Mission or Goal of Unit:
The mission of the Department of Psychiatry is to provide clinical services, consultation and liaison psychiatry/psychologyin the VCU Health System as well as teaching to trainees, and Health system medicalproviders.
Chief Purpose of this position:
The department seeks candidates to provide consultation and liaison services withindesignated VCU Health System programs. Provide teaching and supervision in theHealth Psychology Postdoctoral and Psychiatry residency programs.
Position Responsibilities:
1. Clinical- Areas of concentration include pre-surgical evaluations with patients that are in the transplant surgery program, post-transplant therapy with patients, and other health psychology opportunities.
2. Teaching-Supervision of a health psychologypost-doctoral fellow and doctoral level psychology students and opportunities toteach other trainees (including psychiatry residents, graduate programpracticum students, undergraduate psychology students).
3. Service- Assistin training within the health psychology postdoctoral fellowship; service onappropriate committees of the department, university, and health system.Provide national and local leadership, advocacy, and public education/publicpolicy guidance related to health behaviors research.
Required Qualifications:
•Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychologyfrom an APA accredited program, advanced training and experience inclinical health psychology, licensed or license eligible in the Commonwealthof Virginia.
•Experience or interest in areas ofhealth psychology that may including but not limited to transplant, weightloss, primary care, geriatric care, cancer care or other settings.
•Demonstrated experience in multidisciplinary research collaborations developing approaches to challenging behavioral problems related to health psychology.
•Demonstratedexperience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and studentenvironment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU.
Preferred Qualifications:
•APA accredited postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology.
Application Process:
To apply, please include a diversity statement, letter of interest and CV.
Position Type: MCVP
Full time equivalent: 100
Tenure: Ineligible
Rank: Open
Months: 12
Department: Psychiatry/ School of Medicine
Salary: commensurate with experience
ORP Eligibility : No
Contact Information:
Contact Name: Tammy Beltz
Contact Email: tammy.beltz@vcuhealth.org
Contact Phone: 804-827-0058