Position: Chief Psychologist
Department: Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center
Reports to: Director of Clinical Training
Pay Status: Full-Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday
Location: Nashua, NH
The Job:
Do you want to make sustainable change in our community? Harbor Care is seeking an excellent communicator, strategic thinker and talented Chief Psychologist to help further our mission.
About Harbor Care:
Harbor Care is an innovative health and human services non-profit organization that provides housing, healthcare, home health, behavioral health, addiction treatment, and more in collaboration with many community partners. Harbor Care integrates stable housing with vital supports such as medical, dental, and mental health care, substance misuse treatment, employment services, and other wraparound supports proven to end homelessness, help change and save lives.
About Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center (HCHWC):
HCHWC is an innovative federally-qualified health center that provides housing and healthcare, including behavioral health, to homeless and low-income members of our community.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to provide vital services, including housing and healthcare to all in our communities needing assistance.
Our Vision:
Our vision is one where everyone gets to live safe, stable, and healthy lives, filled with purpose, respect, and dignity.
Benefits:
At Harbor Care, we consider our employees to be our greatest assets. We show this appreciation with our comprehensive benefit packages which include: Medical and Dental with a generous Employer Paid Portion. We also offer Voluntary Benefits such as Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k) with a competitive company paid match, and more. To promote a healthy lifestyle and living a well-balanced life, our employees are further benefited with a considerate time off policy and holiday schedule. In addition, employees can participate in our Employee Assistance Program to help support them and their families to handle life’s challenges.
Job Summary:
The Chief Psychologist will serve an instrumental role in providing psychotherapy to a diverse caseload of patients and supervising predoctoral Psychology interns in our Health Psychology Internship Program, which was recently awarded accreditation on contingency.
Education:
- Psy.D. or Ph.D.
- Candidates must be eligible for psychologist licensure in New Hampshire by 11/1/24.
- Experience in psychological assessment and clinical supervision is preferred (but not required).
Additional Requirements:
- 3 years clinical experience
- Psychological assessment experience
- Supervision experience preferred but not required.
- Child clinical experience preferred but not required.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications:
- Demonstrated leadership ability.
- Must demonstrate integrity, sound judgment, and strong interpersonal skills.
- Support organizational mission, vision, and values.
- Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills needed; strong organizational ability required.
- Candidates must be licensed in a U.S. state and eligible for psychologist licensure in New Hampshire.
Knowledge/Abilities/Requirements:
- Individuals must possess these skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the primary functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to use some other combination of skills and abilities.
- Possess the necessary physical requirements with or without the aid of mechanical services to safely perform the primary functions of the job.
Responsibilities:
- See a diverse caseload of psychotherapy patients (including opportunity to see child and adolescent patients if interested).
- Supervise practicum students and Psychology interns.
- Work closely with another psychologist to assist with the training program.
- Demonstrate strong therapy and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrate excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
- Become an integral part of the Behavioral Health clinical team and Training Program.
- Opportunity to conduct psychological assessment and supervise assessment cases (optional).
Additional responsibilities include:
- Design, plan, and lead a weekly educational seminar for the interns.
- Collaborate in the interdisciplinary care of patients with complex needs.
- Lead treatment team meetings.
- Collaborate with medical providers and participate in weekly case conferences.
Harbor Care’s Commitment:
- Model and enforce the “Red Carpet Treatment” among staff and clients comprised of the following:
- Earn our clients' trust
- Build long-term relationships
- Give Clients the best possible experience to make them feel like they're coming to a place they belong
- Provide the best quality of service
- Treat every Client with dignity and respect with each encounter
- You will prioritize communication from any Harbor Care employee seeking help for a client
Please email cover letter, CV, 2-3 letters of recommendation, and de-identified psychological assessment report to:
Lauren Meehan, Psy.D.
Director of Clinical Training
Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center
45 High Street
Nashua, NH 03060
l.meehan@harborcarenh.org
Harbor Care is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
