Clinical Geropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow Position:
The CU Aging Center (CUAC) is a nonprofit, community-based mental health clinic for older adults and their families. The CUAC opened in 1999 and is the training clinic affiliated with the Ph.D. clinical psychology program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS). The CUAC offers comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological services on a sliding scale to underserved and underinsured older adults and caregivers in the Pikes Peak region. Services are provided on-site at the CUAC and at integrated/multidisciplinary health care and senior agencies in our community.
Position Expectations: The postdoctoral fellow would train to provide a broad range of psychological services to on-site senior and caregiver clients and in integrated care settings, including a primary care clinic. The training position includes 30 hours of direct services per week with an additional 10 hours allocated for paperwork, supervision, training, and staff meetings. Direct services may include psychological evaluations, therapy for seniors and for caregivers, consultation with clients, families, and other health care professionals, and neuropsychological evaluations. There is some flexibility based on individual interests and career goals. In the integrated primary care setting, training focuses on direct services specific to that setting including co-visits and consultations with primary care providers, on-site brief therapy, psychological and cognitive screening, telephone follow up, case conferencing, and care planning with the integrated health care team.!
Additional opportunities are available for formal presentations to staff, students, other senior agencies and community members, didactic seminars, and case presentations. The postdoctoral fellow will work toward licensure and receive needed supervision hours and training. Salary commensurate with experience (range of $28K-$35K) with University benefits package. Start date 6/13/11 or as negotiated.
Qualifications:
- Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology.
- Completion of both an APA-approved graduate training program and an APA-accredited doctoral internship.
- License eligible in the State of Colorado following required year of postdoctoral supervision.
- Interest in specialty training with older adults in integrated care settings
Application:
Please send letter of interest (including three letters of recommendation and contact information) and Curriculum Vita to:
Michael Kenny, Psy.D., Director, CU Aging Center
719-471-4884
The University of Colorado does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status in admission and access to, and treatment and employment in, its educational programs and activities. The University takes affirmative action to increase ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity; to employ qualified disabled individuals; and to provide equal opportunity to all students and employees.
Sara Honn Qualls, Ph.D.
Director, Gerontology Center
Kraemer Family Professor of Aging Studies and Professor of Psychology
Gerontology Center, 1434 N. Hancock Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903
O: 667-0187, F: 719-471-2800
Psychology Department, Columbine 4019
Cell: 719-210-8252
