Psychologist - Child & Adolescent (Remote)

POSITION: Full time
HOURS:40
LOCATION: Home based
SALARY: $80,000-120,000

Child/Adolescent Psychologist

Meliora Health is part of Healios, the UK's largest digital behavioral healthcare provider. Since 2013, we've provided digitally-led, comprehensive outpatient developmental and behavioral healthcare, focused exclusively on children and young people.

We innovate both clinically and technologically to deliver "better" care: we developed our own digital care platform; we created an in-house training academy to help our clinicians grow; and we are creating new clinical models to really improve outcomes.

We exist to empower every young person to build the capabilities for long-term mental health to successfully navigate life's challenges and experience a better quality of life. If this mission statement resonates with you, please do consider applying. We are making a difference in the lives of thousands of children and their families in the UK and the US.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Meliora clinicians have a central and vital role within the company, delivering a range of evidence-based assessments and intervention programs to individuals and families affected by mental health difficulties through our interactive online clinical platform.

We are seeking Licensed Psychologists (Child & Adolescent) to work with us on our Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Teams, who are skilled and experienced in:

• Autism diagnostic assessments
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) assessments
• General mental health and intake assessments

Key Duties:

• Act as a professional role model at all times
• Meet service objectives and key performance indicators
• Work within the framework of your regulatory body, and maintain professional certifications
• Conduct comprehensive, multi-method ADHD assessments to provide diagnostic clarification using multiple sources of information
• Manage / investigate concerns / incidents / quality issues and provide reports
• Conduct high quality, multidisciplinary autism diagnostic assessments, working with others to reach a diagnostic conclusion, and providing interventions tailored to the needs of the child and family
• Effectively communicate with neurodiverse children, young people and adults, families, internal and external staff
• Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with relevant professional codes of practice and Healios/Meliora policies and procedures
• Conduct general, multimethod mental health intake and diagnostic assessments to determine appropriate level of care and/or focus of therapy

• Act in accordance with Healios/Meliora policies

• Support the development of junior clinicians including supervision of speech language pathologists who work on our multidisciplinary teams

• Maintain and continue active professional development throughout your practice

• Leadership opportunities available commensurate with level of experience
• Adhere to the principles of effective, ethical, culturally competent, trauma-informed, and safe treatment of children and their families

WHAT YOU REQUIRE:

Essential

• Must be Licensed in FL, NJ, OR NY
• Must live in continental US
• Applicants must be trained and have at least 3 years experience in conducting mental health assessments for children, teens and young adults
• A curious mindset and drive to challenge the status quo for achieving better outcomes
• Excellent documentation skills
• Strong interest in educating families on a variety of topics
• Strong leadership skills
• Experience providing clinical supervision and / or staff development
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive clinical information effectively, orally and in writing, to clients, their families, parents/guardians or other stakeholders
• At least 2 years experience in autism and ADHD diagnostic assessments.
• Applicants must be ADOS trained and experienced
• Experience of delivering support / interventions to neurodiverse children and adolescents
• Applicants must be licensed as a Psychologist in Florida or New York or some combination of these states to practice independently. Willingness to become licensed in other states.

Desirable

• Experience with quality improvement preferred
• Experience managing others preferred
• Experience in developing policies and procedures

WHAT WE WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU

• Autonomy to shape and design world leading clinical pathways that harness the power of combining technology with evidence-based interventions and a human touch
• Medical, Dental, Vision and 401k
• Opportunities to grow and further develop your professional interests
• Continued Professional Development / Growth day per year, plus personal development allowance to invest in your growth
• Remote role where you can work from the comfort of your home or office (on the Eastern Time Zone)
• A highly motivated and energetic team bringing a wide range of talents, experience and knowledge to solve complex challenges
• 56 hours of paid sick leave per year
• 2 days of Life Leave per year
• A collaborative culture where curiosity, creativity, experimentation and innovation are fostered
• A culture that challenges the status quo in pursuit of providing exceptional healthcare and an unrivaled experience for the clients and families we support
• PTO Allowance of 15 Days, your birthday, plus 10 Federal Holidays
• Company Laptop

PRE- EMPLOYMENT CHECKS

Prior to employment, credentials and licensure/certification will be verified. You will also be asked to provide two professional references as a minimum.