Careers Job Description
General Description
Promoting Resiliency, Intersectionality, Diversity, and Equity (PRIDE) in Health Research Consortium of Hunter College, City University of New York, is hiring for a part-time Staff Clinician with experience in the areas of HIV/AIDS, sexual health and substance use. The mission of PRIDE (www.prideresearch.org) is to support research to understand the structural, social, and psychological determinants of health disparities for sexual and gender minority (SGM) communities, to investigate the role of gender and sexuality in health, and to design and implement empirically-supported interventions to reduce disparities among these communities in pursuit of health equity.
Staff Clinician:
The part-time Staff Clinician (20 hours/week) will be responsible for delivering Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Interventions in NIH-funded trials focusing on sexual behavioral health, substance use, and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. The Staff Clinician will also work as part of the PRIDE coding team and code intervention sessions for treatment fidelity. Finally, the Staff Clinician will work closely with the Deputy Clinical Director and Project Directors on day-to-day operations and will provide administrative assistance on study-related tasks as needed.
To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume. Only those applicants who are selected for interviews will be directly contacted.
PRIDE is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds, including racial/ethnic , sexual and/or gender minorities.
Other Duties
Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in a mental health field (e.g., Psychology or Mental Health Counseling), with supervised treatment hours counting towards licensure offered to competitive candidates
- Familiarity with Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is strongly preferred
- Previous experience providing counseling or support services to LGBTQ populations, providing substance use treatment, and experience with issues related to sexuality and sexual health is highly desired
- An ability to work independently while managing multiple tasks
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work as part of an interdisciplinary team including Principle Investigators, research staff, graduate students, and the rest of the clinical team
- Bilingual applicants (Spanish and English) are strongly encouraged to apply
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
PRIDE Health Research Consortium
Part Time
Depends on Qualifications
Nov 29, 2019 (Or Until Filled)