Licensed Psychologist - San Mateo Medical Center (Open and Promotional)

San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) is seeking qualified Clinical Psychologists with expertise in Integrated Behavioral Health. Bilingual proficiency in Spanish is preferred but not required for these positions. We are seeking licensed professionals, proficient in brief, evidence-based models of psychotherapeutic interventions with adult and older adult populations, to work at our main hospital location in San Mateo. The positions involve being a mental health clinician, coordinating and conducting psychotherapy for clinic patients, and working as part of an integrated team alongside primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and other medical professionals. Responsibilities Assess, evaluate, and provide psychological treatment to adult San Mateo County residents with acute or chronic psychiatric illness both inpatient and outpatient. Participate in multi-disciplinary teams to develop, implement, coordinate, and evaluate mental health treatment plans for a broad range of behavioral and psychosocial concerns. Employ a variety of empirically-validated approaches as indicated by specific presenting problems to change behaviors, achieve symptom relief, and improve functioning. Develop and conduct group psychotherapy, psychoeducational programs, and classes. Create, implement, and evaluate behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, with an emphasis on diabetes care, obesity, and health-risk behaviors. Render consultation to primary care and specialty providers on matters relating to mental health, health psychology, and behavioral medicine. Offer crisis intervention, when needed. Maintain accurate and current notes in the electronic health records and inpatient medical records, and produce reports of evaluation and/or treatment, as required. Conduct applied research and clinical investigations in behavioral/health psychology. Provide liaison services between patients and other providers, as needed. Supervise psychology and other mental health trainees. Qualifications Expertise in empirically-validated psychological interventions for both individual and group therapy pertaining to a broad range of behavioral and psychosocial issues. Familiarity with psychological interventions related to preventative care and behavioral medicine, in particular related to diabetic care models, obesity, and health-risk behaviors. Previous clinical responsibilities to include psychological testing, diagnosis, crisis intervention, as well as brief individual and group psychotherapy. Qualified to supervise psychology trainees. Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and APA standards as they relate to client treatment, patient rights, and client/patient confidentiality. Knowledge of psychological testing techniques, administration, and interpretation. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to provide culturally-sensitive, Spanish language psychological services to a low-income, underprivileged population (for the Bilingual Spanish Psychologist). All applicants must possess a California license in Clinical Psychology or be in the process of obtaining one within 90 days. A doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from a regionally accredited institution is required. Benefits include competitive base pay, biweekly bilingual differential pay for Spanish positions, health, vision, dental, retirement benefits, and employee development programs (subject to change). This is an equal opportunity employer. The County of San Mateo welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and encourages individuals with lived experiences to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr