Psychologist- Psychosocial Oncology- Newark, Hybrid

ChristianaCare’s Psychosocial Oncology department at the Helen .F. Graham Cancer Center is actively hiring for a Full Time Psychologist.

The Psychologist will be an essential part of the team who will

provide direct psychosocial services to cancer patients and their family members/caregivers. Additional responsibilities include working in support of efforts to develop programs for patients, providers, and community members; mentoring psychologists in training; and collaborating on clinical research at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at Christiana Care.   

This position will also provide teaching to psychology trainees, and/or other students for clinical rotation.

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Work Schedule

• Mondays - Fridays

• No weekends/holidays

• Opportunity for a hybrid schedule available.

• Flexible Schedule

• Great work-life balance!

Benefits and Incentives

• Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.

• Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions.

• Opportunity for great work-life balance.

• Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out.

• 12 week paid parental leave.

• Tuition assistance

• Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets, insurance and much more!

Key Responsibilities

• Provides evidence-based assessment and psychotherapy related to health issues for people with cancer and caregivers in the ambulatory, multidisciplinary, integrated, and acute care settings as assigned.

• Maintains complete and accurate treatment records for these services.

• Works as a member of multidisciplinary teams to plan and execute services.  Participates in team management of patients and consults on psychosocial issues relevant to treatment.

• Collects data to support research and evaluation projects to assess the effectiveness of treatment and programs on patient outcomes.

• Presents to colleagues, staff, and community groups on issues relevant to psycho-oncology and behavioral medicine.

• Consults to colleagues and community on subject matters related to health psychology and psycho-oncology.

• Attends tumor conferences and interdisciplinary meetings as needed/assigned to support optimum clinical care delivery

• Maintains confidentiality of department and patient information.

• Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate to late adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, including knowledge of growth and development, the ability to obtain and interpret information to identify patient needs, and provide the care needed.

• Performs other related duties as required.

Position Qualifications

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology or Counseling Psychology from an accredited institution required.

• At least 1-year of clinical experience required with experience in psycho-oncology or health psychology preferred.

• Pre-doctoral internship from an APA-accredited site

  Eligible for license in Delaware.

• Specialty training in psycho-oncology and/or experience in a medical setting.

• PSYPACT obtained or eligibility required.

• License-eligible or licensed in PA, MD, and/or NJ preferred.

Whether a position can be supported for remote work will be assessed based on whether ChristianaCare is able to meet the business requirements of the proposed remote location. 

Why ChristianaCare

ChristianaCare is rated by Forbes as the 2nd best health system for diversity and inclusion, and the 29th best health system to work for in the United States, and by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is rated by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and continually ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and other national quality ratings

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Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.