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Utah State Hospital Postdoctoral Fellowship
Description: Fellows function as a psychologist assigned to an adult services civil unit, and plays a vital role on the assigned unit’s multidisciplinary team. The fellowship program provides training in evidence based treatment modalities and various assessment techniques, knowledge of the hospital’s practice of psychology, as well as exposure to matters of professional practice. The breadth and depth of clinical experience combined with our training seminars/activities, and quality supervision creates a unique and excellent training experience, with the goal of enhancing fellows’ ability to function as a professional psychologist in a variety of settings. Our hospital serves individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who have a wide variety of diagnoses including but not limited to Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders, Personality Disorders, Bipolar and Related Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders, and Neurocognitive Disorders. The average length of stay is approximately nine months, which allows for the patients to receive thorough psychological assessments completed by fellows. Treatment recommendations and interventions are individualized and empirically supported. For example, fellows will have the opportunity to learn and provide comprehensive DBT with individuals who have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and CBTp with individuals who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Additionally, fellows will receive training on providing supervision.
Website: http://ush.utah.gov/psychology-training/
Accredation Status: Non Accredited
Location: UT, Provo,
Duration: 12 Months
Stipend: $47,377
Specialty:: Clinical Psychology
Emphasis: Inpatient psychiatric treatment, SPMI, Evidence Based Treatment, Psychological Assessment
APPIC Postdoctoral Member: Yes
Setting: State/County/Other Public Hospital
Number of Openings: 1
Number of Supervisors: 1
Director Name: Amanda L. Rapacz
Director Phone: 801-344-4474
Director Email: arapacz@utah.gov
Start Date
09/01/2016
Date Added
03/09/2016
Last Modified
06/22/2016
Available until filled or:
06/07/2016
Submission Instructions
Please Submit the following to the training director arapacz@utah.gov
1. A cover letter that describes your training goals and how our post-doctoral fellowship program will help you achieve those goals. In your letter, please describe how your previous training and experiences relevant to the post doc qualify you for this fellowship training. Further, please discuss your general career goals.
2. A curriculum vitae
3. Three letters of recommendation from faculty members or clinical supervisors who are familiar with your professional development and training.
a. We require Letters of Recommendation (LORs) from the Doctoral Internship Training Director and from the Graduate Program Director of Clinical Training. At minimum the letters should indicate the likelihood of
completion of the internship and appropriateness for degree conferral in time to start the postdoctoral fellowship.
4. Graduate transcripts may be submitted but are not required.
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