"Psychologist/Campus Mental Health Specialist"

Position Summary

Rutgers University-Newark, an urban public research university and anchor institution, located in Newark, New Jersey, a city of promise, is seeking a Psychologist for the Rutgers Newark Counseling Center. Reporting to the Director of the Counseling Center, this position provides individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and workshops/outreach/consultation for students, faculty, and staff.

Responsibilities for this Psychologist/Campus Mental Health Specialist position include providing individual and group counseling, campus crisis intervention, and workshops/outreach/consultation for students, faculty, and staff; administrative and other duties as assigned; serve on unit and university committees as appointed and assigned. This position will also coordinate and lead teams, as needed, for campus-based projects. Issues addressed in counseling may include depression, anxiety, substance abuse, adjustment disorders, personality disorders; Excellent communication skills and computer literacy. This position should have interest and expertise in working with diverse populations and providing clinical supervision, as needed. We seek a well-trained Psychologist/Campus Mental Health Specialist who has demonstrated training and employment experience in providing psychological assessment, diagnosis, and mental health treatment as well as providing time-limited individual and group therapy, on-call crisis intervention, supervision, and specialized skills or strong interest in one or more of the following areas: multicultural issues; LGBTQ health; post-traumatic stress (including sexual abuse, sexual assault); substance abuse; eating disorders.

We are looking for an individual who, in addition to providing direct clinical service, is enthusiastically committed to presenting psychological perspectives in programs, training, and settings throughout the college community. The appropriate candidate will provide consultation and facilitate support for various campus-based partners and work collaboratively with Counseling Center team to strengthen and grow services and programs.

This position is responsible for and not limited to the following.

• Provides supervision to staff, including embedded counselors, student workers and support staff.
• Proactively offer psychoeducational opportunities for students, as a complementary support to services offered at the Counseling Center.
• Provide support group opportunities for students, with a focus on salient themes that apply to students in specific spaces (e.g. academic departments, dormitories, student organizations, etc).
• Coordinates and leads teams efforts to support after-hour/on-call crisis response as needed
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with campus partners and seeks to enhance community knowledge through outreach, training, and education for students, faculty, and staff which may require flexibility to accommodate for off-hours events.
• Supports the daily administration of the center and all clinical services including the development and organization of the center's training program, and participation of RUN CC in adjunct clinical and research programs

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Minimum Education and Experience

• Doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology from an accredited program with interest and background working in a diverse, multi-disciplinary setting treating a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, adjustment disorders, personality disorders, and trauma

Equipment Utilized

• Electronic Health Records (Titanium)

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• May need to work late nights or weekends for specific programs and campus initiatives at the request of the supervisor or Student Affairs leadership.