"HSC Psychology Intern"

Extended Job Title

HSC Psychology Intern

Position Description

By the start of the internship program, applicants should have completed their graduate-level coursework. Incumbents participate in an internship program emphasizing clinical child and pediatric psychology and focusing on evidence-based services. This training experience will occur within an innovative, stepped-care model that includes outpatient, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization services, all housed within one newly developed, state-of-the-art location. Doctoral interns work with diverse clinical presentations and low-income, ethnically and culturally diverse families who are largely underserved. Clinical services and training activities are conducted in person and via telehealth. Both brief and longer-term interventions are available in group and individual formats. Doctoral interns work collaboratively with a team of providers and are actively involved in research, clinical teaching, and the administration of treatment programs by performing the following duties. Adheres to ethical and legal requirements.

Requisition ID

43949BR

Travel Required

Up to 25%

Pay Grade Maximum

39.1

Major/Essential Functions

The internship program has an emphasis on clinical child and pediatric psychology and focuses on evidence-based services. This training experience will occur within an innovative, stepped-care model that includes:

• Outpatient, intensive outpatient, and crisis stabilization services, all of which are housed within one newly-developed, state-of-the-art location.
• Doctoral interns work with diverse clinical presentations and low-income, ethnically and culturally diverse families who are largely underserved.
• Clinical services and training activities are conducted in person and via telehealth. Both brief and longer-term interventions are available in group and individual formats.
• Doctoral interns work collaboratively with a team of providers and are actively involved in research, clinical teaching, and supervision.
• Administer and interpret assessments and measures.
• Develop treatment plans, in accordance with established standards, consistent with assessment, and in conjunction with patients and family, to include goals, intervention, necessary support or referral service.
• Lead evidence-based individual, family, and group psychological interventions with child/adolescent patients (and their caregivers).
• Identify patients with urgent mental health conditions (e.g., suicidal, homicidal, psychotic, etc.) and make appropriate referrals as needed.
• Consult and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of providers.
• Maintain communication (verbal and written) with caregivers, school personnel, primary care providers, etc.
• Maintain accurate and updated documentation of assessments, interventions, recommendations, and discharge plans.
• Adhere to ethical and legal requirements.
• Attend weekly supervision and maintain communication with clinical supervisor.
• Complete a scholarly activity (e.g., poster or manuscript submission, conference talk, quality improvement project, program development proposal, etc.).
• Participate in weekly didactics.
• Update monthly productivity reports.
• Maintain and update professional knowledge and proficiency through continuing education, supervision, meetings, and workshops.
• Follow policies and procedures of the program, department, and institution.

Grant Funded?

Yes

Pay Grade Minimum

15.64

Pay Basis

Hourly

Work Location

Lubbock

Preferred Qualifications

• Be enrolled in and in good standing in an accredited (American Psychological Association or Canadian Psychological Association) doctoral program in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology.

Department

Psychiatry Dept Lbk Genl

Required Attachments

Cover Letter, Resume / CV

Job Type

Full Time

Pay Statement

Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan website at https://app4.ttuhsc.edu/payplan.

Occasional Duties

Complete additional duties as assigned.

Shift

Day

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

Required Qualifications

Master's degree or equivalent; three years of supervised experiential training in professional psychology skills (with a minimum of 400 intervention and 100 assessment hours).

Does this position work in a research laboratory?

No