Associate or Assistant Professor

Classification Title:

Associate or Assistant Professor

Classification Minimum Requirements:

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with a pre-doctoral internship from an APA-accredited program; candidates must be licensed or license-eligible in the State of Florida.

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 three faculty positions in clinical child/pediatric psychology. These are full-time (1.0 FTE) 12-month tenure-track positions; preference is at the Associate Professor rank but applicants at the Assistant Professor rank are welcome. While broad areas of research will be considered there is particular interest in psychologists with research and clinical specialization in 1) trauma care and suicide prevention 2) pediatric psychology (i.e. diabetes sleep medicine asthma/pulmonology) and 3) autism spectrum disorders.

The ideal candidates for these positions are expected to display a strong career record of scientific and scholarly achievements relative to other professionals at their current professional rank; have active interest and skills in building a collaborative research program within a dynamic interprofessional academic health center environment; add depth and/or breadth to existing areas of specialization represented by existing faculty in the Child/Pedaitric Psychology area; and possess competency and willingness to engage in (i) mentorship of research and (ii) supervision of behavioral health service delivery within a Scientist-Practitioner graduate training program emphasizing evidence-based practice. The Candidates will work closely with colleagues within the department physicians and other healthcare providers in a dynamic healthcare environment. If applicable day-to-day clinical service delivery responsibilities may take place across a variety of settings within the UF Health Science Center including our outpatient UF Psychology Specialties Clinic other UF Health Outpatient Clinics or the inpatient units at UF Health/Shands Hospital.

Taking into account interest and departmental needs the faculty members will be expected to participate in clinical coverage for other departments faculty as addition classroom teaching may be assigned as part of the faculty members responsibilities.

The Department (): CHP manages a unique freestanding academic clinical psychology program with 38 core faculty more than 60 doctoral students over 10 Interns and multiple Postdoctoral Fellows. CHP has APA-accredited clinical psychology PhD and Internship programs. The Department has a 50-year history of providing APA-accredited 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 Councils data-based ranking system.

The Institution (): UF is ranked among the top five U.S. public universities and is a comprehensive Research I institution with a wide range of academic departments and programs. The College of Public Health and Health Professions () is part of the Universitys Health Science Center. The UF Health Science Center ( is the countrys 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 UFs 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. The Academic Health Center also partners with the adjacent Malcom Randall VA Medical Center and the UF Academic Health Center Regional campus located in Jacksonville FL. Additional major institutes and centers at the University of Florida include the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the McKnight Brain Institute all of which provide state-of-the-art environments and access to patient samples and large data sets for faculty collaboration.

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with a pre-doctoral internship from an APA-accredited program; candidates must be licensed or license-eligible in the State of Florida.

Preferred Qualifications:

The ideal candidates for the position will have prior postdoctoral work in clinical or health psychology experience at an academic health center and an interest in student education and training. For hires at the associate professor level a strong record of extramural funding and publishing in health psychology is essential. Hires at the assistant professor level should demonstrate potential to develop such a record.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

To be considered please submit your application online at and attach your CV letter of interest and contact information for three references.

Application review will begin immediately and continue until a suitable applicant pool has been established. For questions please contact Dr. David Janicke () Chair Search Committee.

Final candidates 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 candidates will also be required to provide three letters of recommendation upon hire.

If an accommodation is needed to apply for this position please call or the Florida Relay System at (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the U.S. Searches are conducted in accordance with Floridas Sunshine Law.

Health Assessment Required: Yes

Required Experience:

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