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Specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, emotional disturbance and behavior problems.

Job Duties

Clinical Psychology Internship Training Director

Geisinger is seeking a licensed clinical psychologist with experiencing in advanced clinical supervision, teaching, and educational leadership for the role of training director for Geisinger's APA-accredited clinical psychology internship program. Our internship has maintained continuous accreditation for over 30 years and is currently comprised of three tracks: Adult Clinical and Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, and Pediatric Primary Care Behavioral Health. We plan to restart our Pediatric Hospital-Based Track within the next two years as well. Practitioners of any of these four broad clinical specialties will be considered for the role. The training director will have .5 FTE (half time) dedicated to this leadership role, with the other .5 FTE dedicated to their clinical specialty through direct patient care.

Responsibilities include:

• Working closely with internship track coordinators to ensure a unified training program that meets APA accreditation standards
• Maintain APA accreditation through the collection of proximal and distal data, overseeing all required documentation and reporting to the APA Commission on Accreditation
• Participating in Graduate Medical Education (GME) Committee meetings and working closely with GME leadership to align with Geisinger residency policies and procedures
• Fostering faculty development through mentorship, training, and modeling
• Collaborate with faculty and educational leaders in the development of interdisciplinary curricula and didactic training
• Facilitating psychology internship faculty meetings and retreats
• Participate in educational leadership meetings to promote the educational mission of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and coordinate with the department's other educational programs, including psychology and neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowships, addiction medicine fellowship, social work fellowship, and psychiatry medical school rotations.

For additional information about our internship program, visit About us (geisinger.edu)

Work is typically performed in a clinical and office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details

Education

Doctoral Degree- (Required)

Experience

Certification(s) and License(s)

Licensed Psychologist - Default Issuing Body

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.