Position Details
Position Details
| Job Title |
PSYCHOLOGIST |
| Position Number |
8101238 |
| Job Category |
University Staff |
| Job Type |
Full-Time |
| FLSA Status |
Exempt |
| Campus |
Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus |
| Department Name |
WELLNESS CENTER |
| Location Code |
WELLNESS CTR LSC (03830A) |
| Is this split and/or fully grant funded? |
No |
| Duties and Responsibilities |
1. Provides high quality counseling and psychological services for Loyola students enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs.
- Provides triage, initial visit intakes, group counseling and brief individual psychological counseling focused on student success.
- Maintains clinical records and necessary statistics of psychotherapeutic and other client contacts in compliance with legal and ethical standards and best practices.
- Consults with psychiatrists in conjunction with prescribing and monitoring psychotropic medication for psychotherapy patients.
- Consults with parents, physicians, faculty, deans, Residence Life Staff, off-campus counseling services, other campus offices and students, when appropriate, in order to provide quality care to students.
- Makes referrals to off-campus therapists, clinics, and hospitals, when appropriate.
2. Provides crisis management services, including after-hours coverage as needed.
- Provides walk-in crisis and risk assessment, urgent and emergent counseling services.
- Develops safety plans and facilitates psychiatric hospitalizations as necessary.
- Supervises trainees with clinical crises and urgent care situations.
- Provides after-hours, weekend and holiday coverage 24/7 on a rotating basis with other Wellness Center staff members, as a backup to Protocall, which serves as first layer of afterhours call and crisis response.
3. Supervises unlicensed student therapists as part of training program.
- Supervises, designs and participates in training experiences for master's and/or doctoral level graduate trainees in accord with high standards of care and academic program learning outcomes
- Provides case management oversight and consultation to trainees, as assigned.
- Organizes, leads and/or contributes to training seminars for graduate level interns and externs.
4. Provides outreach and consultation to students, faculty, staff and parents.
- Conducts outreach and other student learning programs, as requested, orientation sessions for new students and emergency and postvention support to the campus community, as needed.
- Conducts organized mental health awareness campaigns such as National Depression Screening Day, Eating Disorders Awareness Day as assigned by Director of Counseling
- Develops and implements trainings on mental health awareness for Residence Life professional and student staff.
- Participates in campus-based mental health initiatives organized by Wellness Center such as suicide prevention programs.
- Stays current on relevant research and best practices regarding psychological services to the college student population.
- Develops psychoeducational programming to address campus mental health and climate issues.
5. Participates in regular Wellness Center staff meetings, case conferences, and in-service/professional development training.
- May serves on Wellness Center and/or Student Development and university committees by request or as appointed by the Director of the Wellness Center or the Director of Counseling.
- Develops didactic and psychoeducational presentations to groups inside and outside of the Wellness Center
- Organizes and presents in team meetings and clinical case conferences to Wellness Center staff members based on areas of specialty and clinical expertise.
- May provide administrative coordination of the groups program or outreach and liaison activities as assigned by the Director of Counseling.
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| Minimum Education and/or Work Experience |
Doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology; minimum of 1-3 years of experience, preferably at a university Counseling or Health Center. Licenses: Licensed Psychologist in the state of Illinois. License-eligible applicants with less experience may be considered. |
| Qualifications |
Required:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience cultivating collaborative professional partnerships.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Strong commitment to a multicultural approach to practice
Preferred:
- Three years of demonstrated experience and/or expertise in working with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color on issues of race-based stress, trauma, and racism and in providing therapy/counseling with individuals from underrepresented groups
- Previous experience working in a multidisciplinary integrated health center.
- Interest and expertise in group therapy.
- Experience doing crisis assessment
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. |
| Certificates/Credentials/Licenses |
Must have valid State of Illinois license as a psychologist, or to demonstrate eligibility to transfer out of state license to Illinois within 90 days of start date. |
| Computer Skills |
Famiiarity with basic office software required. Experience using an electronic medical record preferred. |
| Supervisory Responsibilities |
No |
| Required operation of university owned vehicles |
No |
| Does this position require direct animal or patient contact? |
Yes |
| Physical Demands |
None |
| Working Conditions |
Animals |
| Open Date |
04/29/2025 |
| Close Date |
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| Position Maximum Salary or Hourly Rate |
$81,000/ann |
| Position Minimum Salary or Hourly Rate |
$66,000/ann |
| Special Instructions to Applicants |
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| About Loyola University Chicago |
Founded in 1870, Loyola University Chicago is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, recognized for its academic excellence, commitment to community engagement, and leadership in sustainability. A Carnegie R1 research institution, Loyola leverages its status as one of an elite group of universities with the highest level of research activity to advance knowledge that serves communities and creates global impact. With
15 schools, colleges, and institutes-including Business, Law, Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences-Loyola operates three primary campuses in the greater Chicago area and one in Rome, Italy, that provide students a transformative, globally connected learning experience. Consistently ranked among the nation's top universities by U.S. News & World Report, Loyola is a
STARS Gold-rated institution that is ranked as one of the country's most sustainable campuses by The Princeton Review and has earned distinctions from AmeriCorps and the Carnegie Foundation for its longstanding record of service and community engagement. Guided by its Jesuit mission and commitment to caring for the whole person, Loyola educates ethical leaders who think critically, act with purpose, and strive to create a more just and sustainable world.
Loyola University Chicago strives to be an employer of choice by offering its staff and faculty a wide array of affordable, comprehensive, and competitive benefits. To view our benefits in detail,
click here.
Loyola adheres to all applicable federal, state, and/or local civil rights laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination in private institutions of higher education. Please see the University's
Nondiscrimination Policy. |
| Quick Link for Posting |
https://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/32768 |
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Loyola University Chicago
Apr 29, 2025