Staff Psychologist

Posting Details

Dickinson College is a premier four-year residential liberal arts institution chartered in 1783 and widely recognized as a leader in global and sustainability education. Dickinson College is located in Carlisle, named a “most livable city” by Forbes and is minutes from the state capital of Harrisburg. The campus is connected to a vibrant downtown that offers eclectic dining, shopping and entertainment options. Within a two-hour drive are Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; New York City is three hours away.

Dickinson College offers full-time employees a broad range of benefits, including a comprehensive medical insurance plan, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, generous time off, parental leave, homebuyer assistance, and tuition benefits for eligible employees and dependent children under the age of 24. Upon eligibility, the College contributes 8% of an employee’s base salary to a retirement account with an additional .5% matching contribution; all money paid by the college into the employee’s retirement plan is immediately and fully vested in the employee.

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Job Summary/Basic Function

This is a full-time, 10-month clinical position that consists of providing short-term individual therapy and group therapy, crisis services, consultation, and regular coverage for Crisis Walk-In Hours. In addition to these clinical responsibilities, Staff Psychologists provide outreach programming on campus, perform supervisory and administrative tasks as needed, and engage in collaboration with other staff and faculty at Dickinson (e.g., through committee work, planning workshops and events, etc.).

Essential Functions:

• Provides individual and group counseling to students.
• Documents all clinical services in the electronic health records system.
• Provides diagnostics and substance abuse services for students.
• Provides on-call psychological crisis management for students.
• Participates in an after-hours on-call rotation, in collaboration with Student Life On Call Staff, to provide consultation regarding students in crisis (i.e. TELUS provides after-hours assessment and intervention to students).
• Provides daytime psychological crisis management for students.
• Provides outreach education, training and consultation regarding wellness to the campus community.

Requirements:

Doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology

Licensed as a psychologist in Pennsylvania within the first year of employment
 

1-3 Years Work Experience

EEO/Diversity Statement:    

The College is committed to building a representative and diverse faculty, staff, and student body. We encourage applications from all qualified persons.