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A one-year full-time Postdoctoral Fellowship emphasizing NeuroRehabilitation Psychology at the University of Kansas Medical Center and KU Health System will be available starting September 1, 2025. This specialty training position combines advanced clinical experience within a rehabilitation setting and with the opportunity to supervise and train psychology interns and graduate students. The fellow will participate along with our other psychology postdoctoral fellows in our advanced psychology postdoctoral didactics series during the year, as well as a variety of clinical didactics offered within the Psychiatry Department and the medical center; other psychology postdoctoral fellows are in clinical health psychology (onco-psychology emphasis), advanced adult clinical psychology, and advanced child clinical psychology. Candidates will receive supervision toward licensure in the state of Kansas and are required to obtain provisional licensure in Kansas by the start of the fellowship year. Training is also provided in other important professional skills, including interdisciplinary practice, advocacy, leadership, and public policy. Research involvement and scholarly activity are encouraged but not a primary component.
The candidate will be expected to perform assessments of cognitive and emotional/behavioral functioning and to provide individual psychotherapy and functional rehabilitation intervention with individuals who have sustained brain injury, spinal cord injury, burn injury, stroke, brain tumor, polytrauma, encephalopathy, other neurological and/or orthopedic injury/disorder, and other medical diagnoses as well as individuals with acute and chronic co-morbid psychiatric issues. Prior experience in a medical rehabilitation setting (practicum or internship) is desirable. Eligible candidates will be U.S. citizens or those eligible for and pursuing U.S. citizenship who have obtained their PhD or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology or related degree from an APA-accredited graduate program that includes completion of an APA-accredited internship. All degree requirements, including dissertation defense, must be completed prior to beginning the fellowship.
The goal of this postdoctoral fellowship position is to provide a unique and relevant practitioner-scholar training experience in rehabilitation psychology. The residency program is strongly committed to supporting all aspects of cultural and individual diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, including marital or parental status, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its recruitment, retention, or development of residents, faculty or staff. We welcome and encourage well-qualified individuals to apply for positions in our program. We aim to foster an attractive and nurturing atmosphere of learning where diverse postdoctoral fellows, other trainees, faculty, staff, and patients can understand, learn from, accept and appreciate one another. We respect people of all faiths; therefore, if there are observed holidays, we will work with fellow who asks for those days off. Please note, it is possible that the fellow may be asked to work between the Christmas and New Year’s Eve holidays but will not be asked to work on those holidays.
Past fellows have taken positions as practitioners in rehabilitation centers/hospitals, academic medical centers, VA hospitals and outpatient Department of Defense settings.
The Postdoctoral Fellowship will be for a full year, with a full-time salary and package that includes paid holidays, health insurance, and vacation, sick leave, and authorized leave for conferences. Accreditation by the American Psychological Association is being pursued. Applicants should submit via email to both Dr. Kurylo and Ms. Iannaci, a letter of interest, current CV, 3 letters of recommendation, graduate transcripts, and a clinical work sample. Interviews will take place virtually. Inquiries can also be directed to:
Monica Kurylo, PhD, ABPP
c/o Charlotte Iannaci, Senior Coordinator
Professor and Director of Neurorehabilitation Psychology
Director, Division of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
KUMC School of Medicine, MS 4015
mkurylo@kumc.edu and ciannaci@kumc.edu
APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 25, 2024
SALARY: $52,223.60
START DATE: September 1, 2025
Interviews for invited applicants will occur virtually in early to mid December 2024
More information on the position and application process can be found on our website: Neurorehabilitation Psychology Residency (kumc.edu)
We are also listed in the APPIC Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory: http://www.appic.org/About-APPIC/Universal-Psychology-Postdoctoral-Directory/detail?id=2031
To apply for this job email your details to mkurylo@kumc.edu