Psychologist - Primary Care Behavioral Health
Apply Job ID R-8317 Date posted 03/19/2025If you are looking to make an impact on a meaningful scale, come join us as we embrace the Power of One!
We strive to be an employer of choice and establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where Associates can grow their career caring for others. For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid-South.
If you are looking to make an impact on a meaningful scale, come join us as we embrace the Power of One!
We strive to be an employer of choice and establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where Associates can grow their career caring for others. For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid-South.
As a Psychologist embedded in a Primary Care Clinic, you will serve an essential role on a medical care team. You will be considered the expert in mental health and addressing the psychological aspects of various health conditions. Most commonly, the mental health challenges patients bring to primary care include depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and substance misuse. Using evidence-based behavioral approaches, you can also help patients experiencing difficulty with insomnia, living with chronic pain, adhering to their medical treatment plan, or wanting to lose weight. You will use screening and brief assessment tools alongside your strong clinical interviewing skills to aid the medical team in diagnostic clarification and treatment planning for patients who report cognitive concerns consistent with ADHD or dementia. You will work collaboratively with physicians, other medical providers, and medical staff to help address the psychological and emotional needs that patients bring to the clinic and to provide high-quality healthcare that improves the overall well-being of every patient we serve.
Working at MLH means carrying the mission forward of caring for our community and impacting the lives of patients in every way through compassion, a deliberate focus on service expectations and a consistent thriving for excellence.
A Brief Overview
Provides psychological evaluation including intellectual and personality evaluation and evidence-based, and psychological interventions to individual patients. Works collaboratively within an interdisciplinary medical team to enhance the quality of overall healthcare services provided. Provides or assists in the supervision of psychological interns or other trainees if present. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.
What you will do
- Provides psychological evaluation to assigned clients, including intellectual and personality evaluations, and cognitive evaluations using evidence-based diagnostic techniques.
- Provides individual, family and group psychotherapy to assigned patients as clinically appropriate.
- Consults effectively and efficiently with other care providers and medical staff on an interdisciplinary care team.
- Provides or assists in supervision, training and evaluation of students/ interns or other trainees if present.
- Maintains client records to departmental standards.
- Provides education regarding health psychology and coping skills to Associates, the general public and other professionals as needed or requested.
- Performs other job functions as requested or assigned.
Education/Formal Training Requirements
- Ph.D. or Psy.D Psychology Required
Work Experience Requirements
- Chronic diseases
- 1-3 years Clinical healthcare (acute or hospital)
Licenses and Certifications Requirements
- Psychologist Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Examiners of Psychology
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Expertise in treating and evaluating patients with chronic medical conditions and comorbid psychiatric conditions.
- Expertise in the use of objective measures of intellectual and personality function and other psychological conditions.
- Ability to utilize appropriate judgment regarding instructional and supervisory issues.
- Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams; must be able to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to function under stressful situations and meet deadlines.
- Ability to cooperate and relate well with others from all socioeconomic backgrounds.
Supervision Provided by this Position
- Leads and directs psychological examiners and interns, as needed.
Physical Demands
- Annual employee TB skin test.
- Non-invasive patient/client contact.
- Ability to react quickly to emergency situations.
- Ability to read and write to communicate orally and in writing with other individuals.
- Ability to lift, pushes, pulls and carries 50 lbs. at a time without assistance.
- Ability to stand, walk, climb stairs, sit in one place, reach and bend while maintaining balance and coordination.
- Ability to perform repetitive hand and wrist motion as well as using hands for gripping and squeezing.
- Ability to use hands and feet together for repetitive, coordinated motion.
Our Associates are passionate about what they do, the service they provide and the patients they serve. We value family, team and a Power of One culture that requires commitment to the highest standards of care and unity.
Education:
Doctorate: Psychology (Required), Ph.D.: Psychology (Required)Work Experience:
Chronic diseases, Clinical healthcare (acute or hospital)Certifications:
Psychologist Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Examiners of Psychology
Boasting one of the South's largest medical centers, Memphis blends a friendly community, a thriving and growing downtown, and a low cost of living. We see each day as a new opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people in our community.