Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology

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Job:

Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology

Job Summary:

The Rosemary Furman Counseling Center at Barnard College is seeking applicants for one postdoctoral fellowship position for the 2024-2025 academic year. This one-year, full-time, hybrid fellowship exposes an emerging psychologist to the various dimensions of working in college student mental health and/or with a young adult outpatient population.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Job Description:

• The Furman Counseling Center provides psychological services to 3,100 undergraduate students attending a diverse, historically women's, residential liberal arts college in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood. Our Center is highly utilized; we see approximately one third of Barnard's student body every year. Our Center provides short-term individual psychotherapy; support and therapy groups; psychiatric evaluations and short-term medication management; outreach, consultation, and training for the wider Barnard community; crisis and emergency mental health services; and referrals for long-term treatment. We are a small, interdisciplinary team of 10 clinicians (including 2 psychiatrists), 3 administrative staff, one postdoctoral fellow, and graduate student trainees in psychology and social work. team supports Barnard College's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by considering the impact of systems of oppression on mental health, attending to our own social identities and biases, and promoting equitable access to care. Our Center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). We approach training through an integrative framework that incorporates psychodynamic, multicultural, and social justice lenses, and evidence-based interventions (e.g., CBT, DBT, mindfulness).
  The postdoctoral fellow will conduct triage screenings, intakes, and short-term individual and group psychotherapy, and will participate in the after-hours on-call rotation. The fellow will receive two hours of weekly individual supervision from senior staff psychologists and will participate in staff meetings, professional development trainings, and twice-weekly Client of Concern meetings. They may also pursue a special interest area or project, with mentorship from Center staff. This is a 35-hour per week hybrid position. Hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday, with the exception of one evening per week on-site until 7PM (on a Mon, Tue, Wed, or Thur). The position comes with a competitive salary and benefits package.
   

• Responsibilities include:

  • Provides triage screenings, psychological evaluations, and short-term individual and group therapy.

  • Provides crisis intervention services via daytime walk-in appointments and periodic afterhours on-call coverage (via telephone).

  • Participates in weekly supervision, staff meetings, trainings, and Client of Concern meetings.

  • May participate in outreach activities.

  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills, Qualifications & Requirements:

• Doctoral degree from an APA-Accredited Program in Counseling or Clinical Psychology

• Completion of an APA-Accredited internship in psychology.

• Commitment to social justice and sensitivity to issues of identity, power, and privilege.

• Previous treatment of high-risk patients and patients with serious psychopathology, preferably in a hospital setting.

• Superior interpersonal, clinical, and organizational skills.

Salary Range: $60,000 - $60,000 annually

Competitive Benefits Package: In addition to traditional health, welfare, and time-off benefits, we offer ways for our employees to save for the future, fund education opportunities for their dependents, and prepare for retirement.

Fellows will also be given time during summer months to prepare for EPPP licensure exam

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the College's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Company:

Barnard College

Time Type:

Full time