Clinical Assistant / Associate Professor

Clinical Assistant / Associate Professor

Job no : 536747

Work type : Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

Location : Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)

Categories : Allied Health, Social / Behavioral Science, Counseling / Community Outreach / Social Work

Department : 33070000 - HP-CLINICAL - HLTH PSYCHOLOGY

Classification Title :

Clinical Assistant / Associate Professor

Classification Minimum Requirements :

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology or a related field. Candidates must be licensed or license eligible in the State of Florida.

Job Description :

The Department of Clinical and Health Psychology (CHP) within the College of Public Health and Health Professions invites applications for a non-tenure track, clinical faculty member in the area of clinical child and adolescent psychology. Rank will be commensurate with experience, but hiring is anticipated to be at the Clinical Assistant or Clinical Associate Professor level. This is a full- time (1.0 FTE), 12-month position. We welcome junior faculty applications. The Department has a mentoring program designed to assist junior faculty in their professional identity and development.

The primary assignment for this position will be in delivering outpatient clinical child and adolescent psychology services, including psychotherapy with children / adolescents and their families, psychoeducational / neurodevelopmental assessments, and supervision of trainees. The child / pediatric area currently includes 5 psychologists (2 tenured faculty, 3 clinical faculty) and routinely trains interns and students who rotate through faculty practices as part of their training. Depending upon interest and based on departmental needs, there will likely also be opportunity to teach a course as part of the doctoral program.

The Department (http : / / chp.phhp.ufl.edu) : CHP manages a unique, freestanding academic clinical psychology program with 35 core faculty, 80 doctoral students, and two APA accredited programs : a PhD program and internship in clinical psychology. The Department has a 50-year history of providing APA-accredited doctoral and internship training in clinical psychology and advanced specialty-specific training in three content areas of specialty : Clinical Child / Pediatric Psychology; Clinical Health Psychology and Neuropsychology. The doctoral program has been ranked in the 93rd percentile by the National Research Council's data-based ranking system.

The Institution ( www.ufl.edu ) : UF is ranked as a top ten U.S. public university and is a comprehensive Research I institution that includes a wide range of academic departments and programs. The College of Public Health and Health Professions (www.phhp.ufl.edu) is part of the University's Health Science Center. The UF Health Science Center (https : / / ufhealth.org / about-us) is the country's only academic health center with six health related colleges located on a single, contiguous campus. They include the colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine. The Health Science Center generates more than half of UF's total research awards. The UF Health Science Center is closely affiliated with UF Health, part of the University of Florida Health System. Within the healthcare system are an 850-bed teaching hospital, an 81-bed psychiatric hospital, a 60-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility, and numerous outpatient and specialty clinics including the Psychology Specialties Clinic run by the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology.

Expected Salary :

Negotiable; commensurate with education and experience.

The University of Florida (UF) offers an exceptional benefits package, including health, dental and vision insurance; state retirement plans; a generous leave program; and tuition assistance. UF is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer. For more information on benefits, please visit UF HR Benefits and Rewards at https : / / benefits.hr.ufl.edu / .

Required Qualifications :

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology or a related field. Candidates must be licensed or license eligible in the State of Florida.

Preferred :

The ideal candidate will have prior postdoctoral and internship work in clinical child and adolescent psychology, experience working in an outpatient psychology clinic, academic health center or other multidisciplinary setting, experience working with complex youth and their families, knowledge and / or experience conducting psychoeducational and neurodevelopmental assessments, and an interest in student education and training.

Special Instructions to Applicants :

Qualified candidate must submit an application, which includes a current Curriculum Vitae (CV), a cover letter that describes teaching, service, and career interests, and contact information for three references.

Application review will begin immediately and continue until a suitable applicant pool has been established.

Final candidate will be required to provide official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered "official" if a designation of "Issued to Student" is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http : / / www.naces.org / .

If an accommodation is needed to apply for this position, please call 352 / 392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800 / 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the U.S. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

Health Assessment Required : Yes

Advertised : 29 Aug 2025 Eastern Daylight Time

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