Job Title: MHSC Supervising Psychologist
PVN ID: HC-1709-002111
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: HUNTER COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

 

The New York City Mental Health Service Corps (MHSC) is a key initiative of Thrive NYC: A Mental Health Roadmap for All– a comprehensive public health approach to mental health designed to promote and protect the wellbeing of all New Yorkers. The MHSC fills the too long neglected gaps in mental health and substance use services throughout NYC by creating a corps of approximately 400 mental health clinicians placed in high-need communities. Through best practices and a better design of care, the initiative will increase the diversity of behavioral health clinicians in the workforce and strengthen care where it is needed the most.

MHSC focuses on the recruitment, training, and support of early career licensed mental health counselors to become behavioral health clinicians with a specific focus on incorporating evidence-based practices in primary care and behavioral health settings throughout New York City. Through a structured supervision system and task-shifting model, clinicians are able to strengthen their own capacity to be able to provide sound behavioral health services in marginalized communities and populations. MHSC is a city-funded program housed under Hunter College, CUNY and the Research Foundation of CUNY. All MHSC staff are employees of the Research Foundation of CUNY.

The Supervising Psychologist will join a team of Supervising Social Workers and Supervising Psychiatrists to further the vision and mission of the Mental Health Service Corps (MHSC).  In partnership with colleagues, and overseeing line-staff Social Workers and Clinical Psychologists, provide professional expertise with respect to screening, diagnosis, and direct patient care in clinical settings. 

 

Supervising Psychologists MUST have experience in supervising ten (10) or more entry-level clinicians.  Supervising Psychologists are expected to organize and manage their team within the confines of the MHSC Memorandums of Understanding, the physical site’s rules, supervisory guidelines required for NYS licensure eligibility, and other applicable regulations, laws, and professional ethics.

 

Supervising Psychologist is expected to be available in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Bronx, Queens and Manhattan.  Travel between clustered sites may be required.

 

Other Duties

  • Oversee MHSC psychologists in the following settings: Behavior Health, mental health clinic, substance abuse clinics and CUNY counseling centers.
  • Provide onsite clinical consultation at least weekly, for one-hour, to all direct reports.
  • Assure and guide quality of clinical practice in respective discipline.
  • Document supervision for direct report licensure process.
  • Ensure direct reports have sufficient breadth, depth, and scope of clinical experiences to support advancement in licensure process.
  • Liaise and escalate clinical site issues to Senior Operations Manager and Senior Clinical Manager.
  • Problem-solve and support resolutions at clinical sites.
  • Maintain patient records as outlined by Medical Records, Quality Assurance, and MHSC and clinic policies and procedures.
  • Participate in required staff training and development (including seminars, group supervision, or apprenticeship and other MHSC learning and professional development activities).
  • Alert appropriate members of the MHSC administration of emergencies, which jeopardize the client's stability within the community or family so that all available resources may be used to meet immediate needs on an ongoing basis.
  • Maintain client confidentiality as guaranteed by the Social Security Act and HIPAA.
  • Follow MHSC agency procedure for reporting suspected abuse or maltreatment.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from an accredited institution
  • At least 5 years of direct-care experience
  • At least 5 year supervisory experience
  • Ability to effectively engage in therapeutic relationship
  • Ability to work with line-staff and/or patients by telephone or in person;
  • Specialties in child and adolescent, geriatric, and substance abuse opportunities
  • Excellent written/verbal communication and organizational skills
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting
  • Strong commitment to work in a high-, underserved community with limited access to behavioral health care
  • Sensitivity to diverse cultural and linguistic populations
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PREFERENCES:

  • Knowledge of city-wide community resources and mental health systems.
  • Bi-lingual and able to conduct therapy in English plus another language including, but not limited to Spanish, Mandarin, Thai, Cantonese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, German, Greek, Italian, French, French-Creole, Portuguese, Hebrew, Haitian-Creole, Arabic, Egyptian, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Polish, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, American Sign Language, etc.

 For more information on MHSC, visit:

www.hunter.cuny.edu/mhsc

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
MHSC
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$90,000.00 - $90,000.00
Closing Date
Apr 30, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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