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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.
Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.
Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.
Position Summary
The Department of Psychiatry is seeking a psychologist with expertise in menopause and mid-life women’s mental health. Candidates should have experience in evidence-based treatments of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and related mental health concerns, including CBT-I. Experience working with menopause-related concerns, including vasomotor symptoms, brain fog, sleep disturbance, and sexual concerns. Understanding of medical approaches to menopause care, including hormone replacement therapy, non-hormonal treatments, and complementary and alternative medicine. Experience working as part of a large, multidisciplinary care team alongside psychiatrists, primary care providers, and gynecologists. Experience with group therapy. Experience with administrative management of referrals and assigning cases to other therapists and/or trainees. Experience supervising psychologists-in-training.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
PhD or PsyD in clinical or counseling psychology, completed a 1-year full-time internship in an accredited program and completed at least 1 year of fellowship training
Licensed Psychologist in North Carolina
Training and supervision in CBT-I is required
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Fellowship in women’s mental health is preferred
Experience with behavior therapies, including behavioral activation and evidence-based trauma treatments (e.g., prolonged exposure, cognitive processing therapy) is preferred
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
Special Instructions
Interested candidates may apply by going to https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/327437 and attaching a curriculum vitae and letter of application. Please include the names of 2-3 references.
