Assistant Director of Psychology Texas Child Mental Health Clinical Program
Assistant Director of Psychology Texas Child Mental Health Clinical Program
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About Dell Medical School
As part of The University of Texas at Austin one of the nations leading research universities the Dell Medical School pursues innovation in the redesign of healthcare delivery excellence in healthcare research and programs in interdisciplinary and interprofessional education. It is the fifth medical school in the UT System and the first medical school established in nearly five decades by a member of the Association of American Universities an organization of leading public and private research universities.
The University of Texas Medical Center anchored by Dell Medical School is defining the future of health.Announced in August 2023with planning and implementation underway The University of Texas Medical Center will cement Austin as a premier destination for health care alongside other major Texas cities. With two new stateoftheart hospitals A UT specialty hospital and a cancer center being built by MD Anderson plus the academic and research expertise of UT The University of Texas Medical Center will provide the integrated worldclass care that is a hallmark of academic medicine.
The Dell Medical School is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to excellence within the health learning system.
About the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Our departmentleads psychiatry education for the Dell Medical School and its postgraduate programs train mental health professionals to become 21stcentury leaders in the fields of psychiatry and psychology. Clinical services provide culturally informed evidencebased care for individuals and families in multiple general medical and specialty behavioral health settings with an active and strong presence in community settings.Importantly the Department is leading efforts at the University of TexasAustin to execute cuttingedge basic and clinical research that illuminates the underlying neurobiological causes of psychiatric disorders and identifies novel treatments for psychiatric disorders.Student loan forgiveness is available for faculty of the Department of Psychiatry through the Texas Mental Health ProfessionalsLoan Repayment Program.
About theAssistant Director of Psychology Position
The Dell Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciencesin conjunction with theSeton Healthcare Familyis seeking a boardcertified Pediatric Psychologist to join our clinical faculty. Provide psychology and clinical leadership and coordination of child and adolescent clinical services in Austin Texas. We seek a physician who will help our department achieve the goal of working with our community partners to develop clinical educational initiatives that revolutionize how people get and stay mentally healthy in Central Texas and beyond.
The Dell Medical School Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences seeks a Pediatric Psychologist to join our clinical faculty and provide psychology and clinical leadership and coordination of child and adolescent clinical services across varied settings and modalities including the telemental health based Texas Child Health Access through Telemedicine (TCHATT) program and provider consultation hotline Child and Perinatal Psychiatry Access Networks (CPAN/PeriPAN).In addition to providing direct clinical care to children and adolescents in the TCHATT and CPAN/PeriPAN programs this position will serve as part of the clinical leadership team for these initiatives with responsibilities including:
- Developing andimplementingTCHATT and CPAN/PeriPAN programs across the Dell Med catchment area;
- Ensuring high quality clinical educational/training experience for clinical staff in the TCHATT and CPAN/PeriPAN program; and
- Participating inconsortiumactivities related to TCHATT and CPAN/PeriPAN (e.g. meetings data reporting etc.
The position includes opportunities for supervision of Psychology interns Psychiatry residents Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellows pre and postdoctoral trainees and participation in the Departments academic mission.
Essential Functions:
The Pediatric Psychologist will conduct direct behavioral and mental health assessments treatment planning brief and longterm interventions and interdisciplinary team consultation. They will work within an interprofessional model and routinely collaborate with pediatric psychiatrists psychiatric residents medical students other psychologists licensed professional counselors and internal administrative staff.
The Pediatric Psychologist will routinely interact with external stakeholders including primary care physicians staff and external publicschool personnel to engage in collaborative care on behalf of subspecialty and primary care pediatric patients identified atrisk publicschool students and their families.
The Pediatric Psychologist will join our growing interdisciplinary faculty in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School. Engagement in provision of training supervision and didactics for psychology interns and fellows as well as participation in clinical research and general program development efforts through the Department are encouraged.
Required:
- Doctoral degree from an APA or CPA accredited program in Clinical Counseling or School Psychology
- Completion of an APA or CPA accredited internship in psychology
- Completion of a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical child and adolescent or pediatric psychology
- Unrestricted license to practice psychology in the State of Texas or ability to obtain prior to appointment
- Eligibility and commitment to pursue board certification through the American Board of Professional Psychology.
- Eligible for faculty appointment at The University of Texas Dell Medical School
- This position requires qualification for an academic appointment in the University of Texas at Austins Dell Medical School and includes associated faculty benefits.
Preferred:
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Experience as a licensed psychologist providing clinical services via telemental health
- Experience working in public school systems and community outreach
- Experience in teaching and supervision of evidencebased clinical interventions
Specific Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Commitment to providing exemplary care and treatment that restores hope and helps patients and families live healthier fuller lives
- Ability to interact with interdisciplinary colleagues administrators patients and families in a manner that represents the Dell Medical School positively
- Efficient organizational skills
- Sound judgment in decisionmaking
- Flexibility and adaptability to change
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
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