A Rewarding and Fulfilling Opportunity for a Child Psychologist Specializing in Autism!

Mercyhealth, an award-winning fully integrated health care delivery organization based in Wisconsin and Illinois, is seeking an experienced Child Psychologist to join our Autism Clinic in Janesville, WI. This is a full time, Monday – Friday position, with no call, weekends, or holidays – great for work/life balance! This is a rewarding and fulfilling opportunity to provide direct service to patients in the Child Autism Program and promote the continued growth of the program!

Mercyhealth’s Mission – “Exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better.”   Touching lives invigorates, inspires and drives us to do our very best, and we continuously look for ways to make each life better with the utmost care and professionalism.

Opportunity

• Provide diagnostic testing for individuals with suspected autism.
• Complete psychosocial assessments, psychological testing, and treatment plans in cooperation with patient and multidisciplinary team.
• Assist with interpreting psychological tests as needed.
• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the clinical needs of each patient prior to beginning individual, family or group therapy.
• Work collaboratively with the patient to develop a treatment plan addressing the patient’s goals.
• Deliver behavioral health care in accordance with patient evaluation, treatment plan and within the scope of their license.
• Work directly in treatment relationship with patients, individually or in groups, in consultation with Psychiatrist/NP.
• Provide crisis assessment and intervention.
• Consult and coordinate care of patient with physician/NP, therapists and community agencies.
• Provide appropriate discharge planning.
• Refer patient or patient's family to other community resources.
• Participate in clinical collaboration and/or psychiatry supervision to discuss cases and determine appropriate course of treatment.
• Maintain pertinent patient data and documentation in medical record in accordance with state, TJC and Mercyhealth system guidelines.
• Attend required meetings or staffing as indicated by Program Manager.
• Provide in-service education programs and functions as a resource to other staff and the community as needed.
• Participate in development and selection of patient education materials and services.
• Participate in performance improvement activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all Mercyhealth, State and TJC policies and regulations.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Psychology and appropriate level of field experience and coursework.
• Holds and maintains Psychologist license in the state of practice.

Compensation

• Highly competitive compensation
• Robust and comprehensive benefit package

To apply, please visit Child Psychologist, Autism Clinic in Janesville, Wisconsin | Mercyhealth (mercyhealthsystem.org).

Mercyhealth is a regional health system with over 700 employed physician partners, seven hospitals and 85 primary and specialty care locations throughout 50 northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin communities. We are committed to being a top integrated health care provider and continuously work to make life better for the people, families and communities we serve.

As an integrated health care provider, we provide exceptional, coordinated health care that spans four core service divisions: hospital-based services, clinic-based services, post-acute care and retail services, and a wholly owned insurance company. These four core service divisions make up our comprehensive, vertically integrated delivery system, and integrated delivery is what makes Mercyhealth unique in serving the full range of health care needs for our patients.

Mercyhealth offers over 85 specialty and subspecialty services, including orthopedic surgery, prehospital emergency services and training, neurosurgery, heart and vascular services, cancer care, plastic and reconstructive surgery and much more. When time is of the essence, our trauma centers are equipped with the latest technology and highly trained staff to provide immediate, life-saving care. We are a leader in obstetric, neonatal and pediatric services, offering the highest level of care available at our neonatal intensive care unit, caring for the most fragile preemies in the region’s only Small Baby Unit, and serving as a State of Illinois-designated Perinatal Center for an 11-county region.

Janesville is a city of about 66,000 people with 150,000 people in Rock County. Janesville has all the advantages and amenities of a smaller city while still having easy access to four larger cities (Madison, Milwaukee, Rockford, Chicago). The cost of living in Rock County is low and housing is affordable. The school system is very good with both public and private schools available. The Janesville park system is extensive and includes children’s play areas, pools, gardens, golf and many other activities. Janesville has many restaurants and there is excellent dining within 40 minutes in Madison and Lake Geneva.