Associate or Assistant Professor

Job No: 541652

Work Type: Full Time

Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)

Categories: Allied Health, Social/Behavioral Science, Counseling/Community Outreach/Social Work

Department:  - HP-CLINICAL - HLTH PSYCHOLOGY

Classification

Title:

Associate or Assistant Professor

Classification

Minimum Requirements:

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with a pre-doctoral internship from an APA-accredited program; 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 at the University of Florida is recruiting for three faculty positions in clinical child/pediatric psychology. These are full-time (1.0 FTE), 12-month tenure-track positions; preference is at the Associate Professor rank, but applicants at the Assistant Professor rank are welcome. While broad areas of research will be considered, there is particular interest in psychologists with research and clinical specialization in
1) trauma care and suicide prevention,
2) pediatric psychology (i.e., diabetes, sleep medicine, asthma/pulmonology), and
3) autism spectrum disorders.

The ideal candidates for these positions are expected to display a strong career record of scientific and scholarly achievements relative to other professionals at their current professional rank; have active interest and skills in building a collaborative research program within a dynamic, interprofessional, academic health center environment; add depth and/or breadth to existing areas of specialization represented by existing faculty in the Child/Pedaitric Psychology area;

and possess competency and willingness to engage in (i) mentorship of research and (ii) supervision of behavioral health service delivery within a Scientist-Practitioner graduate training program emphasizing evidence-based practice. The Candidates will work closely with colleagues within the department, physicians, and other healthcare providers in a dynamic healthcare environment. If applicable, day-to-day clinical service delivery responsibilities may take place across a variety of settings within the UF Health Science Center, including our outpatient UF Psychology Specialties Clinic, other UF Health Outpatient Clinics, or the inpatient units at UF Health/Shands Hospital.

Taking into account interest and departmental needs, the faculty members will be expected to participate in clinical coverage for other departments' faculty as needed. In addition, classroom teaching may be assigned as part of the faculty member's responsibilities.

CHP manages a unique, freestanding academic clinical psychology program with 38 core faculty, more than 60 doctoral students, over 10 Interns, and multiple Postdoctoral Fellows. CHP has APA-accredited clinical psychology PhD and Internship programs. The Department has a 50-year history of providing APA-accredited training in clinical psychology and advanced specialty-specific training in three concentration areas:
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.

UF is ranked among the top five U.S. public universities and is a comprehensive Research I institution with 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.

The Academic Health Center also partners with the adjacent Malcom Randall VA Medical Center and the UF Academic Health Center Regional campus located in Jacksonville, FL. Additional major…