Clinical Psychology Trainee

Department
 

CSL SCS: Clinical Trainees

About the Department
 

Student Counseling (SC) is a unit within Student Wellness which is a part of Campus and Student Life. SC provides mental health care to eligible students and their eligible dependents. Mental health services include: diagnostic assessments; crisis assessment and intervention; individual, couples, and/or group psychotherapy; medication management; academic skills counseling; and referral services. SC staff provides consultation to University of Chicago faculty, staff, and administrators, and outreach/education to the campus community. In its care for students, SC employs a multidisciplinary team of mental health clinicians, supports a psychology training program, and serves as a training rotation site for psychiatry residents.

Job Summary
 

This one-year, full-time, benefits-eligible position is known in other university settings as a clinical psychology post-doc. This Clinical Psychology Trainee position is designed to provide a postdoctoral training position for a graduate from a fully accredited doctoral program in clinical or counseling psychology who is seeking licensure and is interested in combining clinical work with outreach, consultation, and supervision. Approximately 70% time will be spent delivering clinical mental health services, with the remaining time spent in a combination of outreach, consultation, receiving and providing supervision, and engaging in professional development and/or other SC activities.

Responsibilities

• Conducts clinical diagnostic evaluation and assessment of patients, including urgent-care/crisis evaluations.

• Provides goal-focused, time-limited individual, couples, and group psychotherapy.

• Maintains timely and complete electronic clinical documentation.

• Provides consultation, training, and outreach to members of the University of Chicago community both during and after hours.

• Participates in clinical and administrative staff meetings as appropriate.

• Provides clinical training and supervision for psychology externs as needed and as appropriate.

• Exercises discretion and confidentiality while handling sensitive situations required.

• Reviews, analyzes, and interprets federal and state laws, rules, regulations, Code of Ethics, policies and procedures as related to the field of clinical psychology.  

• Delivers clinical services with guidance and instruction from others.

• Combines clinical work with outreach, consultation, and supervision while working towards licensure.

• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through < 2 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Doctoral degree in psychology (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) from an APA approved graduate program.  Documentation must be made available within two months post hire date.

Experience:

• Completion of a pre-doctoral internship at a college counseling center by August 31, 2023.  Documentation required within 2 months post hire date.

• Advanced training or experience with college age or young adult populations.

• Interest in helping students to overcome behavioral and emotional obstacles to peak academic performance.

Preferred Competencies

• Experience training in a university counseling setting.

• Experience providing evidence-based, time-limited psychotherapy.

• Experience providing services to under-represented populations and first generation university students.

• Ability to provide daytime on-call coverage.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills.

Working Conditions

• Direct patient contact or clinical care setting.

• Office environment.

• On-call responsibilities.

• High stress environment.

• Ability to use computers extensively for up to 2 hours at a time.

• Ability to use standard computer and office equipment.

Application Documents

• Cover Letter (Required)

• Resume (Required)

When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

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