consultation in positive behavioral supports to the treatment team and other key stakeholders in the management and/or treatment of mental, behavioral, adjustment and psychosocial disorders; assist in risk assessment and management of suicidality and violence.
This role is a key integrator of clinical information from various sources including their own direct observations, treatment, testing and evaluation results, team and collateral reports and medical records. Be part of a team that works continually to improve and excel in the mental health care field!
The vacancy is being posted at the Psychologist 3 and Behavior Medicine Practitioner (BMP) levels and the level at which the vacancy will be filled will be determined by the selected candidate’s qualifications.
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Psychologist 3 Qualifications:
·Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical psychology
·Licensed or license eligible Psychologists by the Minnesota Board of Psychology (LP)*
·Completion of an APA approved internship – demonstrating specialization in working with children and Adolescents.
Note: Licensed eligible Psychologist can be hired as a Psychologist 3 on a provisional appointment.
Preferred Qualifications
· Our employees are dedicated to ensuring cultural responsiveness. Preferred candidates will have a variety of experiences working effectively with others from different backgrounds and cultures.
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Behavioral Medicine Practitioner (BMP) Qualifications:
·Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology
·Licensed Psychologists by the Minnesota Board of Psychology (LP)*
·One year post license experience
·Completion of an APA approved internship – demonstrating specialization in working with children and Adolescents.
Preferred Qualifications
·Post-doctoral training in treatment of children and adolescents
·Training and experience in positive behavioral techniques
·Prior training and/or work experience in inpatient psychiatric settings
·Experience working within an interdisciplinary treatment model
·Training and experience incorporating family work within the treatment of children and adolescents
·Our employees are dedicated to ensuring cultural responsiveness. Preferred candidates will have a variety of experiences working effectively with others from different backgrounds and cultures.
About Minnesota Department of Human Services
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) helps provide essential services to Minnesota's most vulnerable residents. Working with many others, including counties, tribes and nonprofits, DHS helps ensure that Minnesota seniors, people with disabilities, children and others meet their basic needs and have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
While the vast majority of human services in Minnesota are provided by our partners, DHS (at the direction of the governor and Legislature) sets policies and directs the payments for many of the services delivered. As the largest state agency, DHS administers about one-third of the state budget.
As a steward of a significant amount of public dollars, DHS takes very seriously our responsibility to provide Minnesotans with high value in terms of both the quality and cost of services.
Our largest financial responsibility is to provide health care coverage for low-income Minnesotans. We are also responsible for securing economic assistance for struggling families, providing food support, overseeing child protection and child welfare services, enforcing child support, and providing services for people with mental illness, chemical dependency, or physical or developmental disabilities.
Through our licensing services, we ensure that certain minimum standards of care are met in private and public settings for children and vulnerable adults. DHS also provides direct service through our regional offices for people who are deaf or hard of hearing; through DHS Direct Care and Treatment, which provides direct care to people with disabilities; and through the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.
