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Women's Behavioral HealthSpecializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, emotional disturbance and behavior problems.

Job Duties

Geisinger Health System is seeking a full-time, licensed clinical psychologist for our Women's Health integration and provide direct patient care, develop and scale clinical programs, and supervise clinical psychology and social work post-graduate learners on specialized rotations. Eligible candidates will have graduated from an APA-accredited doctoral program in clinical or counseling psychology and completed internship and postdoctoral fellowship training with a focus on clinical health psychology or integrated behavioral health. Women's health specialty training and experience is strongly preferred. Applicants must be licensed or license-eligible in Pennsylvania.

Based on an integrated care model, the embedded psychologist will provide assessment, consultation and short-term, targeted interventions to a wide variety of patients with gynecologic and reproductive concerns.  With offices within the Women's Health Pavilion of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania and telemedicine access to patients throughout the health system, the women's health psychologist will be readily available for inpatient and outpatient warm hand-off consultations.  Medical specialties within Women's Health include OB, Gyn, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Reproductive Endocrinology, Urogynecology, and Gynecological Oncology. Inpatient services include Labor and Delivery and Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

Women's behavioral health clinical services typically focus on antenatal and post-partum anxiety and depression, issues with infertility, interfering health behaviors, adjustment to major life transitions (childbirth, menopause), traumatic childbirth and perinatal loss, insomnia and sexual dysfunction, among other women's behavioral health concerns. Labor and Delivery Service consultations are typically for patients experiencing lengthy hospital stays due to pregnancy complications (e.g., premature rupture of membranes, preeclampsia) to provide stress and anxiety management strategies and for patients with unexpected traumatic childbirth experiences, assessing for acute stress disorder and providing psychoeducation about normal responses to trauma. 

Geisinger Health System is a large, physician-led hospital/Level-1 trauma center, which has been nationally recognized for innovative clinical programs and quality care and serves a large region of central Pennsylvania. Geisinger Medical Center, which is the main hospital location, is in Danville, Pennsylvania, which is conveniently situated between New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Baltimore. In 2018, Times Leader Media Group named Geisinger as one of the “Best Places to Work” in Northeastern PA. Geisinger also received the national recognition of the 2018 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® award. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.

In addition to competitive salary and benefits, including a generous continuing education stipend and time, flexible schedules with some opportunity to work from home is possible. In addition to faculty status within the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, clinical psychologists are also eligible for a clinical faculty appointment through Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.

If you are interested in learning more about this exciting opportunity, contact Laura Campbell, PhD, ABPP, Clinical Director of Outpatient Services, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, at lkcampbell@geisinger.edu or Karen Veihdeffer Rubbe, Senior Provider Recruiter, at klrubbe@geisinger.edu.

Work is typically performed in a clinical and office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details

Education

Doctoral Degree- (Required)

Experience

Certification(s) and License(s)

Licensed Psychologist - Default Issuing Body

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.

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