Staff Psychologist and Coordinator of Clinical Training

Job no: 523832
Position Type: Staff Full Time
Campus: UMass Boston
Department: Health Services
Pay Grade: 35
Date opened: 01 Oct 2024 Eastern Daylight Time
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General

Summary:

The Staff Psychologist and Coordinator of Clinical Training within University Health Services will provide high-quality, time-effective, evidence-based and culturally responsive clinical services, including triage; emergency and crisis intervention services; referrals and evaluations; as well as individual and group counseling and psychotherapy. The incumbent will also provide consultation to faculty and staff and provide outreach to the campus community. The incumbent will manage a caseload to serve the maximum number of students who are appropriate for services at the University Health Services Counseling Center;

and will consult with and/or make timely and appropriate mental health referrals for students as needed. In addition, the Staff Psychologist and Coordinator of Clinical Training will provide leadership for the University Health Services Counseling Center Clinical Practicum and Advanced Clinical Practicum, serving as the liaison between the Counseling Center and the graduate programs in which the trainees are enrolled.

The incumbent will guide the process of planning and producing the yearly practicum orientation, assuming primary responsibility for ensuring that trainees and practicum supervisors understand and act in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Counseling Center; will oversee all data collection pertaining to the evaluation of the practicum; and will be responsible for overseeing the application process for the Advanced Clinical Practicum.

• Provide high-quality, time-effective, evidence-based, culturally responsive clinical services, including triage, emergency and crisis intervention, referral, as well as individual and group counseling and psychotherapy.
• Produce and maintain excellent and timely clinical records and participate in quality management activities, in accordance with University Health Services policy.
• Manage a clinical caseload so as to serve the maximum number of students who are appropriate for services at the UHS Counseling Center.
• Consult with and/or make timely and appropriate mental health referrals to other professional staff of the University Health Services, as well as to other departments or professionals on- or off-campus, as appropriate to meet students’ needs.
• Serve as consultant and resource person for faculty and other University staff about counseling programs and services available to students; collaborate with and consult with university departments to coordinate planning and intervention with students of concern.
• Conduct culturally responsive outreach efforts for students and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Participate in the development of programming to meet changing student needs and requests.
• Liaison with university faculty, staff and other University personnel in order to be informed of and participate in campus activities which might be supportive of students’ needs.
• Maintain statistical records and submit, as required, reports on activities.
• Serve as back-up for other staff members, as necessary, such as by providing emergency or triage coverage when a staff member is absent.
• Keep current on clinical practice and supervision practices relevant to this setting, including risk management.
• Provide high-quality and culturally-competent supervision of trainees, as needed.
• Update the University Health Services Counseling Center Clinical Practicum and Advanced Clinical Practicum training manuals and materials.
• Serve as the point person for all issues related to trainees’ placement at the University Health Services Counseling Center; create and run yearly orientation to the University Health Services Counseling Center Practicum and Advanced Practicum; facilitate practicum supervisors’ meetings; coordinate trainee office hours and room assignments; oversee regular chart reviews on trainee cases.
• Assume or assign direct supervision of a primary supervisor’s trainees if primary supervisor becomes unavailable.
• Oversee yearly or biannual…