Open Rank Neuropsychologist Adjoint Instructor, Adjoint Sr. Instructor, Adjoint Asst. Professor, Adjoint Assoc. Professor, Adjoint Professor

University of Colorado Anschutz

Department: Psychiatry

Job Title: Open Rank Neuropsychologist Adjoint Instructor, Adjoint Sr. Instructor, Adjoint Asst. Professor, Adjoint Assoc. Professor, Adjoint Professor

Position #00850115 – Requisition #40476

Job Summary:

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine has an opening for a part-time (0.25 FTE) faculty position. The Trauma Assessment and Treatment Services for Kids (TASK) Clinic, within the START center, is a multidisciplinary clinic providing comprehensive, trauma-sensitive assessment services for children who have experienced chronic maltreatment and present with complex symptoms and behaviors. The TASK Clinic currently seeks a part-time neuropsychologist to complete comprehensive pediatric neuropsychological evaluations.

The TASK clinic is a collaboration between the Kempe Center for the prevention of child abuse and the Department of Psychiatry’s Stress, Trauma, Adversity Research and Treatment Center.

Key Responsibilities:

• Trauma-sensitive, culturally responsive neuropsychological assessments of children and caregivers

• Work collaboratively with caregivers, family networks, and treatment providers to promote trauma-sensitive, culturally responsive treatment

• Administer, score, interpret psycho-diagnostic, intellectual, and neuropsychological assessment measures

• Select tests and measures to include in neuropsychological batteries that are developmentally and culturally appropriate for patient population

• Develop assessment reports that consider and incorporate the impacts of chronic forms of childhood neglect and maltreatment and are culturally relevant

• Take active steps in test administration and report writing that addresses and reduces the impacts of cultural bias

• Work with an interdisciplinary team to deliver report results and treatment recommendations

• Work across systems of care to promote comprehensive treatment of children, including collaboration with medical, educational, and child welfare professionals.

• Other duties as assigned

Work Location:

Why Join Us:

Onsite – this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora, CO.

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a world-class medical destination at the forefront of transformative science, medicine, education and patient care. The campus encompasses the University of Colorado health professional schools, more than 60 centers and institutes, and two nationally ranked independent hospitals - UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado - that treat more than two million adult and pediatric patients each year. Innovative, interconnected and highly collaborative, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus delivers life-changing treatments, patient care and professional training and conducts world-renowned research fueled by over $757 million in research grants. For more information, visit www.cuanschutz.edu.

The Department of Psychiatry is one of the largest units in