Clinical/Counseling Outpatient Psychologist – Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Psychologist

General Information

As part of the UT Southwestern Medical Center clinical team in Psychiatry, you will join in an evolving effort to push ahead of the traditional boundaries of medicine, deliver cures and transform patient care.

In our growing downtown Dallas campus, we have psychiatrists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and many varied students advancing the development of neurotherapeutic interventions for challenging brain disorders, discovering advanced understanding of the causes of psychiatric illnesses and cures.

At UT Southwestern, your ideas and skills will be put to work in ways that serve you, our patients, our community, and the world.

Our 3,000+ UT Southwestern faculty foster teamwork and teach the skills that best reflect the changing landscape of therapeutics and health care delivery.

Our research environment is one of the most advanced in the world, and the day-to-day quest for discovery will inspire your best work.

Profile

The Division of Psychology is seeking an outstanding clinical or counseling psychologist for a position in our Multi-Specialty Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic (MSOPC).

The position is primarily clinical, and we are looking for a talented, team-orientated psychologist who is well-trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and other evidence-based treatments.

The psychologist in this position will be assisting in the design of DBT-oriented treatment programming within the clinic.

The faculty member will also be a member of the Transitional Age Youth (TAY) subspecialty team, though the patient population will not be exclusive to this team.

There will exist some opportunity for diversification of clinical focus, and applicants should also have experience providing evidence-based therapies for other presentations as well.

This includes opportunities to treat presentations including depression, anxiety, OCD, autism, eating disorders, chronic pain, substance abuse, functional neurological disorders, and grief.

Our psychologists also assist with coverage in providing ADHD and pre-surgical transplant evaluations. The outpatient clinic serves a diverse patient population, most of whom are referred from within the UT Southwestern hospital and clinic system.

The position includes opportunities for supervision of psychology interns, psychiatry residents, and participation in the overall academic mission of the department.

Involvement in research is encouraged, and many opportunities exist for collaborative research and involvement in our APA accredited doctoral program in Clinical Psychology.

Eligible candidates must hold a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited program and have completed an APA-accredited internship.

While Texas licensure is not required for consideration or selection, it is a pre-requisite for starting in the position.

It is expected that the incumbent will seek board certification relatively soon after their appointment. Consideration may be given to applicants seeking less than a full-time schedule.

Appointment rank will be commensurate with academic accomplishments and experience.

Highlights of the Opportunity

• Generous compensation with a guaranteed salary and wRVU productivity incentive, as well as 10 days per year to attend conferences, with professional allowance
• Excellent comprehensive, low-cost health insurance (effective on start state), dental, vision, retirement plan, life insurance, and disability benefits. To learn more, visit
• As employees of a public, State of Texas organization, physicians are entitled to $1 million in identity theft protection and many employee discounts
• No need for malpractice tail insurance : med / mal is occurrence based
• No state income tax
• Eligible site for public student loan forgiveness program and NIH loan repayment program

Mission / Vision

Discover, Educate, and Heal the Mind, Body, and Brain

The Department of Psychiatry’s vision is to meet the behavioral health needs of diverse communities across North Texas and beyond by increasing equitable access to psychiatric care and the latest advancements in neuroscience and psychiatry and preparing an effective workforce to achieve these objectives.

Team

Our department offers expertise in broad specialty and subspecialty areas of psychiatry and opportunities to collaborate with experts in our field.

To serve the diverse communities of North Texas and maintain the excellence of our institution, we welcome faculty candidates who will bring additional dimensions to our research, teaching, and clinical mission, including underrepresented groups.

Work-Life Balance

Our generous leave program offers several paid leave options, extended illness bank, paid family leave, and holidays (including floating holidays that can be used anytime).

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.