Behavioral Medicine Psychology Postdoc: Clinical Impact

Voices for Voices; Cleveland (OH); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Behavioral Health Institute offers a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology to prepare scholar-practitioners for independent clinical practice in academic medical settings caring for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families with complex behavioral health needs. The program integrates didactic learning with guided professional practice under experienced supervision.

Fellows are integral members of each rotation's treatment team, engaging in assessment,

Qualifications

• Completion of all required coursework for doctoral degree (other than dissertation/doctoral project)
• Minimum of 2000 total internship hours consisting of Intervention and Assessment hours
• Dissertation or Doctoral Project approved or nearing defense

Responsibilities

• Fellows are integral members of each rotation's treatment team, engaging in assessment, testing, diagnostic recommendations and treatment facilitation across multiple rotations and specialty areas
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to integrate findings into case conceptualization and treatment planning
• Contribute to didactic learning and supervise professional practice within an academic medical setting

Skills

Assessment

Diagnosis

Treatment planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Doctoral degree in Psychology

Job description

Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship

Position Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Position Type: Post-Doc Fellow
Specialty: OBGYN Behavioral Medicine

Every day, for more than 150 years, the physicians of University Hospitals have renewed a promise to meeting our patients' health care needs. Our talented team is integral to our rich history of success and critical to our future in a dynamic environment. As stewards of the UH legacy for excellence in patient care, our physicians are guided by an unwavering commitment to our mission: To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.

University Hospitals Behavioral Health Institute, offers a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology graduates. The primary aim of the University Hospitals psychology program is to prepare scholar practitioners for independent clinical practice in academic medical settings caring for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families with complex behavioral health needs. The program is structured to facilitate the integration of didactically acquired knowledge into guided professional practice. Supervisors facilitate the incremental engagement of fellows with highly complex cases from assessment and diagnosis to case conceptualization and treatment.

Fellows are considered integral members of each rotation's treatment team. Interdisciplinary teams look to interns to provide assessment, testing, diagnostic recommendations and treatment facilitation across multiple rotations and in a specialty area.

What Cleveland has to offer:
The Greater Cleveland Area is home to 2.8 million people and a wide variety of communities. Cleveland holds a wealth of cultural resources, entertainment options, and leisure activities including a vibrant Lake Erie shoreline and Metro Parks system. The parks are joined by the Cuyahoga Valley National Park with additional 33,000 acres, another 100 miles of trails, and camping sites. The Playhouse Square theatre district in downtown Cleveland is home to nine theatres hosting over 1,000 events each year; it is the country's largest performing arts center outside of New York City. Cleveland is also home to the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, outstanding museums including Cleveland Museum of Art and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and many music venues, as well as professional sports teams (Browns, Cavaliers, Guardians, and Monsters). View our Northeast Ohio Relocation guide for more information.

Applications for fellowship will be accepted from persons who have met the following requirements:

• Completion of all required coursework for doctoral degree (other than dissertation/doctoral project)

• Completion of a minimum of 2000 total internship hours consisting of Intervention and Assessment hours and Supervision hours

• Approved Dissertation or Doctoral Project or nearing defense.

The following documents should be included in the application packet:

1. Resume/Curriculum Vitae

2. Two writing samples of psychological reports. These samples should reflect assessments completed on children and/or adolescents ages 4-18 years or adults 18+. Please remove identifying information.

3. Three letters of recommendation written by faculty or clinical supervisors.

4. All graduate transcripts.

5. Summary of dissertation project.