Maine Medical Center’s special care unit for treating burns is recruiting for a licensed clinical psychologist to integrate into their multidisciplinary team. Come work alongside burn specialists, MDs, RNs, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and others to provide integrated care to patients suffering from a variety of burns and wounds. The provider team follows the patient from inpatient to outpatient as they work to reintegrate into their community following these traumatic events. This position is located both inpatient at Maine Medical Center and outpatient at the Acute Care Surgery practice located across the street from the hospital. This is a 20-hour/week daytime position with a $5000 sign-on bonus* and benefits included.
The role of the burn psychologist is to focus on psychological rehabilitation, providing targeted interventions to manage pain through non-pharmacological methods, improve sleep, and protect natural defenses and coping strategies that can assist a patient in the painful, often over-stimulating and under-stimulating process of burn care. Providing consultations to the providers and extended care team to assist in care planning and approaches to respond to the psychological distress is part of the role, as is linking and referring patients to additional services in the community to address co-occurring mental health. Working in collaboration with additional providers such as psychiatry and primary care is essential as patients transition through stages of care. Experience working in an inpatient setting is preferred but not required.
This position will be a generalist (psychologist) mental health clinician with interest, training, and/or experience integrating mental health services into the primary care/specialty care setting. This position will be placed in primary care/specialty care practices, work with adults, families, and children; and provide assessment, screening, and referral services. Additionally, brief individual therapy, prevention, and educational services will be provided and include collaborative work with primary care physicians and their office staff, psychiatrists, and other behavioral health providers. The psychologist will also work with primary care/specialty care team members to develop specific clinical pathways or best practice programs for targeted patient groups.
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
- Education: Licensed Psychologist at the Doctoral Level.
- License/Certifications: Licensed Psychologist at the Doctoral Level. Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
- Experience: Two years or more of work experience in a health or mental health setting preferred, in order to have proficiency in psychosocial assessment and treatment.
- Knowledge of evidence-based clinical theories, therapies, and techniques, as used in individual, family, and group treatment, as well as principles of social welfare.
- Ability to teach principles and applications to the medical setting.
- Must have considerable knowledge of community resources and agencies and how to use them in resolving complex problems related to health, illness, and disability.
* Current MaineHealth member employees are ineligible for the bonus; former MaineHealth members are ineligible until greater than 3 months separation from employment.
Additional Information
With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you’ll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it. We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow – programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.
MaineHealth remains focused on investing in our care team and developing an inclusive environment where you can thrive and feel supported to realize your full potential. If you’re looking to build a career in a place where people help one another deliver best-in-class care, apply today.
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