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Clinical PsychologistNew Hampshire Hospital - Concord, NH

The Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is seeking a licensed, doctoral level Psychologist with strong clinical, and teaching interests to join our faculty and serve patients at New Hampshire Hospital, our affiliated state psychiatric facility located in Concord, New Hampshire.

In this role, you would be a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary team, providing psychological services to people with severe mental health illnesses in an inpatient setting.  Services include diagnostic evaluations, suicide risk assessments, psychological interventions, and clinical supervision.

 Responsibilities include:

• Administer and analyze psychological test batteries and clinical assessments with acute psychiatric inpatients in a timely fashion, including cognitive, personality and psychiatric assessments
• Provide expert clinical consultation and treatment recommendations to multidisciplinary teams that include psychiatrists, APRNS, residents, nurses, guardians, aftercare agencies, and other medical providers
• Determine and provide psychological interventions including crisis assessment and management, individual therapy, group therapy, and behavioral interventions
• Provide clinical supervision of doctoral level psychology interns and graduate students
• Consult with treatment teams about management of patients with challenging behaviors, such as self-harm or aggression
• Complete timely progress notes, documentation treatment plan objectives and interventions, and other documentation
• Contribute to the educational mission of the hospital by leading case discussions and presentations
• Attend and contribute to educational activities led by colleagues
• Develop or collaborate on research projects
• Adhere to New Hampshire Hospital's core values of integrity, collaboration, person centeredness, compassion and excellence

The ideal candidate will be skilled clinical psychologist who would be excited to join an inpatient psychology team.  Our psychology department is a valued service that our treatment teams rely on for accurate diagnosis and recommendations.   Affiliation with the Department of Psychology at Dartmouth Health permits collaboration with research and education. 

What Dartmouth Health has to offer you:

• Collegial and inclusive environment
• Competitive compensation, benefits and relocation
• Continuing Education opportunities
• Dedicated CME time and funds
• Extensive opportunities for research mentorship and internal research funding mechanisms

What New Hampshire has to offer you:

• Unmatched quality of life
• Four seasons and an outdoor lifestyle
• Access to major cities and airports
• Proximity to mountains and hiking trails
• Driving distance to the seacoast/ocean
• Abundance of local lakes for boating and swimming 

New Hampshire Hospital has a long tradition of providing excellent care to people who develop mental illnesses. We provide acute, inpatient psychiatric services for adults and the elderly who need active treatment and other essential supports within a continuum of community-based care. Specialized diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided for 2000 patients each year, keeping our 168 beds full. Half of hospital patients are discharged within ten days.  Approximately 600 staff includes board certified psychiatrists, general medical services, specialized nursing, allied clinical, administrative and support personnel.  To meet our patient's needs, our goal is to provide for smooth access to services; safety, sensitivity, and compassion in daily care; skill and attentiveness from physicians/residents and nurses; timely, helpful therapies; accommodation of family needs and visits; a clean, restful environment; adequate food and nutrition; timely, clear aftercare planning; and our patients to have an overall feeling of improvement on discharge. This represents a standard of care we would want for our loved ones and ourselves should we be in need of such services.

Cover Letters should be addressed to:

 Keri L. Height, PsyD

Chief of Psychology, New Hampshire Hospital

• Completion of a doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA- or CPA-accredited program.
• Completion of a predoctoral internship from an APA- or CPA-accredited internship program.
• Completion of a postdoctoral fellowship from an APPIC accredited program.

• Licensed or license-eligible as a psychologist in the state of NH.