Neuropsychologist/ Portsmouth Virginia / Locum or Permanent

Mental Health Clinician

Join our team as a Mental Health Clinician, where you will provide essential mental health services to adult beneficiaries. This role involves a comprehensive approach to diagnosing and treating a wide range of mental health disorders.

Job Description

• Provide consultation, differential diagnosis, and treatment planning for all disorders defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, including but not limited to:

  • Organic mental disorders
  • Psychotic disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Delusional disorders
  • Mood disorders
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Somatoform disorders
  • Psychoactive substance use disorders
  • Sleep disorders
  • Factitious disorders
  • Impulse control disorders
  • Psychological factors affecting physical condition
  • Disorders usually first evident in infancy, childhood, or adolescence that manifest in an adult patient such as eating disorders and gender-identity disorders
  • Conditions not attributable to a mental disorder that are a focus of attention or treatment
  • Sexual disorders
  • Adjustment disorders
  • Personality disorders
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Post-traumatic stress syndrome
  • Traumatic brain injuries

• Provide diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including but not limited to:

  • Interviewing
  • Major types of psychotherapy including short term, long term, psychodynamic, family, marital, group, individual, and behavioral therapy
  • Community outreach (e.g., health promotion and command consultation)
  • Mental status examination
  • Crisis intervention
  • Case management for cognitively impaired individuals
  • Medical discharge planning
  • Psychosocial history taking
  • Neuropsychological test administration and interpretation
  • Cognitive rehabilitation services

• Conduct assessments and collaborate with other clinicians in the treatment of patients with known or suspected brain dysfunction.

• Participate, as requested, in the clinical psychology internship and postdoctoral fellowship programs offered through the Psychology Department (for no more than 5% of the HCW's time). This participation may take the form of direct proctoring of trainees performing clinical activities, provision of didactic presentations, and/or participation in training, committee meetings, and other committee activities. Additionally, the HCW participates in approved research projects.