Psychologist - Missouri University of Science & Technology

Application Deadline:  Open until filled

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time, Benefit Eligible

Salary: Minimum $53,600 annually

The psychologist role serves as a member of a collaborative student wellbeing team dedicated to supporting and promoting student health and wellbeing as a core institutional value. Through a multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach, this position will serve as a licensed mental health professional providing direct mental health services to a diverse community of undergraduate and graduate students. Using a short-term intervention and stepped care model, the psychologist will be responsible for providing individual and group counseling, walk-in assessments, consultations, and crisis intervention services. This position will serve as a key consultant on high-risk and complex clinical situations. The psychologist role may also assist in training and supervision of interns. As a JED Campus school, this position plays an integral part of our collaborative and multidisciplinary student wellbeing team. For department specific information, visit https://wellbeing.mst.edu.

Job Description

• Provides individual, group, and crisis counseling with around 70% direct service commitment
• Serves as a key consultant on high-risk and challenging student wellbeing cases
• Works collaboratively as part of a comprehensive behavioral intervention and care team
• Develops and delivers educational programs on self-management and mental health
• Consults with internal and external stakeholders, and with professional colleagues
• Contributes to gathering data, compiling information, and preparing reports
• Collaborates with colleagues on campus committees and initiatives
• Acts as a resource and/or mentor for colleagues
• May assist in training and supervising interns
• Other duties as assigned

 
Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate degree in Psychology and licensure (or eligibility to be licensed) as a Psychologist within the State of Missouri.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three years’ experience providing mental health services
• Professional experience in a university/college counseling center setting working with young adults and a diverse population
• Possesses highly developed skills and experience resolving high-risk and complex clinical situations
• Training and experience promoting diversity, inclusion, and multicultural excellence
• Track record of consistently sound professional decision-making
• Ability to communicate effectively and create trusting, supportive relationships
• Comfortable with use of computer technology (Titanium software, email, web pages, PowerPoint, web-based surveys) to enhance services
• Possesses knowledge of best practices and desire to learn and incorporate new service methods
• Possesses professional liability insurance
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of state and federal health care privacy laws, Title IX, VAWA, ADA, Title II, HIPAA, FERPA, and professional ethics

Comments
The final candidate is required to provide copies of official transcript(s) for any college degree(s) listed in application materials submitted. Copies of transcript(s) should be provided prior to the start of employment. In addition, the final candidate may be required to verify other credentials listed in application materials.

Failure to provide official transcript(s) or other required verification may result in the withdrawal of the job offer.

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check.

Equal Opportunity is and shall be provided for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable state or federal law. This policy shall not be interpreted in such a manner as to violate the legal rights of religious organizations or the recruiting rights of military organizations associated with the Armed Forces or the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America.

The University's nondiscrimination policy applies to any phase of its employment process, any phase of its admission or financial aid programs, or other aspects of its educational programs or activities. Further, this policy applies to sexual violence or sexual harassment, both forms of sex discrimination, occurring within the educational program and instances occurring outside of the educational program if the conduct negatively affects the victim’s educational experience or the overall campus environment. 

Any person having inquiries concerning the application of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or other civil rights laws should contact the Title IX Coordinator.