Actuarial Fellow jobs in Nevada

The Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications for two postdoctoral positions. One is in the CHARGE UP Clinical High Risk for Psychosis coordinated specialty care (CSC) treatment program and the other is in the POWER Early Bipolar Disorders CSC treatment program. Our postdoctoral fellowship programs are designed to promote clinical skill development toward independent licensure in a setting that values socially and culturally responsive practice in training and clinical care. 

The successful candidate will become part of a multi-disciplinary CSC program that provides assessment and intervention to individuals who are 12 years old and older, who are at clinical high risk for psychosis or with recent onset bipolar disorders. The programs are led by Daniel Allen, Ph.D. and aims to identify, assess, and treat individuals in order to (1) delay and mitigate the deleterious clinical and social outcomes associated with the disorders and (2) reduce the societal and economic burdens produced by lengthy duration of untreated illness. Individuals seen in the programs often have additional presenting concerns, including anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and substance use disorders. The postdoctoral fellows will provide evidence-based assessment and intervention services to program clients, help coordinate outreach and referral activities, provide supervision to CSC trainees, and complete other related responsibilities. Opportunities to provide telehealth services through our Rural Communities Mental Health Outreach Program are also available.

Additional information regarding the CHARGE UP Clinical High Risk for Psychosis can be found at https://www.appic.org/Postdocs/Universal-Psychology-Postdoctoral-Directory-UPPD/Detail?id=6377

Additional information regarding the POWER Early Bipolar Disorders program can be found at https://www.appic.org/Postdocs/Universal-Psychology-Postdoctoral-Directory-UPPD/Detail?id=6348

UNLV: The Department of Psychology has 29 full-time faculty members and more than 80 doctoral students. The Department offers doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology (APA accredited, www.unlv.edu/psychology/graduateprograms/phd-clinical) and Psychological and Brain Sciences (www.unlv.edu/psychology/graduateprograms/phd-psychological) with cognitive, developmental, neuroscience, and quantitative/social/community areas of study. The department also offers a B.A. in psychology and a neuroscience minor. UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution of approximately 29,000 students and more than 3,000 faculty and staff that is classified R1 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UNLV is the third most ethnically diverse campus in the nation, with over 20,000 students from underrepresented groups. UNLV has been designated as an Asian American and Native American, Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). The university is committed to recruiting and retaining top students and faculty, building and fostering a culturally inclusive environment, educating the region's diversifying population and workforce, driving economic activity through increased research and community partnerships, and creating an academic health center for Southern Nevada that includes the UNLV School of Medicine. UNLV is located on a 332-acre main campus and two satellite campuses in Southern Nevada. For more information, visit us online at: http://www.unlv.edu.

Application Instructions

Applicants must have a doctorate in Clinical, School or Counseling Psychology from an APA-accredited training program. Preferred qualifications include experience providing evidence-based assessment and intervention services to individuals with early serious mental illness in the context of an interdisciplinary program. The position starts as soon as possible. Address all inquiries to Dr. Allen (daniel.allen@unlv.edu). To apply, email Dr. Allen your CV, names and contact information for three professional references, and a detailed cover letter describing your clinical and research experience, career goals, and other qualifications for the current position. Ask your references to email their letters of support to Dr. Allen. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position fills. If we are interested based on your initial application, we will conduct a brief telephone interview. Full virtual interviews will be offered to top candidates.