Academic Internal Medicine Psychologist

Clinical responsibilities include providing psychological consultations and brief treatment for outpatients utilizing the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model in Academic Internal Medicine (AIM) Primary Care clinic. The AIM clinic is a high volume fast paced clinic environment that strives to provide the high-quality team-based care for our patients.
Reasons for consultation requests include depression, anxiety, adjustment to life stressors, pain management, weight management, non-adherence with treatment plans, memory concerns, ADHD, substance use, risk assessment, and behavior change
Most of these patients also have co-occurring chronic illnesses
Most of these patients also experience multiple chronic conditions alongside unmet social determinants of health (SDOH) needs.
Consults are typically received via the “warm handoff” model from patients’ primary care physicians or other team members
It is expected that the psychologist will implement team-based population health approaches to address behavioral health issues that impact chronic disease management
The psychologist will collaborate with all clinic providers in patient care
There are opportunities for group therapy and other program development
The psychologist will also provide supervision for psychology trainees (i.e., psychology interns and/or fellows) on the service
In addition to clinical responsibilities, the psychologist will be expected to engage in educational activities for psychology trainees, medical residents, and staff
Research activities are highly encouraged
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
PhD or PsyD in Psychology from an APA accredited program or from a graduate program approved by the Canadian Provincial Government in which the program is located, or from a program acceptable to the National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology.
License-Board of Psychology and 1 yr post doc experience.
Skill and experience in providing clinical psychological services to patients with acute or chronic medical, mental health, substance use, and/or developmental problems and their families.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No