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The University of Utah, an AA/EO employer, encourages applications from all qualified individuals, and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees. The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students, staff, faculty and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education, employment opportunities, and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented groups.
Position Information
Position/Rank
DOQ
Department
00252 - Rehab Psychology
City
Salt Lake City, UT
Track
Non Tenure Track
New Position to Begin
2025
Details
The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) is seeking a rehabilitation or health psychologist for a full-time faculty position. Rank will be dependent upon the selected applicant's qualifications. Duties will include maintaining a strong clinical practice involving evaluation and treatment services to rehabilitation patients, primarily on an inpatient basis at NRH with some dedicated outpatient time as well. We anticipate at least half of clinical time will take place on an inpatient basis. We are hoping for candidates with a specialty interest in spinal cord injury (SCI) and/or stroke although anticipate opportunities to work with a broad spectrum of conditions and presenting concerns.
The Section of PM&R Psychology in our Department currently includes 9 faculty clinical psychologists across Rehabilitation, Health, and Neuropsychology subspecialties. Our providers work with individuals living with a variety of rehabilitation and chronic health conditions, including SCI, traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, amputation, complex medical (e.g., debility from prolonged hospital stays, cancer, burn injuries, other complications), obesity, and spine/musculoskeletal/orthopedic or other pain concerns. We have dedicated inpatient teams at NRH serving patients with SCI, TBI, stroke, and complex medical and are fully integrated and work collaboratively with physiatrists, PT/OT/SLP, and other specialists. Our outpatient clinic offers individual and group psychotherapy and additionally provides comprehensive psychological and/or neuropsychological assessments for pre-spinal cord stimulator or peripheral nerve stimulator, baclofen pump trials, post-TBI or stroke, pre-bariatric surgery, pre- and post-shunt, and post-concussion to make evidence-based recommendations to associated treatment teams.
As a faculty member, the psychologist would be expected to support the research, educational, service, and leadership goals of the University of Utah's School of Medicine. Faculty are expected to support our ongoing clinical training program goals department wide, especially psychology trainees, through offering training in their clinical specialties and participating in the PM&R psychology training committees. We currently offer or have historically offered rotations to practicum students (from University of Utah and surrounding universities), APA accredited interns (external rotation), and multiple psychology postdoctoral fellowships in the department (i.e., rehabilitation psychology, health psychology, neuropsychology).
Education requirements for this position include completion of a doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited graduate school program, completion of a one-year internship at an APA-accredited program, and completion of a one or two-year postdoctoral fellowship in rehabilitation, health, or neuropsychology. Applicants already board-certified, or eligible to apply for board certification, in health, rehabilitation, or neuropsychology are preferred.
Located in the heart of Salt Lake City, UT there are abundant recreational, cultural and educational opportunities. The University of Utah is the largest tertiary/ quaternary academic medical center in the Intermountain West. It has ranked in the Top 10 Academic Medical Centers for Quality of Care for the last 14 years. The University of Utah serves patients from a multi-state region with a Level 1 trauma center and 450 acute care beds. The 75-bed Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) opened in Spring 2020. NRH is one of the most advanced rehabilitation facilities in the nation and will serve as a catalyst for the further development of the University's rehabilitation programs. We are looking for energetic academically-oriented psychologists who will support this initiative and help us expand our footprint regionally, and nationally.
Please apply at: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/175528
Please contact Search Committee Co-Chairs with any questions: Chief of PM&R Psychology Larissa McGarrity, PhD larissa.mcgarrity@hsc.utah.edu and Inpatient/Outpatient Rehabilitation Psychologist Madison Niermeyer, PhD, ABPP Madison.niermeyer@hsc.utah.edu
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Special Instructions for Candidates
Open Date
12/23/2024
Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Requisition Number
PRN03739F
Type
Faculty