Clinical Assistant​/Associate Professor

Job Summary

Apply now Job no: 536747
Work type: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Categories: Allied Health, Social/Behavioral Science, Counseling/Community Outreach/Social Work
Department:  - HP-CLINICAL - HLTH PSYCHOLOGY

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Title:

Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology or a related field. Candidates must be licensed or license eligible in the State of Florida.

The Department of Clinical and Health Psychology (CHP) within the College of Public Health and Health Professions invites applications for a non-tenure track, clinical faculty member in the area of clinical child and adolescent psychology. Rank will be commensurate with experience, but hiring is anticipated to be at the Clinical Assistant or Clinical Associate Professor level. This is a full‑time (1.0 FTE), 12‑month position.

We welcome junior faculty applications. The Department has a mentoring program designed to assist junior faculty in their professional identity and development.

The primary assignment for this position will be in delivering outpatient clinical child and adolescent psychology services, including psychotherapy with children/adolescents and their families, psycho educational/neurodevelopmental assessments, and supervision of trainees. The child/pediatric area currently includes 5 psychologists (2 tenured faculty, 3 clinical faculty) and routinely trains interns and students who rotate through faculty practices as part of their training. Depending upon interest and based on departmental needs, there will likely also be opportunity to teach a course as part of the doctoral program.

Department (): CHP manages a unique, freestanding academic clinical psychology program with 35 core faculty, 80 doctoral students, and two APA accredited programs: a PhD program and internship in clinical psychology. The Department has a 50‑year history of providing APA‑accredited doctoral and internship training in clinical psychology and advanced specialty‑specific training in three content areas of specialty:
Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology;
Clinical Health Psychology and Neuropsychology. The doctoral program has been ranked in the 93rd percentile by the National Research Council’s data‑based ranking system.

Institution ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).): UF is ranked as a top ten U.S. public university and is a comprehensive Research I institution that includes a wide range of academic departments and programs. The College of Public Health and Health Professions () is part of the University’s Health Science Center. The UF Health Science Center () is the country’s only academic health center with six health related colleges located on a single, contiguous campus.

They include the colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine. The Health Science Center generates more than half of UF’s total research awards. The UF Health Science Center is closely affiliated with UF Health, part of the University of Florida Health System. Within the healthcare system are an 850‑bed teaching hospital, an 81‑bed psychiatric hospital, a 60‑bed inpatient rehabilitation facility, and numerous outpatient and specialty clinics including the Psychology Specialties Clinic run by the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology.

Negotiable; commensurate with education and experience.

The University of Florida (UF) offers an exceptional benefits package, including health, dental and vision insurance; state retirement plans; a generous leave program; and tuition assistance. UF is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer. For more information on benefits, please visit UF HR Benefits and Rewards at .

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology or a related field. Candidates must be licensed or license eligible in the State of Florida.

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