Staff Psychologist - Student Counseling Center - UTK

University of Tennessee•Knoxville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs all functions of a campus comprehensive counseling center team member in a multi-disciplinary setting. Staff psychologists provide individual and group therapy, crisis, intake, and both single session and short-term services. Staff psychologists also engage with the campus community via outreach and consultation services with faculty, staff, students, and families around mental health concerns. Psychologists in the center also provide training and supervision for master's and doctoral level students in mental health professions, and may provide advanced clinical training and supervision for interns in the center's internship and post-doctoral residency in psychology as qualified and appropriate.

Requirements

Doctoral Degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology from an APA Accredited Degree Program (Ph.D. or Psy.D.)
Licensed as a clinical psychologist, health service provider in the State of Tennessee, or ability to obtain license and meet all full licensure qualifications before start date.
Evidence of having passed the Examination for Professional Psychology Practice before start date.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment-based visa status.

Nice To Haves

Independently licensed as a clinical psychologist, health service provider for 2 years or more.
Experience with college student population or knowledge about issues relevant to college students.
Experience working with populations represented among the student body of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Responsibilities

Approximately 65 percent of this position’s workload is direct clinical service via client care or clinical supervision, with the remainder focused on documentation, administration, meetings, outreach, or teaching training seminars.
Provide individual and group counseling/psychotherapy.
Assess and respond to situations of mental health risk.
Provide clinical supervision of students or pre-licensed providers in training.
Provide outreach programming on topics related to college student mental health.
Provide consultation concerning college student mental health.
Fulfill job functions in a culturally competent manner.