Psychologist, College of Medicine

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU): CDU is a private nonprofit community-founded student-centered university with 3 colleges: Nursing Science and Health and Medicine. CDU is committed to cultivating diverse health professions leaders who are dedicated to social justice and health equity for underserved populations and in July 2023 opened a new CDU MD degree program in its College of Medicine as evidence of that commitment.

Founded in 1966 as a post-graduate medical school in response to local healthcare needs CDU is located in South Los Angeles bordering the neighborhood of Watts and the City of Compton. This year CDU celebrates 60 years of training diverse health leaders who fulfill its mission in South Los Angeles and across the nation and world. Outstanding education individualized mentorship clinical service and community engagement are at the core of the CDU experience.

College of Medicine: The College of Medicine (COM) at CDU has entered the last phase of the LCME process to full accreditation for its new MD Program that opened with a charter class of 60 students July 2023. The new MD Program is built on the foundation of:

• Graduate Medical Education (GME) with residency programs in Family Medicine (2018) Psychiatry (2018) Internal Medicine (2021) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2024) and fellowships in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2023) and Addiction Medicine (2024). GME is growing with plans for Surgery Pediatrics and Ob/GYN residency programs.
• A robust history of NIH other federal and foundation funded disparities research specifically in cancer HIV mental health and metabolic disorders.
• Forty plus years of experience with clinical education through its clinical track in a joint medical education program with UCLAs Geffen School of Medicine (CDU/UCLA Medical Education Program). The joint degree program graduated its first class in 1985 and sunsets in 2027 having set the stage for the new MD degree program at CDU.

CDUs new medical school is the 157^th in the nation and the 4^th at an HBCU. The medical students are differentiated from national peers in the percent who received Pell Grants while in college 70% compared to 20% nationally. CDUs mission includes providing opportunities for students from CDUs surrounding neighborhoods and South Los Angeles County and from low income /under-resourced backgrounds. This requires ensuring our students success with the career-long certification process as required for a rewarding career in medicine. It is in this context that we seek a strong experienced medical educator able to lead our developing basic science medical education unit.

The Position: Under the supervision of the Director of Medical Student Health and Wellness and the Dean College of Medicine the successful candidate will provide counseling and support services to both graduate and undergraduate degree seeking students. The successful candidate is expected to function as a professionally responsible mental health care provider to CDU College of Medicine by providing diagnostic services treatment consultation and education.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate individual and group counseling.
• Provide crisis intervention.
• Provide short-term individual and group therapy to university students including mental health and learning disability assessments information and referrals.
• Perform routine case management consult with professional colleagues correspond with and on behalf of students and interact with other professionals across campus.
• Identify and support traditionally underserved student groups.
• Assist with health and wellness outreach; provide workshops to students staff and faculty across the university.
• Maintain timely appropriate and accurate records and correspondence related to students served.
• Collaborate and maintain open communication with interdisciplinary staff.
• Assist development and maintenance of referral resources which includes contact with outside agencies mental health professionals and other clinicians.
• Attend workshops training seminars and university meetings.
• Assist with program development as assigned by the Director of Medical Student Health and Wellness and the Dean College of Medicine.
• Participate in Advisory Committee to Psychology Program.

Qualifications/Requirements:

EDUCATION:

• D/PsyD in Psychology from an accredited training program is required.
• Current valid licensure to practice in California.
• APA-accredited doctoral internship preferred but not required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Post-graduate experience in a multidisciplinary psychological setting that is similar to a university counseling center setting providing counseling and psychological assessments.
• Must have the ability to form effective therapeutic relationships with students.
• Demonstrated expertise and understanding of underrepresented and first-generation students and those from immigrant/international backgrounds is essential.
• Sensitivity knowledge and effectiveness in working with a diverse student population including ethnic minorities LGBTQ and other under-represented groups as necessary.
• Must have ability to consult and present educational programs related to educational development and mental health issues.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Exposure to stepped care and short-term models of counseling preferred.
• Experience providing counseling and psychotherapy to diverse populations and diverse clinical presentations is beneficial.
• Supervisory experience.
• Multi-lingual.
• Social-justice oriented.
• Outreach experienced.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Occasional stooping. Frequent standing. Constant walking sitting climbing reaching high/low levels finger movement feeling speaking clearly hearing conversationally and seeing far and near.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Occasionally required to work in confined spaces.

MENTAL DEMANDS:

• The mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Frequent work on a variety of unrelated Constant calculating interrupted work work on a variety of interrelated tasks and use of sustained concentration reasoning judgment resourcefulness analytical ability and ingenuity.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to work effectively with a diverse community.
• Cannot be a current CDU Student.
• As a health professions institution of higher education Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science seeks to protect the health and safety of the University community. As a condition of enrollment and employment students faculty and staff must comply with the current CDU COVID-19 requirements as described on the CDU COVID-19 webpage. Please visit the CDU Return to Campus website or email the Campus Nursing Office at .

COMPENSATION:

• $92000.00 - $120000.00.
• Includes malpractice insurance.

POSITION STATUS

• Exempt Full-time.

WORK LOCATION

• On-site.

Excellent Benefits: Medical dental vision retirement plan vacation and sick time accrues on first day of employment wellness programs 17 paid holidays per year 16 hours of paid personal time off and more.

EEO Statement: Charles R. Drew University is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Applicants will be considered without regard to gender race age color religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information marital status disability or covered veteran status.

Fair Chance Statement: Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science will consider qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with state and local Fair Chance laws.

Required Experience:

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