Psychologist Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital

Job Location Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital, 1901 Pennsylvania Ave., St. Louis, MO 63133 Why You’ll Love This Position You will work alongside a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about patient care. We are looking for a positive and energetic Psychologist for a full-time position with our Inpatient and Residential units. The successful candidate will have an interest in helping youth with mental illness ages 6-17 maximize their potential. You'll also enjoy the excellent health care, vacation, and retirement benefits provided by the State of Missouri Provide individual, group, and family psychotherapy with Inpatient Unit children and adolescent clients and Residential Unit adolescent clients at the facility. Conduct assigned psychodiagnostics evaluations for child and adolescent clients from Residential and Inpatient units, and provide feedback to client, family, and HCHP teams. Complete timely therapy and evaluation service notes, psychological evaluation reports, and assigned weekly treatment reviews of Inpatient and/or Residential Unit clients. Participate in Master Treatment Plan, Treatment Plan Review, and discharge planning meetings for Inpatient and Residential unit children and adolescent clients and develop therapy goals and written reviews of client and/or family treatment progress to be included in treatment plan documents. Participate in Inpatient and Residential treatment rounds and meetings to provide updates on services provided on personal caseload and psychological consultation related to treatment and diagnostic impressions of other clients in the programs. Complete progress notes, evaluation reports, and treatment plan reviews in a timely manner. Participate as team member to support clients and staff during and after crisis events at the facility. Participate in Psychology Department meetings. Complete online in-service trainings as needed. Provide secondary supervision of psychology interns as needed. At times, engage opportunities to supervise LPC clinicians in providing individual, family and group psychotherapy and case management services. Serve on various committees within the hospital such as for Robust Process Improvement projects, programming decisions, policy and procedure updates. What You Will Need For Success Ability to provide individual, group, and family therapy Ability to apply therapy modalities including CBT, DBT, behavioral, ACT, TFCBT, Prolonged Exposure, psychodynamic, family systems, Emotion-Focused Family therapy, EMDR, and/or others appropriate to treat a diverse client population Knowledge of psychological assessment techniques and psychological and psychometric measures Knowledge of mental illness and developmental disabilities and their effect on individual cognitive and behavioral functioning Minimum Qualifications Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology Licensure as a psychologist in Missour Ability to perform professional duties in accordance with standards of professional conduct asserted by the American Psychological Association (APA) Ethics Code and the laws and regulations of applicable governing legal authorities Ability to work in acute inpatient and residential units for children/adolescents ages 6-17 Experience with child/adolescent populations and their families Experience in inpatient and/or residential setting and with clients with severe and acute mental illness Trauma-informed treatment experience Preferred Qualifications Objective and projective assessment competency and experience highly desirable Trauma treatment experience in TFCBT, PE, EMDR, or other protocols highly desirable DBT treatment experience highly desirable Experience with Autism Spectrum population is highly desirable Family therapy experience or family systems orientation is desirable Lack of post‑secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant. The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here. For questions contact the Human Resources Office at: View email address on click.appcast.io #J-18808-Ljbffr State of Missouri