Description

Come join our one-year clinical postdoctoral fellowship that is designed to provide fellows with a comprehensive understanding of assessment and treatment approaches for people who are experiencing behavioral sequelae and/or consequences associated with medical conditions or who are identified in routine primary care for needing behavioral health support. Fellows will have the opportunity to interact with patients, partners, families, care team members, and other learners in both outpatient and inpatient medical settings as well as consultation to inpatient hospital settings. Fellows will develop skills in evidenced-based targeted assessment, brief intervention, consultation to medical teams, and advocacy for patients. They will serve as integral members of our interprofessional inpatient and outpatient teams. This Fellow will also have the opportunity to work with the integrated care team on a scholarly project during their fellowship year to include program development. 

Located in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico, the fellowship is situated at the largest Academic Medical Center for the state, the University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH). UNMH is an outstanding public, safety-net, academic medical system affiliated with the University of New Mexico and UNM’s School of Medicine. UNMH provides medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, and vision services to our diverse, complex, underserved communities in Bernalillo County and surrounding areas. The community we serve is 49.8% Hispanic/Latino and 4.8% Native American with numerous other ethnic minority groups represented. Approximately 80% of our patients are covered by Medicaid. We have a strong tradition of interdisciplinary integrated care, which offers a unique opportunity to be trained as a generalist with sub-specialty areas. The multiple clinical sites within UNMH’s Behavioral Health Clinical Services line also support two APA-accredited doctoral clinical psychology internships and post-doctoral fellowship programs providing fellows with a rich learning environment. 

TRAINING STRUCTURE

Each fellow is accepted on an individual training plan tailored to the interests and career goals of the fellow. Training plans may include a mix of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, psychotherapeutic modalities such as individual, family, or group therapy, consultation, program development / improvement, teaching, supervision training, staff meetings, and didactics. 

Fellows participate in 2 hours of formal training each week including a mental health didactic and Socratic seminar with their peers and other new employees, along with 2 hours of individual supervision. In reality, using a developmental approach, fellows receive much more supervision within the context of clinical work.  They present a professional topic during the clinic’s weekly didactic series and present patient cases during our Socratic seminar and clinic treatment team. Fellows assist with the supervision of at least one junior trainee (including cross disciplinary supervision) under the direction and oversight of their primary supervisor. Additionally, fellows complete a quality improvement or program development project. 

Some of the evidence-based approaches that our training has had available during the training year includes but is not limited to:

        Motivational Interviewing (MI) / Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)

        Behavioral Activation

        Cognitive Behavioral Relapse Prevention

        Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Harm Reduction

        Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pain

        Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-P)

        Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) 

        Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) and Community Reinforcement Approach and Family Training (CRAFT)

        Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression (IPT-D)

        Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

        Prolonged Exposure (PE) for PTSD

        Trauma Focused CBT (TFCBT)

        Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy

        Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

        Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

        Seeking Safety

        Unified Protocol for Emotional Disorders (UP)

        Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT)

        and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

SITE

We have one opening for the Integrated Care Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow hired within UNMH. Fellows will have the unique opportunity to learn and implement evidence-based treatments and best practices through direct clinical service to individuals in primary care clinics.  Fellows will gain experience providing assessment, intervention, and consultation to a wide array of comorbid psychological and medical conditions at UNMH. Fellows will provide psychological assessment and intervention to improve function as well as reduce the impact of psychiatric symptoms on medical illness and treatment. 

UNMH offers competitive salary and a generous benefits package. All fellows are admitted into the full-time training programs in August or September of the starting year through August of the next year. This is a full-time, in-person position and requires routine vaccinations, a health screen, and completion of all required trainings associated with employment at UNMH.

UNMH's Postdoctoral Training Program fulfills the licensure requirements for postdoctoral supervision in the jurisdiction of the program (New Mexico). We are committed to recruit, support and retain a diverse staff and therefore we encourage women and minority applicants.

HOW TO APPLY / APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants wishing to apply should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to Dr. Kathryn Lenberg, Director of Integrated Behavioral Health Clinical Services and Training Director for Behavioral Health Clinical Services, at the email address below by December 20. Notification for interview will be done by January 10. Candidates will be contacted by phone or email to set up a video conferencing interview with training and supervising psychologists involved in the fellowship training.

We look forward to your application and the many possibilities to expand your career!

Requirements

• Have received a Doctorate from an APA accredited graduate program in Clinical, Counseling, School, or Combined Psychology. Persons with a doctorate in another area of psychology who meet the APA criteria for re-specialization training in Clinical, Counseling, School, or Combined Psychology are also eligible.
• Documented experience in age-appropriate environment.
• Have completed an internship program accredited by the APA. The only exception regarding accreditation is for those who complete a new VA or other Federal internship that is not yet accredited. Please inquire if you the internship falls into this category.
• License-eligible in the State of New Mexico.
• CPR Certification for Healthcare/BLS Providers or for Professional Rescuers or must obtain within 30 days of start date of position.