Behavioral Science Faculty

University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 122,300 - 218,600; Full time

Job summary

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) invites applications for a Behavioral Science Faculty position within the Family and Community Medicine residency program. The role emphasizes system-oriented medicine and training residents to address clinical and social determinants impacting urban underserved populations.

The candidate will provide live supervision, mentorship, teaching sessions, and participate in scholarly activities, clinical supervision, and program development.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology or related field from an APA/CPA accredited program.
• Post-graduate experience in behavioral health with underserved populations.
• California licensure as Psychologist or equivalent license eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide live supervision for residents during clinic observations and provide coaching.
• Support residents' clinical needs through consultation on behavioral issues.
• Engage in teaching sessions, scholarly activities, and program development.
• Deliver family or individual therapy in residency clinics as needed.
• Participate in administrative duties and engage in quality improvement projects.

Skills

Cultural competence

Trauma-informed care

Team collaboration

Clinical supervision

Teaching

Education

Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Licensed in California or eligible

MSW / related masters (as alternative)

Job description

Position Description

Behavioral Science Faculty: Job Description

The UCSF Family and Community Medicine residency program has been training physicians to practice systems-oriented medicine with a focus on urban underserved populations for over 45 years. At its inception, the field of family medicine was conceived as a response to the extreme reductionism that dominated medical culture at the time. Medical science has a tendency to conceptually divide people into their constituent parts and divide them from their contexts, families, and communities. Family medicine was designed as a field to reconstitute the patient, and to explicitly consider the whole person, inclusive of their community, their history, and other elements of context. In other words, the field is explicitly systems oriented. This orientation informs diagnostic and treatment decisions in family medicine and requires that trainees become skilled at assessing and participating in complex family systems. Family physicians are expected not only to attend to their patients’ biomedical issues, but to attend to psychological, psychiatric, and social issues as they relate to patients’ health. For these reasons, a robust and integrated behavioral medicine curriculum is a critical element of family medicine education. The UCSF FCM residency program has developed and maintained such a curriculum that is firmly grounded in a systemic and relational orientation to health and health care.

In addition, the UCSF FCM residency program trains residents specifically to work in urban environments with communities whose resources and opportunities have been historically limited. Training occurs across clinical sites that serve diverse patient populations, many of whom are uninsured or publicly insured, and who represent a wide range of linguistic, cultural, and racial and ethnic backgrounds. The burden of social stress, mental illness, and substance use disorder is high in these settings, and residents are expected to gain proficiency in using a strengths-based and culturally responsive approach to support, empower, and partner with patients. Residents also train in safety net hospital settings where the patient population reflects similar needs, again highlighting the importance of proficiency in assessing and addressing social determinants of health. The program has maintained its mission to train systemically oriented family physicians who are committed to careers advancing social justice and reducing health inequities among the patients, families, and communities they serve.

Responsibilities

• Provide live supervision for residents during clinic observations to guide learning of behavioral medicine and psychosocial skills, and to provide feedback and coaching.
• Support residents' clinical needs through consultation and coaching on patients' behavioral issues.
• Meet with residents as needed to provide support and advising, and assist with community engagement, advocacy, and clinical quality improvement projects.
• Engage in teaching sessions in the residency (seminars, didactics).
• See patients independently in residency-affiliated clinics to provide family or individual therapy as needed.
• Participate in various residency and departmental administrative duties (meetings with faculty, residents and clinic staff; residency applicant selection; departmental and residency retreats; faculty development).
• Engage in scholarly activities (local, regional, national presentations; publications; quality improvement projects).

Requirements

• Education: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology or related field from an APA/CPA accredited program; OR Master of Social Work, Community Mental Health, Marriage & Family Therapy, or equivalent graduate degree.
• Experience: One (1) year of post-graduate experience in the area of Behavioral Health in medically underserved and culturally diverse settings; OR One (1) year of clinical experience or two (2) years of post-doctoral experience in the area of Health Psychology in medically underserved and culturally diverse settings.
• Licenses & Certifications: Licensure as Psychologist - PSY in California; OR possession of California Mental Health License (LPCC, LMFT, LCSW).
• Demonstrated cultural competence in working with vulnerable and culturally diverse urban populations.
• Ability to provide trauma-informed care including racial trauma.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team member in an interdisciplinary environment.
• Previous experience with managed care.
• Demonstrated ability in teaching and clinical supervision.
• Demonstrated clinical, educational, and administrative skills with a strong commitment to an academic career as a clinician educator.
• Breadth of training and experience to include emphasis on working with multi-ethnic and socioeconomically diverse patient populations and evidence-based practice.
• Skill in providing mental health assessments as well as clinically appropriate treatment modalities.
• Clinical skills for a wide variety of DSM-IV diagnoses, evaluations, and consultation.
• Ability to provide clinical service to a wide range of ages and to persons having any number of health related issues, including chronic illness, traumatic injury, physical disability, mental illness, and end-of-life decision making.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and ethics pertaining to mental health.
• Eligible for listing in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. The minimum base salary range for this position is $122,300-$218,600. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status or other protected status under state or federal law.

UCSF is committed to welcoming and serving all people, honoring the dignity of every individual without preference or prejudice, in support of its public mission and in alignment with our PRIDE values and Principles of Community.

San Francisco, CA