Clinical Assistant / Clinical Associate / Clinical Professor, Clinical Psychology

The Department of Psychological Science, which has one of the most popular undergraduate majors on campus, offers a BS degree and MA degrees in general and industrial/organizational psychology. The department is also the administrative home for the Health Psychology PhD program and provides substantial support to the Organizational Science PhD program. The department also houses the Biobehavioral Core Lab, a shared research facility for the collection, processing, and analysis of biological specimens. Department faculty and students collaborate with scholars across the university, including the College of Health and Human Services, the Belk College of Business, and the Cato College of Education. The interdisciplinary Health Psychology Program ( http://healthpsych.charlotte.edu) includes faculty from the departments of Psychological Science, Public Health, Communication Studies, Nursing, Applied Physiology, Health, & Clinical Sciences, and other relevant disciplines. It comprises three concentrations: an APA-accredited Clinical Psychology program that adheres to the scientist-practitioner training model, a Community Psychology program, and a Behavioral Science program.

Psychological Science houses the Behavioral Health and Resiliency Psychology Clinic, also called the "BeHealthieR Clinic," which is a low-cost mental health outpatient clinic. It is staffed by seven TT faculty who are licensed psychologists and approximately 25 PhD students. The clinic's purpose is to: 1) provide quality psychological services at an affordable cost to increase access to mental health care, and 2) serve as a training facility for doctoral clinical students in the Health Psychology Ph.D. program (which includes our clinical psychology training program). We currently offer services (including assessment, individual, couples, and group therapy) only to members of the UNC Charlotte community. In the future, we hope to expand our services to the broader Charlotte area

As the largest and most academically diverse college at UNC Charlotte, the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences houses 15 departments, 18 interdisciplinary programs, and 6 applied centers. We offer a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs with extensive honors and early-entry options. The College plays a pivotal role in delivering on the university's goals in the areas of research excellence, student success and experience, and community engagement. Through their scholarship and teaching, the College's 350+ faculty members seek to deepen our understanding of complex problems and lead the university in interdisciplinary collaboration.

This position will have joint responsibilities in the Department of Psychological Science and the Health Psychology PhD program. The primary responsibilities of this position are to: 1) serve as the Administrative Director of the Behavioral Health and Resiliency Clinic (BeHealthieR Clinic) and 2) teach graduate and/or undergraduate courses in psychology, including the provision of clinical supervision for students in the APA-accredited clinical psychology concentration of the Health Psychology PhD Program which is housed in the Department of Psychological Science. This is a full-time, 9-month academic position that is renewable every three years. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Summer teaching is available for supplementary pay (up to 33% of academic year salary).

Required qualifications:

- A PhD or PsyD degree from an APA-accredited Clinical or Counseling Psychology program

- Desire to build and support an in-house training clinic for doctoral students in Health Psychology

- Strong skills in psychotherapeutic interventions and/or clinical assessment

- Ability to provide clinical supervision and train clinical health psychology doctoral students in all areas commensurate with APA accreditation standards

- Ability to teach clinical psychology courses at the graduate and undergraduate level

- Experience with, and commitment to, serving and training people from an array of backgrounds in order to support student success and excellent client outcomes

- Commitment to the scientist-practitioner model of clinical psychology training, including the utilization of evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches

Preferred qualifications

- Licensure or eligibility to be licensed as a health service psychologist in North Carolina

- Strong administrative skills (e.g., working with IT and EHRs, developing and managing a budget, developing and implementing policies and procedures, managing teams of graduate student clinicians)

- Experience working in, or managing a training clinic, that provides individual, group, couple, and assessment services

- Evidence of the provision of high-quality clinical supervision

- Evidence of high-quality teaching at the graduate and undergraduate level

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills

- Interested in growing the clinic

- Interested in supporting clinic-based research with faculty and graduate students

- Experience obtaining and managing funding for clinical activities

Applications must be submitted electronically at https://jobs.charlotte.edu/ (position number: #2714). Please attach the following documents with your electronic application: (1) a cover letter explaining how you meet the position requirements, (2) a statement of interest and experience in clinic administration, supervision and teaching, (3) curriculum vitae, (4) evidence of effectiveness in clinical supervision, clinic administration and teaching (if available), and (5) names and contact information for three people who can provide recommendations (letters will be requested for candidates who are invited for a phone interview). Finalists will be asked to discuss how their teaching and supervision practices engage, include, and eliminate barriers to learning for UNC Charlotte students, and how their educational approach helps increase the engagement and success of all students regardless of their entry pathway into the university. The candidate chosen for this position will be required to provide an official transcript of their highest earned degree and will be subject to a criminal background check. Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled. Please contact the Search Committee Chair, Dr. George Demakis ( gdemakis@charlotte.edu) with any questions about the position or the application process. Rank will be determined commensurate with qualifications and experience. Hiring is subject to budget availability.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other protected status. In keeping with this commitment, UNC Charlotte ensures that persons of any background are invited, included, and treated equally in the terms and conditions of employment.