Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor - University of Florida

Clin Ast/Aso Prof

The Department of Clinical and Health Psychology within the College of Public Health and Health Professions invites applications for a non-tenure track, clinical faculty member in the area of clinical health psychology or rehabilitation 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 inpatient and outpatient adult solid organ transplantation, including pre-transplant assessments, clinical follow-up, team consultation as well as supervision of trainees.  This service currently includes one other psychologist and routinely includes postdoctoral fellows, interns, and/or students who rotate on this service as part of their training. Although the position primarily serves the Liver Transplant team patients, the Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor will provide coverage for the other solid organ transplant services and generally coordinate with the other transplant psychologist/trainees to provide appropriate transplant services within UF Health.  Depending upon interest and based on departmental needs, there may also be opportunity to provide coverage for other psychology services, such as inpatient acute care and rehabilitation and outpatient services through the Department’s Psychology Specialties Clinic, which serves a broad range of patients. 

The Department of Clinical and Health Psychology (http://chp.phhp.ufl.edu) 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 four content areas of concentration: Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology; Clinical Health Psychology; Neuropsychology; 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 ten 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 University’s Health Science Center. The UF Health Science Center (https://ufhealth.org/about-us) 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.

Salary is negotiable. 

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 HR Benefits and Rewards (ufl.edu).

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

The ideal candidate will have prior postdoctoral work in clinical, health or rehabilitation psychology, experience working in an academic health center, experience working with complex patients and their families, knowledge and/or experience working with individuals and families seeking transplant services, and an interest in student education and training.

Applicants must submit a CV, letter of interest, and contact information for three references. Application review will begin immediately and continue until a suitable applicant pool has been established. For questions, please contact Dr. Glenn Ashkanazi (glenna@phhp.ufl.edu), Chair, Search Committee.

Final candidate will be required to provide official transcript to the hiring department upon hire.  A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible.  Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.

If an accommodation 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 U.S. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida’s Sunshine Law.