Princeton University · 23 hours ago
Post Doctoral Resident
Princeton, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$57K/yr - $69K/yrPrinceton University is a fully accredited facility providing high-quality health services to its students. The Post Doctoral Resident will provide direct clinical services, including urgent care and crisis intervention, while developing diagnostic skills and specialized knowledge in mental health challenges affecting young adults.
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Responsibilities
Provides urgent care and crisis intervention; performs psychological evaluations, and time-limited individual and group psychotherapeutic treatment
Serves on an on call-after hours rotation with other CPS psychologists/social workers
Performs specialized evaluations for students of concern: these include administrative, readmission, exit, and post-hospital evaluations
Uses clinical data to inform diagnostic assessments (DSM-V) and treatment planning
Engages in campus outreach and community education related to mental health issues
Participates on select UHS multidisciplinary treatment teams
Serves as a mental health consultant to other University partners and stakeholders, and a community referral resource for students
Provides oversight and coordination of one or more of the systems and processes in the clinic. These include the urgent care system that provides triage, evaluation, and clinical care services for high risk and emergent cases, decanal consultations (which provide appropriate consultations to the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, ODUS), the directors of Student Life, DSL, and the Graduate School, GS
Effectively manages the daily clinical operations, and/or development of new clinical services in response to changing needs of the student body
Individual & Peer Supervision
Group Supervision
Didactic Training (Seminar)
Clinical Case Conference
Support Group
Participates in UHS, Campus Life, and University committees, as assigned by the Associate Director and Director
Involved in other initiatives, projects, and activities, as assigned by the Associate Director and Director
Qualification
Required
Completion of pre-doctoral internship (APA-Accredited preferred)
Official notice of degree completion by 9/1/2026
Experience with a broad range of clients (multiculturally and diagnostically)
Completion of all doctoral program requirements (APA-accredited preferred) in clinical or counseling psychology
Preferred
Doctorates conferred in 2026
Prior experience working in a university mental health service
Experience treating patients with substance abuse issues, eating concerns, and/or trauma history
Experience leading groups
Experience working effectively with people on a broad spectrum of social identities
Experience working with multiply diagnosed patients
DBT experience
Mindfulness and meditation experience
Benefits
Comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees
Company
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private Ivy League university that offers a variety of master’s degrees and Ph. D.s.
Founded in 1764
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.44MKey Investors
US Department of EnergyAlfred P. Sloan FoundationNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2024-06-06Grant· $2M
2023-08-14Grant
2022-02-15Grant· $5.5M
Leadership Team
Amy Robinson Sterling
Executive Director, Eyewire
Anne-Marie Maman
Founding Director - Princeton Entrepreneurship Council
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