Psych Post Doctoral Fellow - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Clinical Child Psychology)
About The Position
The Clinical Child Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Kansas Medical Center is a time-limited advanced training position within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences designed to provide supervised clinical and scholarly training in child and adolescent psychology. The fellow will participate in psychological assessment, psychotherapy, behavioral health interventions, interdisciplinary patient care, supervision, and teaching activities involving children and adolescents with psychiatric, behavioral, developmental, and medical conditions in outpatient and inpatient settings. This position provides training and professional development toward independent clinical practice and licensure in the state of Kansas within an academic medical center environment.
Requirements
- PhD or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology, or completion of all degree requirements, including a one-year full-time internship from an APA-accredited program.
- All degree requirements, including successful dissertation defense, must be completed prior to the start of the fellowship.
- Training in an APA accredited or approved PhD or PsyD program in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.
- Relevant practitioner-scholar training experience in Neurorehabilitation Psychology; Child and Adolescent Psychology; Clinical Health Psychology; and/or Advanced Clinical Psychology.
Responsibilities
- Deliver clinical and academic services to patients, students, and trainees of the University of Kansas School of Medicine and Health System.
- Conduct individual and group psychotherapy, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, consultations with patients and medical professionals, and integrated clinical report writing.
- Provide behavioral health interventions for children and adolescents with psychiatric, behavioral, developmental, and co-occurring medical conditions.
- Participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning and collaborative patient care activities across outpatient and inpatient clinical settings.
- Engage in assigned scholarly and research-related activities, including initiation and completion of approved projects.
- Supervise clinical services and training activities provided by Psychology Interns within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Benefits
- health insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- health expense accounts with generous employer contributions
- Employer-paid life insurance
- long-term disability insurance
- various additional voluntary insurance plans
- Paid time off, including vacation and sick
- ten paid holidays
- One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment
- paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment
- A retirement program with a generous employer contribution
- additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
