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Location

Iowa City, IA | United States

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Job description

University Counseling Service at the University of Iowa is seeking a Staff Psychologist to provide psychological services to assist a multiculturally rich and diverse student body in attaining their educational, interpersonal, leadership, and academic goals. Psychological services include individual assessment and counseling; clinical crisis services; case management; group counseling; psycho-educational outreach programming and consultation to students, staff, faculty, administrators, and parents/families; supervision and training to graduate students in the mental health professions.

For a detailed job description, please email Alaysia McAtee at [email protected]

This position is eligible for hybrid work within Iowa and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually, and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location .

About the Division of Student Life:

The Division of Student Life is comprised of staff that embrace new ideas and thoughts, works together to keep our students safe, and provides them with life-changing experiences. The Division of Student Life includes 15 departments that span from Recreation Services to the Office of Leadership, Service and Civic Engagement and everything in between. We believe in working together as one team to achieve our mission: fostering student success by creating and promoting inclusive educationally purposeful services and activities within and beyond the classroom.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in either Counseling or Clinical Psychology from an APA-accredited program.
• Possession of a valid State of Iowa license as a psychologist within 18 months of hire. License must be maintained as a condition of continued employment.
• Extensive knowledge of evidence and theory based mental health counseling in assessment, crisis, individual, case management, and group.
• Extensive ability to assess, manage, and ensure high quality mental health counseling, trauma, and crisis management.
• Extensive proficiency in planning and delivering psycho-educational outreach programs and consultation services.
• Working knowledge of providing training and supervision to trainees.
• Expert proficiency in the application of communication techniques and relationship building skills that develop the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
• Extensive proficiency in collaborating and interacting with individuals and groups while valuing the unique contribution of individuals from varied cultures, race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Specifically, proficiency working with students who are Mandarin and/or Spanish speaking; Native American; Asian American, Black/African American; and/or Latinx, as well as immigrants and international students. And, proficiency working with students who identify as LGBTQ+ and integrating Trans-inclusive care.
• Working proficiency with office and tele-mental health support tools and electronic medical records software (e.g., word processing, email, presentation software and spreadsheets, electronic health records); preferably Microsoft Office, Titanium, and Zoom.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Possession of a valid State of Iowa license as a psychologist by start date.
• Relevant post-degree clinical work experience (typically 1-3 years).
• Working proficiency with drop-in mental health consultation services, such as Let's Talk programming.
• Working proficiency in suicide prevention outreach and programming.
• Experience and interest in providing couples/relationship counseling.
• Working proficiency with TLDP, ACT, and Relational Cultural theories.
• Interest and/or experience in counseling center research.
• Working proficiency and interest in providing brief psychoeducational group interventions.
• Working proficiency with clinical assessment.
• Previous mental health experience working on a college or university campus.

Application Details:

• In order to be considered, applicants must upload a resume and cover letter and mark them as a "Relevant File" to the submission.
• Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. For questions or additional information, please contact [email protected]

The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.

About University of Iowa

With over 31,000 students, the University of Iowa is one of the nation's top public research universities, a member of the Big Ten conference and the Association of American Universities. The University of Iowa is composed of eleven colleges and is known around the world for its balanced commitment to the arts, sciences, and humanities. It is home to one of the nation's largest academic medical centers and the pioneering Iowa Writers' Workshop. The University of Iowa promotes work/life integration and is located in the casual yet cosmopolitan environment of Iowa City, widely recognized as one of the country's most livable communities.

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