Transplant Psychologist

Job Description:

Transplant Psychologist

 

The Transplant Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is recruiting a full-time Transplant Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary abdominal organ transplant program. The psychologist will provide specialized psychological assessment, consultation, and treatment for patients undergoing evaluation for and receiving liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation.  It will also provide evaluation and monitoring of liver and kidney donors as well.

 

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with transplant physicians, surgeons, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, dietitians, and other members of the multidisciplinary transplant team, both in transplant inpatient and outpatient settings. Responsibilities will include pre-transplant and living donor psychological evaluations, assessment of psychosocial and behavioral factors that may affect transplant candidacy and outcomes, development of treatment recommendations, and provision of evidence-based psychological interventions for transplant candidates, recipients, and living donors. The psychologist will also participate in multidisciplinary selection committee meetings and contribute to the continued development of behavioral health services across the Transplant Institute.

 

Candidates must hold a doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited program and be licensed or eligible for licensure as a psychologist in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Experience working with medically complex patients is required, with experience in solid organ transplantation, living donation, health psychology, or another academic medical setting strongly preferred.

 

In addition, the Department of Psychiatry is a major teaching site for Harvard Medical School and the BIDMC Harvard Psychiatry Residency Training Program; positions will include opportunities for teaching medical students and residents and for faculty development. A Harvard Medical School appointment at the rank of instructor, assistant, or associate professor would be commensurate with the record of accomplishments. As a member of the Psychiatry department, candidate may have opportunities available for participation in clinical research, quality improvement, education, and program development within the Transplant Institute.

 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a 743-bed hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center, is a founding member of Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH).  BILH, a health care system with 14 hospitals, brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, and more than 4,000 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.

 

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) is one of the largest physician organizations in New England, dedicated to excellence and innovation in patient care, education, and research. As a physician-led organization, HMFP partners with more than 2,400 providers to support the delivery of exceptional care, promote professional development and foster balance at work and home. HMFP physicians have faculty affiliations with Harvard Medical School (HMS) and provide care throughout BILH system and additional hospitals across Massachusetts.

Pay Range:

$125,000 - $150,000

The base pay range reflects what Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role at the time of posting and may be modified from time to time. Actual compensation within this range may be determined based on several factors, including academic appointment, work experience, specialty training, geography of work location, anticipated productivity, FTE basis, and role expectations. In addition to base compensation, this role may be eligible for performance-based incentives, which may include bonuses for productivity and quality HMFP also offers a comprehensive and generous employee benefits program to eligible employees, including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement plan(s) with employer contributions.