Psychologist PhD-Adolescent

The MetroHealth Medical System is an integrated health system with an acute care hospital housing a Level I Adult Trauma and Burn Center, a skilled nursing facility and more than 25 locations throughout northeastern Ohio. It is an outstanding public, safety-net academic medical system affiliated with Case Western Reserve University and provides medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, and vision services to diverse underserved communities in Cuyahoga County/Cleveland Ohio and surrounding areas. There is a strong tradition of interprofessional, integrated care service delivery models, an APA-accredited doctoral clinical psychology internship, and a robust post-doctoral fellowship program. Psychologists at MetroHealth are full members of the medical staff and have faculty appointments at Case Western Reserve University.

Because of the strong commitment to the needs of the community, the MetroHealth System is building a new 110-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital in Cleveland Heights, Ohio with specialized units serving adolescents, geriatrics, adult psychiatric intensive care, adult substance use disorders, adult thought disorders, and adult mood disorders. Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment programs will be attached to this hospital as well.

We are seeking Psychologists with expertise and experience treating Adolescents in inpatient behavioral treatment to work on interprofessional teams to deliver high quality services for the patients we serve on inpatient units and outpatient programs.

Psychologists will lead teams of behavioral technicians, psychology trainees, and counselors, while working collaboratively with psychiatrists, nursing, social work, and adjunct therapists (e.g., recreation therapy, OT/PT) to implement behavioral services.

Successful candidates will partner with colleagues in the Behavioral Health Hospital Programs to advance the quality and expand interprofessional clinical and academic programs. They will participate as faculty in our APA-Accredited psychology internship and postdoctoral fellowship program, and in trainee supervision. Psychologists will be joining a growing Interdepartmental Psychology Section comprised of more than 25 psychologists and 12 doctoral trainees.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

Ø Provide clinical and academic leadership for a team of behavioral health providers and ensure processes that support clinical activities and quality outcomes.

Ø Conduct psychological individual and group evaluations and treatments as part of an interprofessional Inpatient Behavioral Health Team.

Ø Lead training programs to prepare behavioral technicians to provide milieu-based care in treatment settings.

Ø Participate in the design and evaluation of outcomes of patients served.

Ø Collaborate on education and program development initiatives to advance behavioral health services.

Ø Join the Psychology Training Committee and work either the pediatric or adult health psychology internship track. Participate in didactic seminars and supervise clinical staff, psychology post-doctoral fellows, interns and graduate trainees.

Ø Participate in interprofessional education of psychiatry, medical, nursing, social work, and counseling trainees.

HOURS : This is a full-time (40 hours/week) position. MetroHealth offers a competitive salary and benefit package.

BENEFITS: The MetroHealth System offers a competitive compensation package, health insurance, paid time off, liability insurance, an academic appointment to the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine faculty at a rank commensurate with experience, CME opportunities, malpractice coverage, an impressive pension program with a generous employer match through the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) and excellent environment for faculty members to develop a strong clinical and research program (both basic and clinical).

QUALIFICATIONS :

Ø Doctorate in psychology from an APA-accredited college or university program with an emphasis in clinical/health psychology OR child & adolescent clinical psychology

Ø Doctoral internship in clinical/counseling/health psychology in an APA-accredited program

Ø Completion of a psychology post-doctoral fellowship or at least 3 years’ experience in an acute behavioral health care setting

Ø Current, valid, unrestricted licensure to practice as a Psychologist in Ohio by start date

Ø Eligibility for ABPP Board certification

Ø Background and experience in training, program development and collaborative research

Ø Training and experience in at least one of the following

o Acute adolescent inpatient settings

o Acute adult inpatient setting

o Geriatric inpatient treatment

o Acute substance abuse treatment

Ø Experience with diverse patient populations. Bilingual in Spanish is desirable, but not required.

Interested candidates should e-mail their CV and a letter outlining clinical and academic interests to: Terry Stancin, PhD, ABPP, Chief, Psychology Section, The MetroHealth System, c/o Eloy Vazquez, Provider Recruitment, evazquez@metrohealth.org

Our healthcare providers are leaders in their field and choose to work for MetroHealth because equity in healthcare is their passion. Equity, inclusion, and diversity aren’t just who our patients are. Equity, inclusion, and diversity aren’t just who our employees are.

Doing the difficult work of equity, inclusion, and diversity in our community and at the bedside is who we are. We redefine healthcare to improve the foundations of community health and well- being. Our commitment to our patients means that questions and concerns rooted in historical disparities are met with compassion, patience, and flexibility to meet the needs of each patient. That’s what we call EQUITY FIRST.