Assistant Director, PACS Training Services

CP11 University of New Hampshire; Durham (NH); On-site; USD 73,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of New Hampshire in Durham invites applications for oversight of the counseling center’s pre-doctoral internship program. You will manage accreditation compliance, recruiting, scheduling, seminars, and trainee orientation, collaborating with the director on staff development and best practices.

The role entails conducting intakes and risk assessments, delivering individual and group therapy, and providing urgent care within legal and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in Clinical or Counseling Psychology from an APA-accredited program.
• Three years of experience in the training and supervision of graduate students in psychology.
• Demonstrated administrative and/or leadership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Complete administrative and supervisory tasks for the internship program, including accreditation compliance and recruiting.
• Coordinate daily operations: scheduling, seminar facilitation, and trainee orientation.
• Provide clinical services, including intake, risk assessment, individual and group therapy, and on-call coverage.
• Participate in staff meetings and interdisciplinary university committees; deliver outreach to campus.

Skills

Administrative tasks

Supervisory experience

Staff development

Clinical supervision

Scheduling

Intake and risk assessments

Individual therapy

Group counseling

Urgent care treatment

Program administration

Education

Doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology

Job description

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Complete all administrative and supervisory tasks associated with operating the counseling center’s pre-doctoral internship program, including accreditation compliance and recruiting. Coordinate daily operations of the training program, including scheduling, seminar facilitation, and organization of trainee orientation.

• (40%) Complete all administrative and supervisory tasks associated with operating the counseling center’s pre-doctoral internship program. Collaborate with the director to support staff development (e.g., best practices in clinical supervision). Maintain awareness of best practices in the training and supervision of predoctoral interns and of new legislation or changes in regulations impacting APA and APPIC accredited training sites.
• (40%) Conduct brief and extended intakes and risk assessments, provide individual therapy, group counseling, and urgent care treatment. Use current nationally and internationally recognized diagnostic systems to assign diagnoses, utilizing appropriate empirically validated measures. Develop and implement treatment plans based upon current best practices. Document treatment in a timely and comprehensive manner. Refer off campus for specialized treatment, and/or intensive long-term therapy as appropriate. Provide clinical services consistent with current professional and ethical standards and local, state and federal laws. Maintain awareness of emerging trends in collegiate mental health. Serve in role as clinician on call.
• (15%) Participate in staff meetings, case review, and professional development. Serve as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. Serve on committees both within the counseling center and in the greater university as assigned.
• (5%) Provide outreach programming services for the campus community. Conduct workshops and programs designed to address the needs and/or concerns of students, faculty and staff. Serve as consultant to faculty, staff and students on matters relating to the well‑being of students. Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience: Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in Clinical or Counseling Psychology from an APA-accredited program. Three years of experience in the training and supervision of graduate students in psychology and demonstrated ability in administrative and/or leadership roles.

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed or license-eligible as a psychologist in New Hampshire.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Demonstrated experience and proficiency in providing culturally responsive, patient-centered care.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Five or more years of experience in the training and supervision of graduate students in psychology and demonstrated ability in administrative and/or leadership roles.

COMPENSATION

Pay Range: $72,980.00 - $130,670.00. The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations.

More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

ABOUT UNH

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

LOCATION

Durham

EEO STATEMENT

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

The University System of New Hampshire is the largest provider of postsecondary education in the Granite State. With approximately 30,000 enrolled students annually and more than 90,000 alumni living in state, the institutions of the University System - the University of New Hampshire - Durham, the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Plymouth State University, and Keene State College - have a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire citizens every year.