Health Psychologist M67326
Listed on 2026-09-30
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Healthcare
Psychology
Unit
School Of Medicine
DepartmentPsychiatry
Mission or Goal of UnitProvide Consultation Liaison services in the VCU Health System and teaching to trainees, and Health system medical providers.
Chief Purpose of this positionProvide consultation liaison services within designated VCU Health System programs, particularly in the area of Bariatric Surgery.
Provide teaching and supervision in the Health Psychology Postdoctoral and Psychiatry residency programs.
1. Clinical
- Areas of concentration include therapy and surgical evaluations with patients in a weight loss surgery program, general clinics in the Department and other clinics as assigned;supervision of psychology graduate students providing direct patient care in Primary care clinics.
2. Teaching
- Supervision of a health psychology post-doctoral fellow and doctoral level psychology students and teaching other trainees (including psychiatry residents, graduate program practicum students, undergraduate psychology students).
3. Service
- Assist in training within the health psychology postdoctoral fellowship; service on appropriate committees of the department, university, and health system. Provide national andlocal leadership, advocacy, and public education/public policy guidance related to health behaviors research.
Minimum Qualifications
- Ph.D. or Psy.
D. in Clinical Psychology from an APA accredited program, advanced training and experience in clinical health psychology, licensed or license eligible in the Commonwealth of Virginia - Experience completing Bariatric Surgical Evaluations
- Experience in a broad range of behavioral health interventions toinclude but not limited to transplant, weight loss, primary care,geriatric, cancer, and other settings.
- Demonstrated experience in multidisciplinary research collaborations developing approaches to challenging behavioral problems related to health psychology.
- Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment ofrespect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty,staff, and students from various backgrounds and experiences, or acommitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU
- APA accredited postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology.
Open
TenureIneligible
Months12 months
Contact InformationContact Name:
Brianna Porch
Contact Email:
Brianna.
Porch
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