Position Summary
The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry invites applications for a full-time, fixed- term clinical instructor. The successful candidate will join a team of clinicians and researchers at the UNC Suicide Prevention Institute. The physical location of the position will be in Chapel Hill, NC, with the majority of services currently delivered via telehealth modalities.
First Approach Skills Training (FAST) is a suite of brief interventions that have been adapted from longer evidence-based programs to treat common pediatric mental and behavioral health concerns. Duties will include the delivery of brief, manualized FAST interventions for anxiety, depression, or suicidal thoughts and behaviors to children and adolescents in primary care, schools, and other integrated behavioral health care settings.
The Clinical Instructor will participate in supervised experiences to reach fidelity requirements and certification in these brief interventions; conduct evaluations to determine appropriateness for brief interventions; consult and collaborate with family, school, primary care team, and others involved in patient’s care; provide psychoeducation and coordinate referrals to alternative/additional care as needed; document all clinical work thoroughly and on required forms or in the EMR within established time frame; attend clinical and research team meetings as needed.
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
