Outpatient Rehabilitation Psychologist - Brain Injury

The Rehab Psychologist works with a team of psychologists with specialties in neuropsychology, addiction, and sport and rehabilitation psychology. The Department of Psychology currently has a large staff with services in brain injury, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, comprehensive rehabilitation, and pain management.

The individual in this role should have proficiency in working with military or veteran populations, mild to moderate traumatic brain injury, concussions, substance misuse, and military trauma issues. The Psychologist should have specialty training in rehabilitation psychology, psychological assessment, research, and have interdisciplinary treatment team experience.

Primary responsibilities for this new position include active interdisciplinary team participation, and providing rehabilitative services for patients and their families/caregivers, which may include individual, group, and family therapy/interventions, assessments, consultations, and education. The Department of Psychology is a large collaborative group of specialists, with services in brain injury, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and pain management.  The Rehabilitation Psychologist will also be involved with training postdoctoral fellows and pre-internship trainees.

Shepherd Center is a private, not-for-profit, 152-bed growing facility specializing in medical treatment, research, and rehabilitation for people with neuromedical injuries or illnesses.  It is accredited by Joint Commission and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best rehabilitation hospitals in the nation. This position includes a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salary, health/dental/vision insurance, CEU and education opportunities, 403(b) with excellent employer match, paid time off, qualification for PLSF student loan forgiveness programs and more.

Atlanta is a beautiful place to live.  Travel is easy with large domestic and international airports. We host the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the country, including Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Delta Airlines, AT&T, and many more, including film industries.   Culture, music, sports, art, film, festivals- it’s all here. But best of all, the world-renowned reputation of Shepherd Center makes it easy to take pride in your work and be an important part of incredible patient care teams.

Qualifications:

• PhD or PsyD from an APA/CPA-approved doctoral training in Psychology.
• APA-accredited internship completion.
• 1 or 2-years supervised postdoctoral training in Rehabilitation Psychology or 2+ years’ work experience with neuromedical patient populations.
• Experience working in medical settings and interdisciplinary treatment teams is preferred.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a psychologist in the State of Georgia. 
• Board certified or eligible for board certification in rehabilitation or health psychology.

For more information, please contact Laurie Baker, PhD, ABPP at Laurie.Baker@Shepherd.org.  To apply, please complete this job application: https://shepherd.org/about/employment/ or contact Dawn Pawlowski in Human Resources at Dawn.Pawlowski@shepherd.org.  For more information about the Shepherd Center, please visit our website at http://www.shepherd.org/.  The Shepherd Center is an equal opportunity employer.