Medical University of South Carolina
Job Summary: The Division of Biobehavioral Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina is hiring for a clinical psychologist position. Candidate will be integrated into an existing Behavioral Medicine Clinic. This is a combined position that is 50% grant-funded from MUSC Sickle Cell clinics. The position will include:
50% clinical services in Behavioral Medicine Clinic:
There are a variety of clinical needs within our clinic, so there are opportunities to choose populations of interest
Our primary areas of need at this time include:
-Metabolic and bariatric surgery (adolescent and adult): pre- and post-surgical psychological evaluation and management
-Transplant (heart, liver, lung, kidney, living donation): pre- and post-surgical psychological evaluation and management
-Cancer: Initial assessments and psychotherapy for patients with cancer (new diagnosis, active treatment, survivorship, caregivers) and pre- and post-surgical psychological evaluations for bone marrow transplant candidates
-Initial evaluations and individual/group psychotherapy for patients with co-morbid psychiatric and medical illness
50% clinical services in Sickle Cell Clinics:
The psychologist will join an existing Behavioral Medicine service in the pediatric and adult sickle cell clinics
The primary function of the psychologist will be to extend psychological services to our regional health networks (RHN) via telemedicine services
Clinical services will include:
-Mental health screenings on all patients with sickle cell disease
Creating treatment plans to address emotional, behavioral and academic concerns
-Provide psychotherapy to patients with a focus on behavioral pain management, disease management, mood management and general stress management
The Behavioral Medicine Clinic is a tertiary behavioral medicine clinic with psychologists, psychiatrists, other prescribing providers, and trainees from psychology, psychiatry, pharmacy, and nursing coordinating mental health/behavioral health care for patients receiving medical care from MUSC’s specialty care teams. We primarily serve adults in an outpatient capacity, though we are growing our inpatient consultation and pediatric/teen/young adult patients within our integrated services (e.g., transplant, bariatric surgery, pain, oncology).
For more information about our academic and patient care programs:
https://medicine.musc.edu/departments/psychiatry/divisions-and-programs/divisions/biobehavioral-medicine
https://muschealth.org/medical-services/psychiatry/services/behavioral
Responsibilities:
The ideal candidate will have a strong background and clinical expertise in health psychology; proficiency in providing empirically supported evaluation and treatment interventions; willingness to engage in quality improvement and research projects with Behavioral Medicine and Sickle Cell populations; interest in supervising trainees in psychology; and enthusiasm in identifying opportunities for program development.
Clinical responsibilities will include pre-surgical evaluations, initial psychosocial assessments, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, and post-surgical psychological care within the Behavioral Medicine Clinic and Sickle Cell Clinics.
Minimum Requirements: Candidate will be a doctoral level, licensed Psychologist with a valid unrestricted license to practice in SC (or eligible for licensure in SC). Candidate will actively be involved in quality and research related efforts to support the division’s overall academic missions.
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