What are the responsibilities and job description for the Health Psychologist (M60198) position at VCU Health?
VCU Health - Richmond, VA
Mission or Goal of Unit:
Provide clinical services to consultation and liaison psychiatry/psychology in the VCU Health System and teaching to trainees, and Health system medical providers.
Chief Purpose of this position:
Provide consultation and liaison services within designated VCU Health System programs. Provide teaching and supervision in the Health Psychology Postdoctoral and Psychiatry residency programs.
Position Responsibilities:
Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from an APA accredited program, advanced training and experience in clinical health psychology, licensed or license eligible in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Experience or interest in areas that may include but not limited to transplant, weight loss, primary care, geriatric care, cancer care, and other settings.
Demonstrated experience in multidisciplinary research collaborations developing approaches to challenging behavioral problems related to health psychology.
Preferred Qualifications:
APA accredited postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology.
Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution providing access to education and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, political affiliation, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or disability.
Mission or Goal of Unit:
Provide clinical services to consultation and liaison psychiatry/psychology in the VCU Health System and teaching to trainees, and Health system medical providers.
Chief Purpose of this position:
Provide consultation and liaison services within designated VCU Health System programs. Provide teaching and supervision in the Health Psychology Postdoctoral and Psychiatry residency programs.
Position Responsibilities:
- Clinical- Areas of concentration include therapy with patients that are in the transplant surgery program, therapy with patients in a weight loss surgery program, general clinics in the Department and other clinics as assigned; supervision of psychology graduate students providing direct patient care in Primary care clinics.
- Teaching- Supervision of a health psychology post-doctoral fellow and doctoral level psychology students and teaching other trainees (including psychiatry residents, graduate program practicum students, undergraduate psychology students).
- Service- Assist in training within the health psychology postdoctoral fellowship; service on appropriate committees of the department, university, and health system. Provide national and local leadership, advocacy, and public education/public policy guidance related to health behaviors research.
Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from an APA accredited program, advanced training and experience in clinical health psychology, licensed or license eligible in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Experience or interest in areas that may include but not limited to transplant, weight loss, primary care, geriatric care, cancer care, and other settings.
Demonstrated experience in multidisciplinary research collaborations developing approaches to challenging behavioral problems related to health psychology.
Preferred Qualifications:
APA accredited postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology.
Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution providing access to education and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, political affiliation, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or disability.
