Psychologist – Medical Weight Loss | Tacoma, WA

Employer: MultiCare Health System
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Tacoma, WA

Job Description:

At MultiCare Health System, we recognize advanced practice providers as an integral part of our medical community. You’ll find everything you need to excel in your job including outstanding facilities, comprehensive resources and talented teammates in partnering for healing and a healthy future. MultiCare is a recognized leader in the use of advanced technology and Epic, our Electronic Health Record (EHR), keeps our staff better connected throughout the healthcare system.

  • Effective, evidence-based weight loss and wellness programs and procedures in a compassionate and supportive environment
  • Multi-disciplinary team includes three bariatricians, three bariatric surgeons, nine Registered Dietitians, one psychologist and one licensed mental health counselor
  • Current footprint includes a hub clinic in Tacoma and satellite sites in five other locations; anticipate adding a full-time Covington clinic in 2020
  • Surgical and non-surgical weight loss options
  • Medical supervision through all stages of patient care
  • Dedicated, one-on-one support from our expert staff
  • Weight-loss plans tailored to fit patient-specific needs and health goals using a lifestyle approach
  • Nationally accredited as a Comprehensive Center, under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®)

MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization committed to our mission of “partnering for healing and a healthy future”. Our 18,000 team members (employees, providers and volunteers) are united by MultiCare’s values of respect, integrity, stewardship, excellence, collaboration and kindness.

Our roots date back more than a century to the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital. Since then, we’ve grown to become Washington State’s largest community-based, locally governed health care system with numerous primary care, urgent care, and specialty services — including Immediate Clinic, MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care, Pulse Heart Institute and MultiCare Rockwood Clinic.

Our system of care also includes eight hospitals:

  • Allenmore Hospital (Tacoma)
  • Auburn Medical Center (Auburn)
  • Covington Medical Center (Covington)
  • Deaconess Hospital (Spokane)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital (Puyallup)
  • Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital (Tacoma)
  • Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma)
  • Valley Hospital (Spokane)

Job Duties:

  • Full-time Psychologist to join expanding Medical Weight Loss program
  • Position based in Tacoma, WA with up to a couple days per week spent working in our satellite clinics in Pierce and South King counties
  • Collaborate with three Obesity Medicine physicians, dietitians, and therapists
  • Regular work schedule is Monday – Friday from 8am – 5pm; no evenings, weekends or after hours call responsibility
  • Be a part of an evolving specialty where your input is valued and considered during program development and innovation
  • Build a practice in an up-and-coming field where you significantly impact patient quality of life while working with a team to address all aspects of the ‘dilemma’ of obesity
  • Facilitate therapeutic support group and classes for patients
  • Deliver staff in-services, assist in program development and serve as a resource for providers on behavioral health resources that may benefit weight loss patients
  • Competitive salary, full array of benefits and the beauty of Pacific Northwest living
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