PsyD or PhD-level Clinical Psychologist Needed in Hawaii

We are currently seeking a PsyD or PhD-level Clinical Psychologist at the East Hawaii Health Clinics, a department of Ka’u Hospital, in the East Hawaii Region on the Island of Hawaii. The function of the East Hawaii Health Clinics is to provide outpatient primary, specialty, and urgent care services. This provider will function independently, maintaining a clinical practice in the East Hawaii Health Clinics-Primary Care that includes outpatient behavioral health consultations, short-term therapy, and health coaching. LCSW candidates will be considered.

This provider will serve as faculty at the Hawaii Island Family Medicine Residency, providing clinical and didactic instruction on topics relevant to BH. Learners will include residents, medical students, and pharmacy students. Responsibilities will include committee participation.

This provider will help develop and manage outpatient behavioral health programs across all East Hawaii Health Clinics under the supervision and direction of the Medical Director for East Hawaii Region. This will include professional development programs, monitoring of clinical quality and productivity, and training of psychology fellows.  

The position requires experience in a community setting, delivery of culturally-appropriate services, patient education, outreach, and referral across a network of services. While the focus of care will be in an outpatient primary care clinic, services may include possible consults in the Emergency Department and Acute Care setting.  

As the Big Island’s leading provider of inpatient and outpatient care, Hilo Medical Center delivers a full range of services and programs on our 20-acre campus. Hilo Medical Center is licensed for 157 beds for acute care and 35 beds for long-term care.

We have 1,200 employees and a medical staff comprised 250 community physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. As a medical center, we have a network of 9 outpatient clinics offering primary and specialty care. The hospital is a Level III Trauma Center which  includes the second busiest emergency room in the state that provides 24-hour care to more than 46,000 patients annually.

Hilo Medical Center has been nationally recognized for exceptional care as a “Top Performing” hospital. CMS ranked HMC 5 stars for Overall Quality, putting HMC among the top 20% of hospitals in the nation. Our hospital is designated as a Level III Trauma Center and a Primary Stroke Center. We are also the only hospital in the state to have earned two Beacon designations in our Intensive Care Unit and Progressive Care Unit.

HMC’s HealthConnect attained the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) Meaningful Use Stage 2 in 2014. In addition, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recognized HMC for achieving Stage 7 on the EMR Adoption ModelSM.  Hilo Medical Center also earned the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davis Award for the utilization and demonstration of its electronic medical records system.

We are part of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, a public entity established in 1996 by the State of Hawaii to fulfill the promise to provide quality, hometown healthcare.