Open Rank - Child and Adoloscent Psychologist
Company: UNC-Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Position Summary The Department of Psychiatry at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, seeks to hire
a full-time child and adolescent psychology faculty member to work
with adolescents and young adults to focus on the treatment of
co-existing substance use behaviors. The psychologist will be
clinically based in Butner, NC at the Youth Behavioral Hospital (
YBH ) with occasional time also spent in a training and teaching
capacity at the Department of Psychiatry Chapel Hill. YBH is a
newly established and innovative 50 plus patient child and
adolescent psychiatric hospital with four individual specialized
units serving patients and families. This is a full-time fixed term
(clinical) position with the University of North Carolina
Department of Psychiatry. The rank will be based on the
qualifications of the applicant. The department of psychiatry
faculty is committed to clinical service, teaching and research and
the department seeks to hire faculty with a commitment to this
mission and to the service of people of North Carolina. Preferred
Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience Training in
child/adolescent, adult, or family mental health including prior
completion of an APA -approved internship specifically in a child
training track, and a child and adolescent fellowship or an
equivalent. The successful candidates will have experience with
programming and individual therapies for children, adolescents, or
young adults who require hospitalization. Training and experience
with models of family therapy and specialized behavioral plans
while not required are preferred. