The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry invites applications for a full-time, fixed-term clinical instructor. The successful candidate will join a team of social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists who provide behavioral health consultations and wellbeing and safety assessments for UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine healthcare employees who represent a multitude of disciplines and present from across the various locations of our healthcare system. The physical location of the position will be in Chapel Hill, NC, with the majority of services currently delivered via telehealth modalities.
Clinical responsibilities will primarily include providing assessment, consultation, and brief intervention to health care providers who are accessing self-assessments of their mental health wellness and stress through a large Health Care system effort. The successful candidate will have strong multidisciplinary consultative skills, exceptional rapport building capabilities, well developed problem solving skills, and knowledge of the promotion of coping in adults. An interest in teaching medical residents in psychiatry and related disciplines is preferred as the position is for a clinical instructor in the UNC School of Medicine where teaching highly valued.
A second responsibility of the position will be the provision of psychotherapy in the department's outpatient clinics. Areas of specific clinical interests for growth in the department include providers with experiences in family counseling and trauma therapies. The division of the position will be a majority providing care in the health care services program and a smaller specific amount of time in the departments' outpatient clinics.
Education and Experience:
Experience in crisis assessment and management
A solid knowledge of clinical social work practice
Strong therapy skills with multiple modalities
Ability to work well in a multidisciplinary environment and with a multidisciplinary team
Experience in providing clinical supervision
Interest in working with health care employees
Interest in working with well-being initiatives
AA/EEO Statement:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.
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