Lead Psychologist

University of Pittsburgh Physicians Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine (PACCSM) are hiring a part-time Lead Psychologist to join their team.  In this role, you will be supporting the Sleep Medicine Insomnia Clinic focusing on CBTI and BBTI therapy, overseeing APP’s questions regarding therapy/complex cases, and participating in our Sleep Fellowship for education. 

The department has 4 locations: Monroeville, West Mifflin, Mercy, and Oakland that could have opportunities for this role to travel in addition to Telemedicine.

Purpose:
Act as a senior team member of the team with supervisory responsibilities. Provide assessment and psychotherapeutic treatment of patients and families. Administer diagnostic tools to diagnose and formulate appropriate therapeutic treatment plans and interventions. Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, other service lines and outside agencies in order to assure continuity of care and appropriate referrals to supportive services.

Responsibilities:

• Provides behavioral health services using empirically validated treatments and inventions.
• Performs psychological assessment with accurate diagnostic impressions.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant literature and empirically validated treatments.
• Conducts program and compliance evaluations.
• Acts as a senior team member with supervisory responsibilities.
• Provides a leadership role on institutional committees to advance the quality of patient care within UPMC.
• Demonstrates highly developed knowledge and skill in the area of differential diagnosis of psychiatric disorders.
• Provides teaching and supervision for staff and trainees.
• Provides educational programs and consulting services to other professionals within UPMC, regionally, and nationally.
• Implements and monitors program standards, guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Provides crisis sessions to support and assist patients experiencing acute distress and/or symptoms.
• Implements policies and procedures within the facility, the system, the state and nationally.
• Maintains knowledge of the literature relevant to the relevant patient population.
• May participate in research efforts by assisting in subject recruitment, conducting research assessments or treatment, as directed by supervisor.
• Trains and mentors the student population.
• Develops and implements clinical programs based on current evidence-based treatments and on innovative models of service delivery to continuously improve the quality of patient care.
• Maintains an active clinical caseload.
• Acts as a clinical consultant and resource to peer group and to interdisciplinary teams.