Munroe-Meyer Institute Fellowship Announcement



Munroe-Meyer Institute Fellowship Announcement

13 Mar 2024    

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Child and Adolescent, Integrated Primary Care, and

School Mental Health

2024-2025 Academic Year

 

The Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska invites applicants for its Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychology beginning August 1, 2024.  We can extend this position to a 2-year research fellowship. Research fellows will do approximately 50% clinical work and 50% research/training. Applications are being accepted until the position is filled.

 

Child and Adolescent Psychology 

  • 1 position (Omaha) 
  • The Munroe Meyer Institute is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) with a department of psychology that provides secondary and tertiary outpatient care for children, youth and families with a variety of behavioral, emotional, social and developmental challenges.  This is primarily a clinical fellowship with both intervention and assessment experience within a multidisciplinary setting. Fellows will work and interact and consult with speech therapists, OT/PT, genetics, recreation therapists, and developmental pediatricians as well as specialists from our integrated center for autism spectrum disorders (ICASD) and day treatment programs in feeding and severe behavior.    
  • Intervention opportunities include individual and family therapy using evidence-based treatment modalities to address a variety of internalizing and externalizing concerns. Additionally, opportunities for consultation with physicians, medical staff, as well as school and community personnel will be available. Psychological evaluation techniques may include functional behavioral assessments, structured interviews and observations, social/emotional/cognitive evaluations, as well as opportunities to complete comprehensive evaluations for developmental concerns including autism spectrum disorders and/or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders.   
  • Minor rotations may include additional assessment and clinical roles in settings providing services to adults with developmental disabilities, assessment in the autism diagnostic clinic, providing school-based mental health, providing comprehensive assessments for juvenile justice system, providing evaluations for special education services through the local public school system,  or supporting training for the Mid-America Mental Health Technology and Transfer Center (MHTTC).
  • The fellows in this position will also spend a portion of their time participating in research related to child and adolescent behavioral health with possible opportunities for presentations at regional and national conferences as well as publication.   
  • Fellows should expect to participate in the supervision of students including masters level providers and medical residents.  It is a goal of MMI to provide supervision and training to support fellows to build skills as clinical educators.   Post-doctoral experience can be extended to two years if desirable. 

 

Integrated Primary Care in Pediatric Psychology (1-2positions)

  • Located in Omaha, Nebraska
  • These positions provide an opportunity for a primarily clinical fellowship with both intervention and assessment experience within an integrated primary care setting. Fellows will work in pediatric or family medicine primary care clinics with opportunities to interact and consult with nurses, residents and physicians. Our primary care clinics reach underserved and rural locations, as well as urban, suburban and metropolitan areas of Nebraska. Some clinical assignments may involve travel to nearby rural communities. 
  • Intervention opportunities include individual, family and group therapy using evidence-based treatment modalities to address a variety of internalizing and externalizing concerns. Additionally, opportunities for consultation with physicians, medical staff, as well as school and community personnel will be available. Psychological evaluation techniques may include cognitive measures, structured interviews and observations, social/emotional evaluations, as well as opportunities to complete comprehensive evaluations for developmental concerns including autism spectrum disorders and/or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders.  
  • Minor rotations may include additional assessment and clinical roles in settings providing services to adults with developmental disabilities, assessment in the autism diagnostic clinic, providing school-based mental health, and providing evaluations for special education services through the local public school system or Douglas County Youth Detention Center.  Additional minor rotations may be available in co-facilitating training, technical support, and program evaluation for rural school districts in building comprehensive school mental health systems or supporting training in integrated care for the Mid-America Mental Health Technology and Transfer Center (MHTTC).
  • The fellows in this position will also spend a portion of their time participating in research related to integrated primary care with possible opportunities for presentations at regional and national conferences as well as publication.  
  • Fellows should expect to participate in the supervision of students including master's level providers, psychiatric nurse practitioners and medical residents.  It is a goal of MMI to provide supervision and training to support fellows to build skills as clinical educators.  

