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19 Jan 2024    

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER APA Accredited Psychology Training Program
We have 4 positions in two tracks available for this1-year fellowship, start date August 1, 2024.

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY TRACK – OUTPATIENT CARE: Postdoctoral Fellowship positions are available within the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. The successful candidates will provide supervised clinical care and conduct program development/research initiatives in our state-of-the-art outpatient settings, integrated pediatric subspecialty care settings, and our expanded school mental health program.  In order to provide the best training experience, each fellowship is customized to the fellow's identified, unique educational goals, including what types of patients they wish to see in outpatient settings and in which pediatric subspecialties they are trained. Fellows in this track participate in clinical research as members of the Innovation in Child Mental Health Care Delivery Lab.

Additional responsibilities for all fellows include participation in didactics and at least 2 hours of weekly individual supervision. Fellows also provide clinical supervision of junior trainees and multidisciplinary clinical staff.  Fellowships are designed so that fellows can pursue careers in patient care, teaching, research, and administration.  In addition, the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Division anticipates faculty opportunities for graduating fellows over the next 5 years.

Opportunities for advanced training are provided within:

(1) UR Medicine: Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness, a community-based mental health setting focused on evidence-based practices serving children from birth to 18 with a wide variety of patients with different cultural backgrounds, spoken language, SES, and presenting mental and physical health concerns. UR is the largest regional provider of child behavioral healthcare.

(2) Pediatric Specialty Clinics at Golisano Children's Hospital, including, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology and Neurology. Fellows provide consultation and direct patient care within these divisions and collaborate with multidisciplinary care teams.

(3) Expanded School Mental Health Program, including school-based patient care, school-based consultation, and K-12 educator training within the Rochester City School District. Postdoctoral fellows will also have the opportunity to participate in one of several federally funded grants focused on expanding school and community capacity to support youth with behavioral health needs within the greater Finger Lakes region.

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY TRACK - ACUTE CARE offers a 1-year fellowship position with a focus on providing care to adolescents in the context of psychiatric crises. Fellows provide clinical care on the Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, including the Rapid Stabilization Pathway - a 3-day, ACT focused intervention for teens admitted with suicide risk. Fellows also provide care within the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP), a regional psychiatric emergency service, and occasionally with psychiatric patients admitted to pediatric medical floors.  The fellow will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team consisting of psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and mental health therapists in a fast-paced environment. The role of the fellow will include 1) providing intensive treatment to children and families with the goal of crisis stabilization, and 2) program development and evaluation. Fellows also have the option of a Pediatric Consultation/Liaison elective working as part of an interdisciplinary team to complete psychiatric consultation and provide short-term treatment for pediatric patients on the Golisano Children's Hospital medical inpatient units. Consultation questions include evaluation of need for psychiatric hospitalization after suicide attempt, acute stress response after violence or trauma, adjustment to medical illness, assisting in the development of behavioral plans, and assessment and treatment of patients with eating or feeding disorders hospitalized for medical stabilization. Fellow's responsibilities also include participation in didactics, a mentored scholarly project. and supervision of other trainees / mental health clinicians.

INTEGRATED CARE FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY TRACK – A Clinical Postdoctoral Fellowship position is available in our Integrated Care Family Psychology track with a Pediatrics concentration. This position is available within the Division of Collaborative Care and Wellness.  Our program is a one-year APA accredited program. Some trainees may wish to have additional training and dependent on faculty agreement and funding, remain for a second year.

Fellows can expect to receive specialized training in integrated pediatric primary care and family systems psychology, including medical family therapy.

Fellows maintain a supervised clinical practice with emphasis on integrated primary care and

family systems. The primary clinical placement for the fellow is at Highland Family Medicine, an urban family medicine clinic that provides care to a diverse, largely underserved population. The fellow provides therapy to children and their families, collaborates and consults with medical professionals as part of an interdisciplinary team, works with multiple systems such as schools and community agencies, and provides consultation and teaching to pediatric residents and primary care teams. The clinical service at the academic health center, Strong Family Therapy Services, offers variety in clinical caseload and skill development, including families who are coping with comorbid medical problems as well as those with relationship difficulties.

Fellows are also uniquely trained in the URMC Physician Communication Coaching model, preparing them to serve as consultants to medical clinicians to enhance the patient-family physician relationship in pediatric and family medicine settings.

Fellows participate in coursework and professional seminars dedicated to expanding

knowledge base and skill development for primary care psychology and medical family therapy

principles.  The Department of Psychiatry's Psychology Training Program is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion as core values in our program, with seminars supporting and extending trainee cultural competence and cultural humility.

Fellows may also have opportunities for supervised teaching and supervision and partner with Fellowship faculty to complete a scholarly project, typically focused on program development and/or evaluation.

Our fellowship launches psychologists who are highly qualified for careers in patient care, teaching, and administration. Competitive candidates have interests and/or experience with pediatric psychology, chronic and acute illness, and systems theory.

For All Positions:

The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is located in a culturally diverse and vibrant community in upstate New York. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity University that values diversity.  Members of underrepresented groups, including people of color and those with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.

Benefits include a beginning salary of $56,484, 4 weeks’ vacation, 9 paid holidays, 5 professional days, medical/dental plans, professional liability insurance, FSA, HAS, 403(b) plan, professional stipend allowance.

REQUIRED: Successful completion of an APA accredited doctorate and APA accredited internship program in clinical, counseling, or school psychology.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications preferred by December 15th but will be accepted on a rolling basis until the positions are filled.

Our program follows the APPIC guidelines and is accepting applications through APPACAS. Visit our “How to Apply” page on our website for more information:

Postdoctoral Fellowship – How to Apply

For questions, contact Linda Brown 585-275-3563 Linda_Brown@URMC.Rochester.edu