| Job Description: |
The Department of Clinical and Health Psychology (CHP) within the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida is recruiting for a faculty position in clinical health psychology. Depending upon experience, there may be an opportunity to serve as assistant director/director of the psychology transplant team. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE), 12-month tenure track or non-tenure track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank. We welcome senior and junior faculty applications. The Department has a mentoring program designed to assist junior faculty in their professional identity and development.
The primary assignment for this position will be inpatient and outpatient adult solid organ transplantation (e.g., liver, heart, and/or lung,), including pre & post-transplant assessments, clinical follow-up, team consultation, program development, intervention and participation in Solid Organ Medical Review Board meetings, as well as supervision of trainees. Currently, this service includes one other psychologist and routinely includes postdoctoral fellows, interns, and/or students who rotate on this service as part of their training. The Department is exploring potential growth opportunities for the service, including research related activities. In addition to clinical supervision, classroom teaching may be assigned as part of the faculty member’s responsibilities. Taking into account interest and based on departmental needs, the faculty member will be expected to participate in clinical coverage for other department faculty as needed.
UFHealth Transplant Programs (https://ufhealth.org/locations/uf-health-shands-hospital) are the number one transplant programs in Florida according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) (January 2025). The SRTR evaluates transplant centers across the U.S. every six months using a comprehensive assessment focused on several important transplant metrics: survival on the waiting list, the time it takes to get a transplant, and one-year organ survival after surgery. UF Health’s transplant programs are among two nationally to achieve the top ranking in every assessment category.
The Department (http://chp.phhp.ufl.edu): CHP manages a unique, freestanding academic clinical psychology program with 33 core faculty, 80 doctoral students, and two APA accredited programs: a PhD program and internship in clinical psychology. The Department has a 50-year history of providing APA-accredited doctoral and internship training in clinical psychology and advanced specialty-specific training in three concentration areas: Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology; Clinical Health Psychology and Neuropsychology. The doctoral program has been ranked in the 93rd percentile by the National Research Council’s data-based ranking system.
The Institution (www.ufl.edu): UF is ranked as a top ten U.S. public university and is a comprehensive Research I institution that includes a wide range of academic departments and programs. The College of Public Health and Health Professions (www.phhp.ufl.edu) is part of the University’s Health Science Center. The UF Health Science Center (https://ufhealth.org/about-us) is the country’s only academic health center with six health related colleges located on a single, contiguous campus. They include the colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine. The Health Science Center generates more than half of UF’s total research awards. The UF Health Science Center is closely affiliated with UF Health, part of the University of Florida Health System. Within the healthcare system are an 850-bed teaching hospital, an 81-bed psychiatric hospital, a 60-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility, and numerous outpatient and specialty clinics including the Psychology Specialties Clinic run by the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology.
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| Expected Salary: |
Salary is negotiable, commensurate with education and experience.
The University of Florida (UF) offers an exceptional benefits package, including health, dental and vision insurance; state retirement plans; a generous leave program; and tuition assistance. UF is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer. For more information on benefits, please visit UF HR Benefits and Rewards at https://benefits.hr.ufl.edu/.
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| Preferred: |
Preferred that candidates are licensed or license-eligible in the State of Florida.
Experience working in multidisciplinary teams and with complex patients and their families, knowledge and/or experience working with individuals and families seeking transplant services and chronic illness management is essential.
Experience in research programs leadership and administration, research education and training, and technology transfer is desirable.
To be considered for tenure track, candidates must show a record of a demonstrated reputation teaching, independent research funding, and the desire to build a research and training program in transplant psychology.
Associate Professor: Experience mentoring doctoral students and early career faculty. Demonstrated commitment to student success and excellence in undergraduate and/or graduate education. Evidence of leadership in the profession of psychology.
For hires at the assistant professor level, potential to develop such a record should be demonstrated.
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| Special Instructions to Applicants: |
Qualified applicants should submit an application, which includes a CV, a letter that describes research and career interests, and list of three references.
Application review will begin immediately and will continue until a suitable applicant pool has been established.
Final candidate will be required to provide official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.
If an accommodation is needed to apply for this position, please call 352/392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800/955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the U.S. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida’s Sunshine Law.
For questions, please contact Dr. Rebecca Pearl (rebecca.pearl@phhp.ufl.edu), Chair, Search Committee.
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