UNIV - Clinical Psychologist - Psychiatry: Neuromodulation & Behavioral Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina•Charleston, SC

About The Position

The Division of Biobehavioral Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina is hiring a doctoral-level clinical psychologist to join its Behavioral Medicine Clinic. This combined position includes clinical services in the Behavioral Medicine Clinic and the SC Burn Center, and involvement in quality improvement and research efforts supporting the division’s academic mission. The Behavioral Medicine Clinic is a tertiary clinic where psychologists, psychiatrists, prescribing providers, and trainees coordinate behavioral health care with MUSC specialty care teams. The clinic primarily serves adults in outpatient settings and is expanding inpatient consultation and services for pediatric, teen, and young adult patients. In the Behavioral Medicine Clinic, the psychologist will provide pre- and post-surgical evaluations and care, assessments, and individual and group psychotherapy. Areas of clinical need include metabolic and bariatric surgery, transplant, cancer, and co-occurring psychiatric and medical illness. The psychologist may select populations of interest from the clinic’s range of needs. In the SC Burn Center, the psychologist will integrate pediatric and adult behavioral medicine services and develop, grow, and extend behavioral health services for burn patients and their families. Services include screening and assessment during and after burn recovery, treatment planning for emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial concerns, psychotherapy and behavioral health support focused on pain management, recovery, mood, and stress, and consultation and collaboration with Burn Center providers. The role is 80% funded through MUSC’s Acute, Critical Care and Trauma ICCE, specifically the SC Burn Center.

Requirements

Doctoral-level candidate with a terminal degree such as an MD, DO, PhD, or PsyD.
Licensed psychologist with a valid unrestricted license to practice in South Carolina, or eligible for South Carolina licensure.

Nice To Haves

Strong background and clinical expertise in health psychology.
Proficiency in empirically supported evaluation and treatment interventions.
Willingness to engage in quality improvement and research projects with Behavioral Medicine and Burn Center populations.
Interest in supervising psychology trainees.
Enthusiasm for identifying opportunities for program development.

Responsibilities

Provide pre-surgical evaluations, initial psychosocial assessments, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, and post-surgical psychological care in the Behavioral Medicine Clinic and Burn Center Clinics.
Provide pre- and post-surgical psychological evaluation and management for adolescent and adult metabolic and bariatric surgery patients.
Provide pre- and post-surgical psychological evaluation and management for transplant patients, including heart, liver, lung, kidney, and living donation.
Provide assessments and psychotherapy for cancer patients and caregivers, and pre- and post-surgical psychological evaluations for bone marrow transplant candidates.
Provide initial evaluations and individual or group psychotherapy for patients with co-occurring psychiatric and medical illness.
Integrate pediatric and adult Behavioral Medicine services into the SC Burn Center and develop, grow, and extend behavioral health services for burn patients and their families.
Screen and assess patients and families during and after burn recovery.
Create treatment plans addressing emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial concerns.
Provide psychotherapy and behavioral health support focused on behavioral pain management, burn recovery, mood management, and general stress management.
Consult and collaborate with Burn Center providers on treatment planning for patients and families during and after burn recovery.
Participate in quality improvement and research efforts related to the division’s academic mission.