What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sport Psychologist position at usm?
Job Summary
Provision of
general mental health services (evaluation, treatment and education) to student
athletes who are currently enrolled at the University of Southern Mississippi
and a member of an intercollegiate sport team at USM with the potential to
supervise pre-and-post doctoral interns. In addition, the position is
responsible for supporting implementation of philosophies, policies, and
procedures of clinical and sport psychology service operations for
student-athletes as well as assist with coordination and provision of
consultation and relevant training to coaches, athletic trainers, and other
athletic department staff. This position should have the ability to understand
and comply with state statutes governing the ethical provision of mental health
care, as well as those rules governing the NCAA and conference.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide and maintain clinical and sport-performance caseload comprised of currently enrolled student-athletes for both individual, team and group service provision.
- Provide, complete and supervise psychological evaluations to inform diagnostic decision making and treatment planning and to facilitate referrals for psychopharmacological interventions.
- Collaborate with Athletic Academic Support Services on psychoeducational screenings and complete and supervise intellectual and learning disability evaluations to inform requests for academic accommodations.
- Coordinate drug and alcohol assessment and counseling for the Athletic Department in accordance with Southern Miss Athletics departmental policy.
- Work in conjunction with Director in providing consultation and outreach services to coaches, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning, nutrition and other administrative personnel regarding the psychological well-being of individual student-athletes and team members.
- Serve as point of contact for assigned teams and facilitate team workshops based on empirically supported sport psychology principles.
- Enter clinical documentation in electronic medical records system and compile and report data regarding utilization of USM Sports Counseling and Performance psychological evaluation services.
- Work in conjunction with Director to facilitate emergency mental health services when appropriate in collaboration with other campus entities to support holistic health of student-athlete and sport reintegration efforts.
- Coordinate with Director on the service delivery for special cases to include substance use, disordered eating, and severe-persistent mental illness education and treatment.
- Work in conjunction with Director in providing daytime, evening, and weekend crisis intervention and emergency services in situations involving individual student-athletes or teams with support from Student Counseling Services as needed.
- Engage in multidisciplinary collaborations with other campus entities (Moffit Health, Student Counseling Services, Athletic Training, Center for Behavioral Health, Academic Support for Student-Athletes) for the total well-being of the student-athletes.
- Provide supervision to interns, and post-doctoral externs and perform special functions for the department as requested by the Director of Athletics and other duties as assigned.
