Licensed Clinical Psychologist — Eating Disorders & Obesity

University of California - San Diego Medical Centers; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Job summary

University of California - San Diego Medical Centers seeks a licensed clinical psychologist to oversee behavioral treatment trials for obesity and eating disorders. The role includes supervising staff, shaping treatment plans, and coordinating outpatient and intensive outpatient programs.

You will train students, manage program operations, and participate in multidisciplinary teams across CHEAR in the Department of Pediatrics at UCSD La Jolla, with field work in community settings as needed.

Qualifications

• Must have a PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology and one year of post-doctoral experience in clinical psychology; or an equivalent combination of education and experience and knowledge/abilities essential to the successful performance of duties assigned to the position.
• Must be licensed as a Psychologist by the State of California.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in clinical work with children, adolescents and/or adults.
• Demonstrated experience in the treatment of individuals with obesity and/or eating disorders.
• Proven experience in providing comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, administering and interpreting psychological tests and preparing clinical reports.
• Demonstrated experience in providing therapy and formulating a wide variety of treatment plans based on the sound integration of theory and practice.
• Proven experience in serving as a resource person, sharing professional expertise and knowledge with colleagues, staff and trainees, and community agencies.
• Demonstrated experience in being flexible and manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Excellent and appropriate interpersonal skills including listening and interpretive skills, in dealing with patients, families, caregivers, multidisciplinary team members and community professionals.
• Strong written and oral skills. Good organizational skills. Capacity to develop and implement specialized programs. Ability to direct and supervise others as well as function as an effective team member.

Responsibilities

• Support behavior therapy trials for children, adolescents and adults who are overweight and obese or who binge eat for NIH funded behavioral treatment trials.
• Oversee all treatments, by meeting with staff and reviewing intervention and assessment audiofiles for fidelity of the assessments and intervention.
• Lead treatment for individual and group child, adolescent and adult trials.
• Provide clinical services to serve children, adolescents, adults and families who are overweight or obese, or who binge eating, in both an Intensive Outpatient Program and in the outpatient program.
• Formulate treatment plans; utilize a wide range of therapeutic techniques to treat complex patients; organize, structure, and conduct group and individual therapy sessions; train and provide oversight and consultation to related staff professionals and paraprofessionals in clinical psychology.
• Participate on treatment team, interview patients and facilitate discussion around diagnosis and treatment planning.
• Oversee the clinical work of predoctoral and postdoctoral psychology graduate students, and marriage and family therapy students in the facility.
• Responsible for all administration and management of the training students and staff at CHEAR, including recruitment, providing input for evaluation, and collaboration with training programs.

Job description

University of California - San Diego Medical Centers seeks a licensed clinical psychologist to oversee behavioral treatment trials for obesity and eating disorders. The role includes supervising staff, shaping treatment plans, and coordinating outpatient and intensive outpatient programs.

You will train students, manage program operations, and participate in multidisciplinary teams across CHEAR in the Department of Pediatrics at UCSD La Jolla, with field work in community settings as needed.