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University of Rochester Faculty Psychologist in Addiction Psychiatry in Rochester, New York
University of Rochester: Office of the Provost: University of Rochester Medical Center: School of Medicine and Dentistry: Psychiatry: Psychiatry: Addiction Psychiatry
Salary Range or Pay Grade
$101,650 - $135,400
Description
The Addiction Psychiatry Division within the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Department of Psychiatry invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor. We are recruiting for a candidate with outstanding training and education skills of psychological interns and postdoctoral fellows within addiction psychiatry.
Specially, we are interested in recruiting candidates that have success in obtaining HRSA training grants and other HRSA funds. This candidate will be instrumental in implementing the translational research on a day- to- day basis within clinical services in Addiction Psychiatry. Moreover, this position will require leadership and managerial skills to implement the day- to- day operations of trainees onsite at the Strong Recovery Clinical Site and other addiction clinical sites within the Addiction Psychiatry Division. This will also include overseeing the psychological testing operations within Addiction Psychiatry.
This candidate will also work to integrate the use of evidence based digital therapies and assessments into clinical services in Addiction Psychiatry. A focus of academics and translational research within Addiction Psychiatry will be on the complex interplay between addiction and comorbid psychopathology (anxiety, depression, trauma and family violence), and issues related to health inequities, social determinants of health, and disparate health outcomes in minority, underserved, and disadvantaged populations.
The successful candidate will help oversee the training experience of all psychology trainees and postdoctoral fellows within the Addiction Psychiatry Division and will collaborate with other research investigators to contribute to training and education activities in the areas of addiction psychiatry, health psychology and behavioral medicine, including supervision and mentoring of junior researchers.
Candidates must meet the following requirements:
Doctoral degree in psychology, psychiatry or health-related profession with experience in addiction psychiatry.
Track record of training grant research funding, research training and experience, with indications of academic success.
Track record of conducting clinical research with digital therapies on the issues noted above.
One of the nation's top academic medical centers, the University of Rochester Medical Center forms the centerpiece of the University's health research, teaching, patient care and community outreach missions. The University's health care delivery network is anchored by Strong Memorial Hospital - an 800-bed, University-owned teaching hospital which boasts specialty programs that consistently rank among the best in the nation. At URMC, our robust teaching and research programs transform the patient experience with fresh ideas and approaches steeped in disciplined science and the biopsychosocial model. Here, care is delivered by health care professionals who innovate, collaborate, and care deeply about the lives they touch.
The Department of Psychiatry at URMC offers a vibrant and stimulating setting in which to conduct research. There are active research programs in aging, psychosis, substance use, women’s health, interpersonal violence, psychiatric presentations in primary care settings, and other areas, and a large child and adolescent psychiatry program with multiple sites throughout the city and in surrounding towns. Research is facilitated by university groups such as the Mount Hope Family Center (http://www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/) the Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI; https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/clinical-translational-science-institute.aspx), the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience (https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/del-monte-neuroscience.aspx), the Goergen Institute for Data Science (http://sas.rochester.edu/dsc/), and the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies http://www.sas.rochester.edu/aas/about/index.html).
The surrounding counties constitute a community of over one million residents spread over many neighborhoods and townships. With a wealth of unique attractions and events spanning all four seasons, the city has been rated by Forbes as one of America’s top ten most livable cities, #3 Best Places to Raise a Family 2010, Top 50 Most Educated Cities in America, and boasts affordable housing and public schools that rank among the highest in the nation.
Compensation includes an excellent, nationally competitive base salary, with bonus/moonlighting opportunities, annual CME stipend, and generous benefits package through the University, including retirement program and tuition benefits.
Assistant Professor $101,650 - $135,400
Qualifications
Candidates must meet the following requirements:
Doctoral degree in psychology, psychiatry or health-related profession with experience in addiction psychiatry.
Track record of training grant research funding, research training and experience, with indications of academic success.
Track record of conducting clinical research with digital therapies on the issues noted above.
Application Instructions
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The referenced pay range represents the University’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the base range of compensation for this faculty position. Individual salaries will be determined within the job’s salary range and established based on (but not limited to) market data, experience and expertise of the individual, and with consideration to related position salaries. Alignment of clinical incentive-based compensation may also be applicable and will be discussed during the hiring process.
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