Job no: 520954
Work type: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Categories: Health Profession
Department:33070000 - HP-CLINICAL / HLTH PSYCHOLOGY

Classification Title:

Clinical Assistant Professor

Job Description:

Clinical services will be conducted by the faculty member with psychometrist assistance, with the potential to expand to provide a clinical training rotation for advanced graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows in the Department’s training programs. In future clinical training, the incumbent would be expected to provide direct supervision of trainees and to be committed to diversity initiatives. A key component of the position is involvement in interdisciplinary efforts throughout UF Health. The successful applicant will show dedication to the scientist-practitioner model of education and training and is expected to show commitment to fostering departmental goals through collaborative efforts and participation in Departmental decision-making. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE), 12-month position with the title of Clinical Assistant Professor.

The Department is a free-standing clinical psychology department within a CEPH-accredited college of Public Health, which allows it to establish its own missions in research, teaching, and service to the larger University community. The Department has over 40 core faculty, over 80 doctoral students, and two APA-accredited programs: a doctoral program in clinical psychology and a clinical internship in professional psychology. The Department has a 60-year history of providing APA-accredited doctoral and internship training in clinical psychology and advanced specialty-specific training in four major areas of study: Neuropsychology, Clinical Health Psychology, Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology, and Cognitive and Emotion Neuroscience. The doctoral program has been ranked in the 93rd percentile by the National Research Council’s data-based ranking system.

UF is ranked as a top five U.S. public university and is a comprehensive Research I institution that includes a wide range of academic departments and programs (www.ufl.edu). The College of Public Health and Health Professions (www.phhp.ufl.edu) is part of the Academic Health Center (https://ufhealth.org/about-us), the country’s only academic health center with six health-related colleges located on a single, contiguous campus. Key relevant collaborations include the Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Neurological Surgery, and strong affiliations with the McKnight Brain Institute, Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, the Center for Translational Research in Neurodegeneration, the Brain Injury and Neuroresilience Center, and the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (BRRC) at the adjacent Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Research programs at the Academic Health Center generate more than half of UF’s total research awards. The UF Health Science Center is closely affiliated with UF Health, the University of Florida’s Health System. Within the healthcare system are an 850 bed teaching hospital, an 81-bed psychiatric hospital, a 40 bed comprehensive rehabilitation facility, and numerous outpatient and specialty clinics including a Psychology Specialties Clinic run by the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology. The Department has a strong legacy of collaborative research with other units in the Academic Health Center, and research and clinical resources to support leading-edge investigations and clinical services are plentiful.

Expected Salary:

Negotiable

Minimum Requirements:

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology and be licensed or license-eligible in the state of Florida.

Preferred Qualifications:

Successful candidates must have completed specialty training in neuropsychology at the predoctoral, internship, and post-doctoral levels (2-year, prior to start of position), with the expectation of achieving Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology.

Successful candidates must be committed to working with diverse student and community populations and have experience in working with broad interdisciplinary teams at an academic health science center.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. We welcome nominations of and applications from anyone who would bring additional dimensions to the university’s research, teaching and clinical mission, including women, members of minority groups, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Interested candidates should submit an application packet, which includes a CV, letter of interest, and contact information for at least three references, to karen.billings@phhp.ufl.edu. The letter of interest should also describe how the candidate’s scholarship contributes to diverse communities, how multicultural issues have or will be brought into courses, and their previous activities mentoring women or members of underrepresented groups.

For questions, please contact Dr. Dawn Bowers (dawnbowers@phhp.ufl.edu), Chair, Search Committee.

Application review will begin immediately and will continue until a suitable applicant pool has been established.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352/392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800/955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

Health Assessment Required:Yes

Advertised: 14 Mar 2022 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Open until filled