Psychology/Surgical Psychology - Clinical Assistant or Associate Professor

Classification Title:

CLIN AST/ASO PROF

Classification Minimum Requirements:

Doctoral Level Licensed Psychologist (or license-eligible), Doctorate in Clinical and/or Counseling Psychology, with clinical experience working within an acute care hospital setting.

Job Description:

The University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, seeks a full-time faculty position for a Surgical Psychologist at the non-tenure accruing level of Clinical Assistant or Associate Professor.

The position will include overall responsibility for the on-going, day-to-day operations of the psychological services/family management component of the trauma system, inclusive of crisis interventions, grief counseling, individual, family and group therapies, stress debriefings, psychological assessments and diagnoses, in-patient consultation/liaison services, and out-patient follow-up/referral as needed.  Also provide on-going stress management consultation and debriefings as needed for surgical residents, medical students, nursing staff, and other allied health professionals. 

Must have experience in program development and initiative and must be familiar working with a culturally diverse patient population that will include adults and children.  Teaching responsibilities include co-direct supervision of the psychology post-doctoral fellow within the Division of Acute Care Surgery, and clinical teaching to medical residents, students, allied professionals and nursing staff on the psychological aspects of physical injury and other related topics specific to a collaborative care model, i.e. effective communication, capacity issues, stress management.  Expected administrative responsibilities include membership on various committees at the hospital, local and University level. Also responsible for consistently obtaining and maintaining extra-mural funding for research activities, development and administration of research studies, scholarly presentations at the local, regional and national level, and publications in peer-reviewed journals.

About UF Health:

UF Health is the Southeast's premier academic health center and an integral part of the University of Florida. Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation. UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine; UF Health Neighborhood Hospital in Ocala; and our campus in Central Florida, which includes UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital. It also includes primary care and specialty practices throughout Central, North Central and northern Florida and Southeast Georgia. The UF Health network of hospitals and physician practices manages more than 3 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year, and serves patients from all 67 Florida counties, from across the nation and from dozens of countries around the world.

About College of Medicine – Jacksonville (COM-J):

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 450 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training programs and proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.

Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus and we have some of the country's leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission — to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.

To learn more about our college, leadership, mission, faculty resources, and the city of Jacksonville visit https://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.

Expected Salary:

Salary and academic appointments are commensurate with experience.

Required Qualifications:

Doctoral Level Licensed Psychologist (or license-eligible), Doctorate in Clinical and/or Counseling Psychology, with clinical experience working within an acute care hospital setting.

Preferred:

Clinical experience working within an acute care, hospital setting, as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team; experience in teaching within an academic medical setting; research experience; versed in clinical interventions with patients across the lifespan and also within a diverse patient population.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is identified.  Please provide letter of intent and Curriculum Vitae.

The final candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered "official" if a designation of "Issued to Student" is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.

The University of Florida is a public institution and subject to all requirements under the Florida Sunshine and Public Records laws. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call (352) 392-2HRS or the Florida Relay System at (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

Health Assessment Required: Yes

Applications Close:

To apply, visit https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/541155

Our Commitment:
The University of Florida is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the U.S. The University of Florida is a public institution and is subject to all requirements under Florida Sunshine and Public Record laws. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352-392- 2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800-955-8771 (TDD) or visit Accessibility at UF.





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