Psychologist Trainee - Gardendale Psychiatry Clinic

Position Description:
Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm **This position is a one-year commitment**
Work Location: Psychiatry Clinic, Gardendale

Benefits include: 100% tuition assistance, wellness initiatives, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligible employer, plus more. In addition to our many benefits and perks, UAB Medicine provides a variety of resources to support employees both personally and professionally.

Fellows will conduct brief functional assessment intakes and time-limited, evidence-based (i.e. CBT, MBCT, ACT, DBT-based) behavioral medicine interventions to patients spanning the lifespan in primary and specialty care clinics throughout UAB’s health system. Substantive clinical responsibilities include: 1) consulting and liaising with physicians and advanced care providers (APPs) to offer real-time patient clinical impressions and recommendations 2) providing same-day and brief behavioral interventions 3) administering and applying measurement-based care and 4) participating actively in scaling, implementing, and evaluating iBeMS throughout the health system with ambassadorship, advocacy, clinical research, and quality improvement (QI) efforts.    

Clinical research and program development responsibilities include 1) facilitating the development and maintenance of the iBeMS patient reported outcomes (PRO) database, 2) running descriptive and inferential iBeMS analyses using these data 3) developing associated IRB and grant applications 4) conceptualizing, writing, and publishing peer-reviewed scholarship, as well as 5) developing and refining existing clinic standard operational procedures (SOPs), manuals, and miscellaneous iBeMS clinic protocols and materials.

Position Requirements:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Required: Doctoral degree (PhD, PsyD) or higher in clinical psychology or a related field. This position is intended to be one (1) year in length in order to satisfy the one (1) year work requirement to be fully licensed/certified as a Psychologist in the state of Alabama.

Preferred: Behavioral medicine experience desired. Demonstrated history of work in integrated medical settings also preferred.

LICENSE, CERTIFICATION AND/OR REGISTRATION:
Preferred: Licensure or scheduled to sit for EPPP within the next 3 months.

TRAITS & SKILLS:
• Self-directed, motivated, warm/authentic, communicative, curious, adaptable, creative, and interpersonally effective; Writes and speaks well, clearly, and confidently; Consumes and applies evidence-based research;Values the art and science of delivering evidence-based behavioral medicine intervention(s) in integrated medical settings to a diverse patient population;Feels comfortable and energized working alongside physicians and APPs in a dynamic, fast-paced clinical environment; Has a strong working literacy of medical language, culture, medications, and treatments; Works diligently, conscientiously, independently, competently, and within scope of practice; Demonstrates empathy, compassion, humility, curiosity, and professionalism;n all clinical, academic, and professional encounters; Adopts a posturing of teamwork, cooperation, and collaboration in clinical, research, and program development efforts; Exhibits flexibility and copes effectively with professional stressors; Demonstrates savviness in navigating complex medical systems; Demonstrates grace, poise, and composure in emergent, critical, unusual, or dangerous clinical situations; Produces high quality, thoughtful, and solutions-oriented work; Understands big picture vision and executes it with detail-orientedness