                                                                                                                                       

 

Comprehensive School-Based Mental Health Services

  • 2 positions in Omaha and surrounding areas
  • This position provides fellows with advanced training in comprehensive school mental health practice and research within the MTSS framework and is designed to train fellows in skills to improve access to high quality school mental health services and programming. 
  • Fellows will be trained to provide a full continuum of mental health services (e.g., implementation of MTSS framework, mental health promotion, prevention, intervention, assessment, behavioral consultation, individual therapy, family therapy) within their primary school placement in Omaha, Nebraska and/or surrounding rural areas. 
  • Fellows will work with licensed psychology faculty and will have the opportunity to serve as lead providers within their primary school placement. Fellows will have the opportunity to consult with school counselors, teachers, and parents. In addition, fellows will have opportunities to lead professional development and/or family education series on mental health promotion topics. 
  • Fellows will receive rigorous clinical training across a three-tiered public health framework as part of the Mental Health Technical Transfer Center (MHTTC) and Department of Education (DOE) grants. Furthermore, fellows will complete an intensive clinical rotation (2-3 days per week) within their primary school setting in which they will provide a full continuum of evidence-based mental health services. 
  • The postdoctoral fellows in this position will also spend a portion of their time participating in research with possible opportunities for presentations at regional and national conferences as well as publication. Participation in student supervision and training activities may also be available.  
  • Minor rotations may be available depending on the number of days the fellow is placed in the primary rotation.  Minor rotations include additional assessment and clinical roles in settings providing services to adults with developmental disabilities, primary care settings, and providing evaluations for special education services through the local public school system.  Additional minor rotations may be available in co-facilitating training, technical support, and program evaluation for rural school districts in building comprehensive school mental health systems.  

                                                                                                                                       

Application Procedure 

Qualifications: Applicants must demonstrate completion of all professional doctoral degree requirements from an APA-accredited program (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) and an APA-approved pre-doctoral internship. All applicants should be eligible to obtain a provisionally licensed psychologist license in Nebraska. Supervision may be available for trainees working toward their BCBA. Fellows must have a driver’s license and the ability to travel to outreach clinical sites from 5 to 30 miles regularly. Additionally, applicants must be eligible for a licensed mental health practitioner credential within the state of Nebraska and obtain an LMHP or credentialed as a certified behavior analyst by the start date of fellowship (http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/Documents/brochure.pdf).  Postdoctoral fellows are required to complete their doctoral degree prior to beginning postdoctoral fellow training.  If the degree will not be conferred until after the start date of August 1st, then the fellow is required to submit a rights and privileges letter from the training director of the University where the degree will be conferred. 

 

Applicants willing to train in or with goals of living and providing psychological services in underserved/rural areas in Nebraska will receive special consideration.   

 

General Application and Selection Procedures: The Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program complies with APPIC application procedures. UNMC is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to APPIC’s nondiscrimination policies. The Institute invites and strongly encourages applications from members of ethnic and racial minorities. MMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer/M/F/D/V. 

 

Submit applications electronically to Christi Ives at cives@unmc.edu.  Selected applicants will be invited for an interview conducted virtually with our IPC team.

 

Materials required will include:  

1.            Cover letter, describing the following:  

·               Statement of interest and fit with position 

·               Track(s) applying to (applicants are invited to apply to 1 or more tracks at MMI) 

·               Date (or anticipated date) of dissertation defense 

·               Anticipated date of degree conferral 

·               Current direct post-master’s clinical hours and anticipated number of direct post-masters clinical hours (as of June 1, 2024). Direct hours include interviewing, therapy, case conferences, behavioral observations and management, evaluations, treatment planning, testing, consultations, and biofeedback. 

·               Names of recommenders who will be sending letters 

2.            Curriculum vitae (CV) 

3.            Three letters of recommendation (sent directly from referees) 

 

Additional Information:  

Munroe-Meyer Institute: http://www.unmc.edu/mmi/ 

Program website: http://www.unmc.edu/mmi/departments/psychology/index.html  

 

On-site interviews are not required. Interviews will be scheduled in December. In accordance with APPIC selection guidelines, MMI will make offers for Fellowship using the Common Hold Procedures.

 

See the APPIC website for more details: https://www.appic.org/Postdocs/Postdoctoral-Selection-Standards

Questions about the Fellowship can be directed to the Fellowship Director and/or Associate Director: 

Jennifer Burt, PhD 

jburt@unmc.edu 

 

Christian Klepper, PsyD 

christian.klepper@unmc.edu 

 

Please send all application material via email to:  

Christi Ives

cives@unmc.edu


Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology