Introduction:

University of the Sciences (USciences) has a need for a qualified candidate for the position of Post-Doctoral Psychology Fellow in the Student Health & Counseling/Division of Student Affairs Department.  This position is a full-time, 12-month appointment running from mid-August 2021 to mid-August 2022. The Post-Doctoral Psychology Fellow will assume a range of responsibilities including: clinical assessment and treatment, campus outreach and education, systems consultation and liaison, and supervision and training of practicum students. The Fellow serves as a member of the senior staff group within Counseling Services under the direct supervision of licensed psychologists.

The fellowship offers several distinct strengths as an opportunity for continued professional development, including:

• An immediate work environment and culture that emphasizes professionalism, clinical excellence, and a strong commitment to the larger institutional mission of educating future health professionals and laboratory scientists while still insisting on professional self-care, work/life balance, teamwork, communication, and positive mutual regard for all members of the team (degreed professionals as well as administrative support staff).

• Highly collaborative working relationships with senior colleagues that emphasize self- and other-awareness, explicit communication and feedback, and gradual ownership of one’s clinical and broader professional authority as a psychologist.

• Robust opportunities for continued growth as a mental health clinician through service delivery to a culturally and economically diverse population of highly motivated and intelligent young adults, the majority of whom are pursuing accelerated training and licensure in the allied health professions (Pharmacy, Pre-Medicine/Dental/Veterinary, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant, Health Psychology, etc.). We treat mental illness, promote stage-appropriate identity development, address maladaptive coping with intensive psychosocial stressors, as well as fostering enhanced academic and professional performance in otherwise well-adjusted student clientele.

• Intensive consultation and liaison with campus stakeholders (faculty, staff, and administrative leaders), with particular emphasis on early identification, referral, and response to the needs of academically and psychologically at-risk students. We serve as client advocates, case managers and resource consultants at the boundary/interface of academic and student affairs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Conduct Evaluation and Treatment of individual undergraduate and graduate students using a range of modalities, including: intake assessment/triage, crisis intervention, time-limited case consultation, ongoing counseling, outside referral and periodic on-call coverage.

• Deliver Educational Outreach to the Campus Community on a range of psycho-educational topics, including Date Rape Prevention, Stress Management and Eating Disorders Awareness/ Positive Body Image, Orientation to Counseling Services.

• Assist with the Graduate Psychology Training Program, involving supervision and training of masters- and/or doctoral-level practicum students, active participation in weekly case conferences.

• Represent Counseling Services at weekly campus-wide at-risk student review meetings and assist students and stakeholders with navigation of student medical leave procedures and overall resource coordination.

• Support Division of Student Affairs needs, such as New Student Orientation (June) & New Student Arrival (August), as well as Departmental, Division- and University-wide administrative initiatives.

• Pursue Opportunities for Further Professional Development, including completion of “supervised practice” hours and preparation for licensing exam.