The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has an opening for a one-year post-doctoral resident in Integrated Specialty Care for the training year 2025-2026. The fellowship start date is Aug. 1, 2026.
Description
The goal of the fellowship is to provide the fellow with clinical training focused on developing advanced competencies in integrated behavioral health care and health psychology to prepare for independent practice in an integrated care academic medical center environment. We aim to prepare the fellow to leave fellowship as an early career psychologist who can thrive in multidisciplinary, primary and specialty health care settings, provide high-quality evidence-based care. We seek to recruit fellows who are interested in improving population health and health equity through interprofessional collaboration and education.
Integrated Primary Care Setting
The UAMS Integrated Behavioral Health Postdoctoral Fellowship is designed to build advanced expertise in integrated behavioral health (IBH) across the two primary models of care: the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model and the Collaborative Care (CoCM) model. Fellows will develop leadership and program evaluation skills and gain specialized training in evidence-based trauma interventions for patients in primary care.
Fellows will provide outpatient behavioral health services to diverse patient populations within the UAMS Internal Medicine and Family Medicine programs. Training experiences include both in-person and virtual integration into primary care teams. Fellows will work with patients across the full continuum of primary care—from prevention and health promotion to complex chronic disease management—learning how to adapt existing clinical skills and implement targeted, evidence-based interventions suited to fast-paced, interdisciplinary primary care settings.
Fellows will receive advanced training and supervision in both PCBH and CoCM models, collaborating closely with primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychiatry fellows, and other members of the Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) team. The BHI team includes Behavioral Health Consultants (BHCs), Behavioral Health Care Managers (BHCMs), psychiatrists, psychology and social work trainees, and psychiatry residents. The fellow will serve as an integral member of this team and will have opportunities to provide vertical supervision to psychology or social work trainees as appropriate.
In addition to integrated care experiences, the fellow will work to expand access to evidence-based trauma treatment by delivering these interventions within the primary care setting. Training will include the use of brief, structured protocols such as Written Exposure Therapy (WET) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) adapted for primary care. This work will emphasize interprofessional collaboration, leadership development, and continuous quality improvement to prepare fellows for future careers in integrated behavioral health care delivery, program development, and academic leadership.
Training Overview
The BHRI rotation will begin with active clinical shadow experiences with all members of the rehabilitation team. Thereafter, fellows will be provided opportunity to observe the range of neuropsychological services with current patients. Depending on individual skill, the fellow will then begin providing clinical services to include intakes with patients referred for psychological assessment and leading adjustment to injury sessions. In addition, once the fellow has an established caseload, either additional rehabilitation psychology services and/or neuropsychological assessment services will be integrated. Thereafter, additional consultation and training opportunities can be included, as appropriate.
Consultation Liaison (C/L) Psychology Service
The fellow will provide inpatient care to diverse populations across the inpatient units at UAMS. This will include working with individuals who present to UAMS with injury or complex medical conditions in a fast-paced setting. The fellow will learn how to adapt current skills into inpatient medical settings. This position offers a unique opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary healthcare team, providing psychological support to patients across various medical settings. The fellow will gain experience brief assessment, intervention, and consultation for patients facing psychological challenges related to acute and chronic medical conditions. Research opportunities may be available.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct brief psychological assessments of patients in inpatient settings
- Collaborate with medical teams to develop integrated treatment plans to address both psychological and medical needs
- Provide evidence-based interventions (e.g., crisis intervention, psychotherapy, psychoeducation)
- Participate in team meetings, case discussions and interdisciplinary rounds to advocate for patients’ needs
Transplant Psychology
Setting: UAMS is the home of Arkansas’ only adult kidney and liver transplant center. As the only adult kidney and liver transplant center in Arkansas, patients come from all over the state and at times from surrounding states to receive care. The fellow will practice as part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of transplant surgeons, nephrologists and/or hepatologists, nurse practitioners, nurse coordinators, pharmacists, dietitians, financial coordinators, social workers, psychiatrist and psychologist.
Training opportunities:
Pre-transplant psychological evaluation – Evaluation to identify risk factors that may impact transplant outcomes and provide recommendations to mitigate those risks. Evaluation consists of psychodiagnostic interview and use of cognitive and symptom screeners. This is primarily done in an outpatient setting. The fellow may have the opportunity to conduct living kidney donor psychological evaluations.
Outpatient therapy –Short-term individual psychotherapy is offered to post-transplant patients to assist with adjustment to life after transplant. Interventions primarily utilize CBT, ACT, and other evidence-based interventions to address depression, anxiety, alcohol relapse prevention, weight management, and adherence issues. The fellow may provide group therapy on alcohol relapse prevention to post-transplant patients.
Consultation – Multidisciplinary meetings: The fellow may attend weekly multidisciplinary kidney and/or liver transplant listing meetings. During these meetings, the fellow will share pre-transplant evaluation findings and collaborate with other team members to improve patient care. Inpatient consultation: The fellow may provide brief assessment and evidence-based interventions to transplant patients who are hospitalized, and collaborate with transplant team members.
Supervision/Training – The fellow will have the opportunity to provide vertical supervision to the integrated health care and/or neuropsychology intern as available and appropriate. The fellow may provide staff training relevant to transplant to increase multidisciplinary knowledge (e.g., use of trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing).
Research/Quality improvement – There will be opportunities for research/quality improvement/curriculum development
Benefits: The current salary is $54,091. Health insurance is available for family or single at a reasonable rate. All fees associated with EPPP and the licensure process (preparation materials, fees, etc.) is covered in full by the department. The fellow will also receive support for conference attendance with successful acceptance of a presentation. Vacation, sick leave, and professional leave are standard. The fellow will have their own office with up-to-date technology support.
Qualifications: Qualified applicants will have successfully completed a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited doctoral program including an APA accredited internship with a focus in health psychology by their start date. Experience working in integrated care settings and especially some exposure to pre-surgical psychological evaluations is preferred.
Applications: The program strives to recruit and retain early career professionals who represent, and are passionate about, the communities served by UAMS. Applicants from diverse backgrounds with interest in social justice and underrepresented populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Required application materials include:
• Cover Letter
• Current CV
• Three letters of reference, one of which must be from internship
Application materials should be emailed to the Director of Training, Dr. Jennifer Gess, at gessjenniferl@uams.edu. Please feel free to contact any or each of the supervisors above with any questions about the fellowship (emails included below). The application deadline is Dec. 19 and interviews will begin in January 2026.
Tisha Deen, Ph.D.
Director of Behavioral Health Integration, Integrated Medicine Service Line
Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
deentishal@uams.edu
Laura Rohm, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor
Departments of Psychiatry & Surgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
lrohm@uams.edu
Ming Hwei Yek, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist | Associate Professor
Director of Transplant Psychological Services
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
MHYek@uams.edu