NEUROPSYCHOLOGY POST DOCTORAL FELLOW
Company: University of New Mexico - Hospitals
Location: Peralta
Posted on: July 15, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Sign-On Bonus Available Relocation Assistance
Available Minimum Offer $30.60/hr. Maximum Offer $ 45.89/hr.
Compensation Disclaimer Compensation for this role is based on a
number of factors, including but not limited to experience,
education, and other business and organizational considerations.
Department: Neuropsychology FTE: 1.00 Full Time Shift: Days
Position Summary: Post Doctoral Fellow position. Under the
supervision of a Clinical Psychologist, provide full psychological
assessment, diagnosis, and therapy, case management services,
referral, and follow-up for acute, chronic, or moderately disturbed
mentally ill clients and/or patients, as part of a pre-licensure
program required to attain fully licensed status as a Clinical
Psychologist in New Mexico. Ensure adherence to Hospital and
departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may
include; Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric age
groups. Detailed responsibilities: * PATIENT CARE - Diagnose or
evaluate mental and emotional disorders of individuals and
administer programs of treatment; interview patients in clinics,
hospitals, and other settings and study medical and social case
histories * PATIENT CARE - Observe patients in various situations;
select, administer, and interpret intelligence, personality, or
other psychological tests to diagnose disorders and formulate plans
of treatment * CONSULTATION - Provide consultation to other mental
health professionals with regard to test results * PATIENT CARE -
Treat psychological disorders to effect improved adjustments
utilizing various psychological techniques; select appropriate
treatment approach and plans frequency, intensity, and duration of
individual, group, and family therapies * PATIENT CARE - Assess
patient progress and modifies treatment programs accordingly;
communicate with and counsel family members as appropriate *
PATIENT CARE - Document therapy in accordance with policies and
procedures regarding medical records; implement and adhere to
policies which ensure patient confidentiality * PATIENT CARE -
Provide crisis intervention in situations requiring immediate
psychological treatment * DEVELOPMENT - Participate in educational
programs, in-service meetings, clinician meetings, and workshops to
enhance professional development and maintain currency of
methodology and techniques * COORDINATION - Provides psychological
consultations to other mental health professionals within
hospitals, clinics, and other community based agencies with regard
to clients and/or patient care * TRAINING - Receives guidance,
training, and detailed review of work from licensed clinical
psychologists within the unit * PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient
safety-related policies, procedures and protocols * PATIENT SAFETY
2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking
opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of
current policies and processes * PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and
report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may
put a patient at undue risk * PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential
or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near
misses in a timely manner * PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients
to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and
reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may
"not seem right" Qualifications Education: Essential: * Doctorate
Degree Education specialization: Essential: * APA accredited prog
in Psychology, Neuropsychology,Related Experience: Essential:
Nonessential: Bilingual English/Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or
Navajo Credentials: Essential: * CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or
Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days * Licensed Psychologist in State of NM
w/in 24 months of hire Physical Conditions: Sedentary Work:
Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally:
activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a
negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or
condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push,
pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve
walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary
if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all
other sedentary criteria are met. Working conditions: Essential: *
No or min hazard, physical risk, office environment Department:
Behavioral and Mental Health
Keywords: University of New Mexico - Hospitals, Rio Rancho , NEUROPSYCHOLOGY POST DOCTORAL FELLOW, Healthcare , Peralta, New Mexico
