About the position
As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, diversity, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA This position is responsible for providing psychological evaluations and consultations; individual, family/marital, and group intervention to children, adolescent and adult patients in both inpatient and partial hospitalization settings. This postdoctoral residency position is twelve months in duration.
Responsibilities
- Attends rounds with the multidisciplinary treatment team and reviews patient treatment and progress.
- Administers varied psychological assessments.
- Provides direct service delivery in individual and/or family therapy, and group psychotherapy.
- Participates in didactic seminars, weekly supervision, and individual evaluations during each rotation.
- Maintains medical records and current charting on assigned patients, and complies with quality assurance standards related to this documentation.
- Informs supervisor of therapeutic interventions and assessments taken with each patient.
- Complies with the ethical principles of psychologists published by the American Psychological Association, with the Utah State Psychologists Licensing Act, and with all psychology staff policies and procedures at the University of Utah.
- Provides group supervision to psychology interns and supervises practicum students in providing group therapy.
- May participate in an organization for psychology interns.
Requirements
- Ph.D. or Psy.D. degree from an APA accredited graduate program in counseling, school or clinical psychology.
- Completion of an APA-approved doctoral internship.
- 400 hours of practicum experience.
- Internship authorization and coursework verification.
- Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system, to be obtained within 30 days of hire.
Nice-to-haves
- Hospital-based psychological practices.
- Experience with individual, family, and group psychotherapy; and a variety of assessment experiences including intellectual, neuropsychological, and affective/behavioral assessment.
