UNIV - Assistant Professor - Psychiatry: Biobehavioral Medicine

Job Description Summary

he Division of Biobehavioral Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina is hiring for a clinical psychologist position. Candidate will be integrated into an existing Biobehavioral Medicine Clinic. Candidate will be a doctoral level, licensed Psychologist with a valid unrestricted license to practice in SC (or eligible for licensure in SC). Candidate will provide psychological evaluations as well as individual and/or group therapy to patients with co-morbid psychiatric and medical illness. Candidate will actively be involved in quality and research related efforts to support the division’s overall academic missions.

Entity

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Faculty

Cost Center

CC001042 COM PSYCH Bio-Behavioral Medicine CC

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

University-00

Pay Range

0.00 - 0.00 - 0.000

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

Job Summary: The Division of Biobehavioral Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina is hiring for a clinical psychologist position. Candidate will be integrated into an existing Biobehavioral Medicine Clinic. Candidate will be a doctoral level, licensed Psychologist with a valid unrestricted license to practice in SC (or eligible for licensure in SC). Candidate will provide psychological evaluations as well as individual and/or group therapy to patients with co-morbid psychiatric and medical illness. Candidate will actively be involved in quality and research related efforts to support the division’s overall academic missions.

The Behavioral Medicine Clinic is a tertiary behavioral medicine clinic with psychologists, psychiatrists, other prescribing providers, and trainees from psychology, psychiatry, pharmacy, and nursing coordinating mental health/behavioral health care for patients receiving medical care from MUSC’s specialty care teams. We primarily serve adults in an outpatient capacity, though we are growing our inpatient consultation and pediatric/teen/young adult patients within our integrated services (e.g., transplant, bariatric surgery, pain, oncology).

For more information about our academic and patient care programs: https://medicine.musc.edu/departments/psychiatry/divisions-and-programs/divisions/biobehavioral-medicine

 

https://muschealth.org/medical-services/psychiatry/services/behavioral

Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will have a strong background and clinical expertise in health psychology; proficiency in providing empirically supported evaluation and treatment interventions; willingness to engage in quality improvement and research projects with Behavioral Medicine populations; interest in supervising trainees in psychology; and enthusiasm in identifying opportunities for program development. The faculty member will primarily be working in the fields of 1) Transplant surgery: Heart, liver, kidney, lung, & living donor (kidney); 2) Cancer: New diagnosis, active treatment, survivorship, caregivers, bone marrow transplant candidates 4) GI service: program development opportunities for coping with GI disorders (Crohn’s disease, Ulcerative colitis, Irritable bowel syndrome), individual/group psychotherapy.  

However, there may be opportunities to conduct clinical services with the following populations as well:

1) Spinal cord stimulator evaluations

2)  Chronic pain: Chronic idiopathic pain, nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, CRPS/RSD, Chronic pancreatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, fibromyalgia

3)  Cardiac and Pulmonary diseases: CF, COPD, NTM, MI/CAD, CABG, arrhythmias, adult congenital, devices; including specialty clinics and Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Minimum Requirements: Candidate must hold a terminal degree.

Additional Job Description

Physical Requirements: (Note: The following descriptions are applicable to this section: Continuous - 6-8 hours per shift; Frequent - 2-6 hours per shift; Infrequent - 0-2 hours per shift) Ability to perform job functions in an upright position. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions in a seated position. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile. (Frequent) Ability to