About Shepherd Center With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center ranked by" U.S. News "as one of the nation's top hospitals for rehabilitation, Shepherd Center is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Shepherd is the only rehabilitation facility in the nation with an intensive care unit on-site, allowing us to care for the most complex patients and begin the rehabilitation process sooner. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again.
Shepherd Center's culture is one of hope, humor, and hard work. You will enjoy career growth, strong relationships with co-workers , strong support from leadership, and fun activities that have ke pt over 1 2% of staff members working at Shepherd for more than 20 years .
Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia, is recruiting for a full-time Outpatient Rehabilitation Psychologist with their Pathways program, in Decatur, GA https://www.shepherd.org/patient-programs/brain-injury/day-program. Patients in the Pathways programs work with interdisciplinary treatment teams for comprehensive rehabilitation needs. Applicants should have experience working with the full spectrum of traumatic brain injury, concussions, stroke, and trauma recovery issues. The psychologist should have specialty training in neuromedical patient populations, rehabilitation psychology, psychological assessment, and have interdisciplinary treatment team experience.
Primary responsibilities include active interdisciplinary team participation, and providing rehabilitative services for patients and their families/caregivers, which may include individual, group, and family therapy/interventions, assessments, consultations, and education. The Department of Psychology is a large collaborative group of specialists, with services in brain injury, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and pain management. The Rehabilitation Psychologist will also be involved with training postdoctoral fellows and pre-internship trainees.
Shepherd Center is a private, not-for-profit, 152-bed growing facility specializing in medical treatment, research, and rehabilitation for people with neuromedical injuries or illnesses. It is accredited by Joint Commission and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best rehabilitation hospitals in the nation. This position includes a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salary, health/dental/vision insurance, CEU and education opportunities, 403(b) with excellent employer match, paid time off, qualification for PLSF student loan forgiveness programs and more.
Atlanta is a family-friendly, beautiful, healthy place to live. Travel is easy with large domestic and international airports. We host the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the country, including Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Delta Airlines, AT&T, and many more, including film industries. Culture, music, sports, art, film, festivals- it's all here. But best of all, the world-renowned reputation of Shepherd Center makes it easy to take pride in your work and be an important part of incredible patient care teams.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES The Neuropsychologist provides psychological services to hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients of Shepherd Center. Accountabilities:
- Reports directly to Psychology Department Supervisors and is an active member of the Psychology Department and Shepherd Center committees and mission.
- Completes initial assessment of newly admitted patients within 72 hours of admission.
- Completes documentation and billing in the EHR on day of service.
- Provides timely documentation of progress/updated goals, as evidenced by documentation in the medical record.
- Demonstrates appropriate knowledge in the competency areas of Psychology appropriate to the patient population and setting.
- Provides education to interdisciplinary staff on potential neuropsychological, psychosocial, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral issues associated with injury/illness.
- Provides training as needed for new staff psychologists, students, and trainees.
- Provides timely consultation and communication of recommendations for biopsychosocial issues and/or behavioral issues identified by the patient's interdisciplinary treatment team.
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