• Psychologist - Weight Management

    SSM Health (Madison, WI)


    It's more than a career, it's a calling

     

    WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group 1821 S Stoughton Rd

    Worker Type:

    Regular

    Job Highlights:

    • Department: Weight Management

    • Schedule: Full Time, Days​ 8am - 4:30pm

    • Hybrid: 1-2 days/wk in person / Remote

    • No weekend/holiday/on call

    • Guaranteed salary first year, production base thereafter

    • 32 patient contact hours

    • Location: Madison, WI

     

    Our mission and values put the patient first and helps you to feel valued while respecting teamwork and collaboration. This position will work with our growing outpatient Weight Management team to help our patients throughout their weight loss journey, medical or surgical. The ideal candidate will have experience working with adults managing a health and nutritional lifestyle. At SSM health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate people like you.

    Job Summary:

    Provides therapeutic psychological counseling.

    Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

    PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

    + Assesses a patient's psychological status and provides appropriate interventions and treatments.

    + Collaborates with nursing and ancillary services to provide appropriate psychological therapy for patient. Refers patients to other disciplines for consult and evaluations as indicated.

    + Provides psychological expertise and education to multidisciplinary team. Acts as resource to other disciplines.

    + Communicates complex/sensitive information to patients and medical team.

    + Administers and interprets psychological tests used for diagnosing mental and personality disorders and differentiating between organic and functional cases of behavior disorders.

    + Carries out ongoing record keeping and case review of all psychotherapy work in compliance with state guidelines.

    + Provides assessment (by telephone and in person) of suicidal and homicidal risk and immediacy of crisis situations.

    + Provides a continuum of short and long term psychotherapy to individuals, couples families and groups, based on individualized treatment plans.

    + Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

    + Performs other duties as assigned.

    EDUCATION

    + Ph.D or Psy.D in Psychology or related field

    EXPERIENCE

    + No experience required

    PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

    + Frequent reaching, sitting, standing and walking.

    + Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).

    + Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

    + Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

    + Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, twisting and gripping.

    + Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

    + Occasional use of vision to identify and distinguish colors.

    + Occasional driving.

    + Rare repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements and squatting.

    REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

    State of Work Location: Illinois

    + Clinical Psychologist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

    State of Work Location: Missouri

    + Psychologist - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

    State of Work Location: Oklahoma

    + Psychologist - Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

    State of Work Location: Wisconsin

    + Psychologist - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

    Work Shift:

    Day Shift (United States of America)

    Job Type:

    Employee

    Department:

    5270050164 East Wght Mngmt

    Scheduled Weekly Hours:

    40

    Benefits:

    SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

     

    + **Paid Parental Leave** **:** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

    + **Flexible Payment Options:** our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

    + **Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

     

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