Position Description

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR JOB POSTING
Position Number: 00158277	Description Activated On: 3/25/2025 12:21:51 PM

Position Purpose: Describe the primary purpose of this position and how it contributes to the organization’s objectives. Example: Provides clerical and office support within the Division to ensure its operations are conducted efficiently and effectively.

The psychologist provides psychiatric rehabilitation functional and readiness assessments, as well as diagnostic, intellectual, and educational assessments as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team. Group psychoeducation classes are conducted by this psychologist, in addition to individual and group psychotherapies.

Description of Duties: Describe in detail the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Descriptions should include the major end result of the task. Example: Types correspondence, reports, and other various documents from handwritten drafts for review and signature of the supervisor.

1. Represents the Psychological Services on multidisciplinary treatment teams where treatment needs and problems of consumers are assessed, goals are set, and specific treatment approaches to meet those goals are formulated into individual treatment plans.
2. Administers psychological testing by utilizing techniques measuring intelligence, organic impairment, dangerousness, competence, personality, and emotional and mental functioning as an aid to more accurate psychiatric diagnoses and treatment planning.
3. Provides psychotherapy by utilizing techniques adapted to the needs and functioning level of the consumer including supportive intervention and a variety of approaches to improve the functional abilities of the consumers, including remotivation therapy, reality orientation and cognitive remediation.
4. Develops and conducts DBT remotivation therapy and cognitive remediation programs for consumers in the restorative service area in collaboration with other disciplines.
5. Participates on multi-disciplinary team to assess and conduct education and treatment substance abuse programs. Substance abuse programs are to be integrated with treatment/rehabilitation interventions for other co-occurring psychiatric disorders.
6. Performs patient risk assessments and crisis and behavioral plans using hospital-approved methodology.
7. Functions as a member of a Treatment Team by:
. Attending team meetings as permitted by schedule
. Contributing information necessary to the treatment planning process.
. Implementing his/her particular area of the plan.
. Providing direct patient care
. Participating in individual and/or group programs provided to consumers using an
integrated multidisciplinary approach.
. Providing feedback of progress to the consumer and the other team members.
. Revising the plan as needed.
. Participating in the review of consumer incidents.
8. Documents results of all evaluative procedures and records the progress of consumers in therapy in the consumer's clinical chart in accordance with hospital policy and Medicare requirements.
9. Attends meeting of the Psychology Service, supervisory meetings with supervisor, and hospital-wide special purpose committee meetings to comply with departmental and hospital policy.
10. Attends regular in-service training programs relevant to Psychological Services and out-service programs as appropriate to improve professional expertise.
11. Provides formal documented assessment of consumers whose annual ITP's are due for review. Documents the results of assessments to include consumer needs, strengths, and treatment recommendations as to potential for danger to self or others and environment controls; i.e., minimum level of restrictiveness necessary. Records in the consumers' records results of such assessments and treatment recommendations. (Assess all consumers due for annual ITP reviews.) (Document in consumer's record results of assessment of all consumers assessed).
12. Provides age-specific psychological interventions for needs based on the integration of knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to young, middle, and older adults.
13. Performs other related duties as assigned in order to provide support to the psychological program. Purpose and standards will be given at the time of each assignment.

Decision Making: Describe the types of decisions made by the incumbent of this position and the types of decisions referred to others. Identify the problems or issues that can be resolved at the level of this position, versus those that must be referred to the supervisor. Example: In response to a customer inquiry, this work involves researching the status of an activity and preparing a formal response for the supervisor’s signature.

Makes independent decisions on the appropriate use of assessment measures and psychotherapeutic approaches contingent upon problem definition.

Requirements Profile: Identify any specific experience or requirements, such as a licensure, registration, or certification, which may be necessary to perform the functions of the position. Position-specific requirements should be consistent with a Special Requirement or other criteria identified in the classification specification covering this position. Example: Experience using Java; Professional Engineer License

Experience:

Licenses, registrations, or certifications:

1.   Psychologist

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Essential Functions: Provide a list of essential functions for this position. Example: Transports boxes weighing up to 60 pounds.

1.	Develops active treatment programs. Contributes to formulation of ITP. Provides timely Crisis plans as part of the CSP process.
2.	Administers psychological diagnosis measures and reports results.
3.	Clinically competent to provide psychological assessments and interventions.
4.	Provides individual psychotherapy/counseling. Provides group psychotherapy/psychoeducation.
5.	Work overtime as required; subject to emergency call-in. Subject to emergency operations as an essential employee.
6.	Collaborates effectively as a team member with the psychology department and with other disciplines.
7.	Maintain current driver’s license. Transports consumers.
8.	Obtains and maintains Crisis Intervention and CPR certification, and appropriately utilizes skills.
9.	Communicates effectively both orally and in writing. Read, write and communicates orally in English.
10.	Provides coverage for the psychology department as required and requested.