Psychologist--Trauma Recovery Center

The Corewell Health Trauma Recovery Center (TRC) is a brand-new program opening in downtown Grand Rapids this year. The TRC provides trauma-informed psychotherapy and assertive case management services to victims of interpersonal violence, with a focus on reaching survivors from underserved communities.

The TRC has an opening for an experienced, full-time licensed psychologist. You will play a crucial role in helping design a program to help victims of violent crime overcome barriers to accessing mental health treatment, health care, and legal resources in the acute aftermath of trauma. Serving in a leadership role as a site-lead clinician, you’ll provide oversight and support to other providers in the group. Your clinical practice will include providing trauma-informed intake assessments, psychotherapy and assertive case management services to survivors of violent crime.

Opportunity Highlights:

• Conducts clinical intakes of new clients using a trauma-informed approach and identifies service needs when appropriate. Assessment includes identifying presenting problems, psychosocial history, mental status exam, and DSM-V-TR diagnosis.

• Clinical services also include short-term, trauma-informed individual and group psychotherapy as well as comprehensive clinical case management, liaison with other health care providers, and referral and accompaniment to community services when appropriate.

• May visit patient at home and/or in the community for the purpose of outreach and follow-up if the patient is unable to keep regularly scheduled appointments.

• Caseload consists of complex clients, all of whom have histories of trauma, including acute and chronic physical and sexual abuse, and are victims of interpersonal violence such as sexual assault, physical assault, domestic violence, gunshot wounds, political torture, and immigration trauma. Many clients also have concurrent medical problems, psychosocial problems, and may have substance abuse problems as well.

• Provides consultation, supervision, and training to a multidisciplinary treatment team on the psychosocial ramifications of trauma, substance abuse, psychiatric problems and chronic medical problems.

• Maintain client records according to Michigan, Grand Rapids, and County requirements.

• Meets program productivity standards; Completes productivity forms, clinical documentation and other documentation of services in a timely fashion.

• Attend Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine staff meetings and other assigned meetings.

Qualifications:

• Required Doctorate Ph.D, PsyD or EdD in psychology
• Experience working in an organization of a size and complexity comparable to Spectrum Health. Preferred
• Experience with evidence-based trauma therapy techniques
• LIC-Psychologist - STATE_MI State of Michigan required
• CRT-Board Cert Clinical Psychology (BC-CP)
• Must be ABPP Board Eligible
• Leadership or supervisory experience. Preferred
  
  Please consider applying through the link provided, but you may also reach out with questions to Dr. Lyndsay Volpe-Bertram, [email protected]