Study Clinician - Term

Please note: This is a full-time, exempt, term position

This study clinician position is part of the Mood, Emotion, and Development Lab housed in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College at Vanderbilt University and is responsible for overseeing clinical assessments for grant-funded clinical research studies. Responsibilities will include administering diagnostic, stress, and suicidality interviews; training and supervising graduate students administering assessments; implementing safety protocols when suicidal thoughts and behaviors are endorsed by participants; overseeing mandated reporting requirements; and being on call to respond to safety alerts as needed. The clinical interviewer regularly reports progress to the lab director and lab manager and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team, including psychologists, psychiatrists, graduate students, and research staff.  

About the Work Unit

Peabody College is a world-class college of education and human development. Our mission is to enhance the human condition, with a particular focus on children’s learning and development. We do this through the preparation of teachers and leaders; through cycles of research, implementation, and refinement; through service to families, schools, and communities; and through external engagement with professionals, leaders, and policymakers. Peabody’s focus on learning differences has helped to define the college, as has a reputation for empirical rigor in educational neuroscience; child, family, and community development; special education; the learning sciences; and educational leadership and policy. Peabody is devoted to creating opportunity in an increasingly diverse society and to solving large societal problems.

NOTE: A Term position is a staff position that exists for a period longer than six months but is not expected to last beyond one year. Although a position may exist for a specified or indefinite period, staff who accept term positions are not guaranteed employment for the entire period; they are employed for indefinite periods within the limit of the appointment. There are no guarantees of continued employment, either within the term or when the term ends.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Administer diagnostic, stress, and suicidality interviews to child, adolescent, and adult research participants (availability evening and weekends is required)
• Train and supervise graduate students on clinical assessments
• Implement safety protocols including collaborating with treatment teams and clinical providers when suicidal thoughts and behaviors are endorsed by participants
• Respond to safety issues as needed during evenings and weekends
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, including psychologists, psychiatrists, graduate students, and research staff
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Supervisory Relationships

This position has supervisory responsibility over graduate student clinicians. 

Qualifications

• A master’s degree in a clinically oriented mental health discipline (e.g., social work, professional counseling, marriage and family counseling) is required.
• Clinical experience with children and adolescents is required. 
• Research experience is preferred.
• Experience with semi-structured interviews (e.g., SCID, KSADS, SITBI) is preferred.
• Experience implementing safety protocols to respond to suicidal thoughts and behaviors is preferred.
• Experience training and supervising others is preferred.