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ChristianaCare's Behavioral Health Service line is looking to hire a full-time Post Doctoral Fellow for the Psycho-Social Oncology practice at the Helen. F. Graham Center, Newark.

The Post Doctoral Fellow will provide direct clinical services to medical patients and family members, serve on multidisciplinary teams to provide care optimization by addressing the social and behavioral determinants of health that impact treatment adherence and healthcare inequity, engage in the provision of supervision, program development, and training activities/faculty development in accordance with training goals, and complete relevant supervision and training requirement according to Delaware Psychology Licensure. The fellowship is aligned with Christiana Care strategy and designed to prepare psychologists for a career in integrated behavioral medicine in accordance with Optimal Health, Exceptional Experience, Caregiver Experience, and Organizational Vitality.

This is a one-year training program with Psychologist career opportunities available post training.

Prospective candidates should submit a completed application packet, including:

• Resume

• One letter of recommendation

• Cover letter

Key Responsibilities:

Provide direct ambulatory clinical services to medical patients and family members while taking individual, cultural, and social determinants of health factors into consideration. The direct clinical services may include the following:

• Phone-based consultation and triage for newly referred patients

• Psycho-diagnostic evaluation

• Individual, couples, and family psychotherapy

• Health behavior assessment and intervention services

• Referral to internal and external behavioral health specialists or care providers as needed.

• Crisis management as needed.

Provide acute care clinical services to medical patients and family members. The clinical services may include the following:

• Provide direct patient consultation and brief intervention

• Provide provider consultation regarding the patient's care needs and the social and behavioral determinants of health

Serve on Multidisciplinary Teams to optimize care by addressing the social and behavioral determinants of health that impact treatment adherence and healthcare inequity.

• Provide direct patient consultation and brief intervention

• Provide provider consultation regarding the patient's care needs and the social and behavioral determinants of health

• Attend relevant multidisciplinary meetings

Provide integrated behavioral medicine care in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Concord Health Center. Integrated care services may include:

• Provide direct patient consultation and brief intervention

• Provide provider consultation

• Provide individual, couples, and family psychotherapy

Training, Education, and Supervision

• Engage in training and supervision activities with psychology externs, interns, and other healthcare trainees under the supervision of the licensed supervising psychologist

• Develop training initiatives to provide relevant educational activities across the healthcare system

• Receive weekly supervision in accordance with requirements for obtaining Delaware Psychology Licensure

• Participate in relevant training and education opportunities with the behavioral health training program and the healthcare organization

Research/Program Development

• Engage in ongoing research, program development & evaluation, and quality improvement projects

• Develop and implement and individual research, program development/evaluation and/or quality improvement project over the course of the fellowship.

Qualifications:

• A Ph.D./Psy.D. in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited psychology program. If the degree is not yet conferred, the applicant must have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree by the start of the fellowship.

• Completion of an APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship.

• Specialty training, clinical experience, and/or expressed interest in Psycho-Oncology.

• Interest in behavioral medicine program development & evaluation, community outreach, and/or clinical supervision is strongly desired.

• Interest in addressing health inequities through social, psychological, behavioral, and ecological factors strongly desired.

Supervision Received:

The postdoctoral fellow will receive a minimum of four hours of supervision per week provided by the supervising licensed psychologist at HFGCCRI and/or a designated licensed psychologist if needed.

Whether a position can be supported for remote work will be assessed based on whether ChristianaCare is able to meet the business requirements of the proposed remote location

At ChristianaCare, we are guided by our values of Love and Excellence and are passionate about delivering health, not just health care.

Feel free to apply and come join us at ChristianaCare!

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