Assistant Director of Psychology, Texas Child Mental Health Clinical Program

Description

The Dell Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, in conjunction with the Seton Healthcare Family, is seeking a board-certified Pediatric Psychologist to join our clinical faculty. Provide psychology and clinical leadership and coordination of child and adolescent clinical services in Austin, Texas. We seek a physician who will help our department achieve the goal of working with our community partners to develop clinical, educational initiatives that revolutionize how people get and stay mentally healthy in Central Texas and beyond.

About Dell Medical School and the University of Texas Medical Center

We are committed to redesigning academic medicine and revolutionizing how people get and stay healthy, by educating leaders, developing new models of care, and advancing innovation from health products to health care delivery. The University of Texas Medical Center, anchored by Dell Medical School, is defining the future of health. Announced in August 2023 with planning and implementation underway, The University of Texas Medical Center will cement Austin as a premier destination for health care alongside other major Texas cities. With two new, state-of-the-art hospitals — a UT specialty hospital and a cancer center being built by MD Anderson — plus the academic and research expertise of UT, The University of Texas Medical Center will provide the integrated, world-class care that is a hallmark of academic medicine.

About Austin

Austin has been designated by US News & World Report as one of the top ten “Best Places to Live” for several years. This growing metropolis is considered “the live music capital of the world,” a high-tech growth hub, and home to one of the largest state universities in the country. It is a dynamic, vibrant and exciting place to call home, surrounded by natural beauty and host city to world class events like South by Southwest, Austin City Limits Festival, and Formula One Racing that draw millions of domestic and international visitors annually. Student loan forgiveness is available for faculty of the Department of Psychiatry through the Texas Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program.

About the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Our department leads psychiatry education for the Dell Medical School and its post-graduate programs train mental health professionals to become 21st-century leaders in the fields of psychiatry and psychology. Clinical services provide culturally informed, evidence-based care for individuals and families in multiple general medical and specialty behavioral health settings with an active and strong presence in community settings. 

About the Position

The Dell Medical School Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences seeks a Pediatric Psychologist to join our clinical faculty and provide psychology and clinical leadership and coordination of child and adolescent clinical services across varied settings and modalities, including the tele-mental health based, Texas Child Health Access through Telemedicine (TCHATT) program and provider consultation hotline, Child and Perinatal Psychiatry Access Networks (CPAN/PeriPAN). In addition to providing direct clinical care to children and adolescents in the TCHATT and CPAN/PeriPAN programs, this position will serve as part of the clinical leadership team for these initiatives with responsibilities including:

• Developing and implementing TCHATT and CPAN/PeriPAN programs across the Dell Med catchment area;
• Ensuring high quality clinical educational/training experience for clinical staff  in the TCHATT and CPAN/PeriPAN program; and
• Participating in consortium activities related to TCHATT and CPAN/PeriPAN (e.g., meetings, data reporting, etc.)

The position includes opportunities for supervision of Psychology interns, Psychiatry residents, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellows, pre- and post-doctoral trainees, and participation in the Department's academic mission. 

Essential Functions

The Pediatric Psychologist will conduct direct behavioral and mental health assessments, treatment planning, brief and long-term interventions, and interdisciplinary team consultati