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 2023-2024. The fellowship start date is August 1, 2023.
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. The fellow will be able to promote the crucial role of providing pre and post-transplant evaluations, functional assessments and targeted psychological interventions to promote health and well-being. 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 fellow will provide outpatient care to diverse primary care populations in the UAMS Internal Medicine and Family Medicine programs. This will include the High Impact Health Clinic (a multi-disciplinary complex care clinic for high medical care utilizing patients with multiple chronic medical conditions), urban and rural primary care clinics. Fellows will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of patients in a fast-paced setting and also work with patients presenting the full spectrum of problems in primary care from prevention to multiple complex and chronic medical conditions. The fellow will learn how to adapt current skills and learn targeted interventions to fully integrated into the primary care setting. The fellow will receive advanced training in primary care behavioral health (PCBH) through the UAMS Behavioral Health Integration Academy and have experience working within a Collaborative Care (CoCM) model with psychiatry and psychiatry fellows. The behavioral health integration (BHI) team includes behavioral health consultants (BHCs), psychology and social work trainees and psychiatry residents. The fellow will be an integral part of the UAMS BHI team and will have the opportunity to provide vertical supervision as available and appropriate.
Transplant Psychology
UAMS is the home of Arkansas’ only adult kidney and liver transplant center. The UAMS organ transplant team has performed over 2,000 kidney transplants and over 400 liver transplants and continues to grow. The Fellow will practice as part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of transplant surgeons, nephrologists, hepatologists, nurse practitioners, nurse coordinators, pharmacists, dietitians, financial coordinators, social workers, and psychologists. The fellow will conduct pre-kidney and/or liver transplant psychological evaluations, and may have the opportunity to conduct living kidney donor psychological evaluations. The fellow will also provide outpatient psychotherapy to transplant patients (primarily serving post-transplant patients). Interventions primarily utilize CBT, ACT, and other evidence-based interventions to address depression, anxiety, substance use, pain management, and adherence issues. The fellow will attend multidisciplinary weekly kidney and liver transplant listing meetings. The fellow will also have the opportunity to provide vertical supervision as available and appropriate. Other possible opportunities include: quality improvement projects (e.g., addressing issues related to health literacy), group psychotherapy to address substance use relapse prevention, and inpatient evaluation and consultation services.
Optional Opportunities
The fellow will have the opportunity to receive training and supervision in implementation science and implementation facilitation based on the interest of the fellow. There are many options for creating a quality improvement project or implementation of an evidence-based practice within the primary care setting.
Benefits
The current salary is $48,000. 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 Dr. Tisha Deen at deentishal@uams.edu. Please feel free to contact Dr. Deen with any questions about the fellowship. While the preferred application deadline is December 16, interviews will begin in the first week of January 2023, and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Tisha Deen, Ph.D.
Director of Behavioral Health Integration, Integrated Medicine Service Line
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences