Job Description
Psychologist/Counselor R-0002412
Kansas City Campus
Job Type: Staff
Job Description: The Psychologist/Counselor will work collaboratively with other members of the Counseling Services team to offer a range of clinical services to KCU medical, dental, and graduate students. Key components of the position include the following: providing psychotherapy; developing and implementing psychoeducational outreach programs; supervising trainees; and providing consultation (as appropriate) to members of the campus community.
Please attach a Cover Letter and Curriculum Vita during the application process.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Provide individual, couple, and group counseling for students (in person and/or virtually, via telepsychology)
- Offer virtual and in-person presentations as well as other outreach services, as needed (e.g. new student orientation, workshops on test anxiety, time management, relationships, coping skills, etc.).
- Participate in crisis response during a student mental health emergency
- Maintain professional licensure by completing continuing education and all other requirements
- Collaborate with Learning Enhancement team and other departments across campus to provide student support and programming
- Represent Counseling Services department and KCU favorably, in accordance with established core values and expectations
- Perform other duties as assigned or directed to meet the goals and objectives of the organization
- Provides guidance and supervision to Practicum Trainees
Supportive Functions:
- Contribute writing for informational and educational outreach (e.g., emails, Canvas/website content) to students on psychological and wellbeing topics
- Complete other administrative tasks (e.g., report-writing, maintaining Medicat calendar, progress notes).
- Assist in developing department goals and objectives
- When appropriate, consult with faculty and staff regarding students' mental health needs. Participate in interdisciplinary support committee meetings for at-risk students
- Attend regular team meetings and other required University activities
Qualifications: - Master's degree required. Doctorate preferred. Degree must be from an accredited University, in the field of mental health
- Missouri license to provide mental health services
- Preference of 3 - 5 years' experience counseling undergraduate or graduate level students
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
Equal Opportunity Employer KCU is committed to promoting an equal employment opportunity workplace. Equal opportunity is and shall be provided for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information (GINA), physical or mental disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, ancestry, military and/or veteran status, and/or any other status protected by applicable Federal, state or local law.
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Who is KCU? Kansas City University (KCU), founded in 1916, is a fully accredited, private not-for-profit health sciences university with Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Biosciences and a developing College of Dental Medicine. The College of Osteopathic Medicine is the sixth largest medical school in the nation, the ninth most impactful medical school in primary care for the nation, the tenth most affordable of private medical colleges, and the leading producer of physicians for the State of Missouri. The College of Osteopathic Medicine has two sites strategically located on the University’s campuses in Kansas City and Joplin, Missouri, to address the growing needs of both urban and rural populations. The University offers multiple graduate degrees: a doctor of osteopathic medicine; a doctor of psychology in clinical psychology; a master of arts in bioethics; a master of science in the biomedical sciences; a master of business administration in partnership with Rockhurst University; a new master of public health in partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center; and plans to seat the first doctor of dental medicine students in 2023.
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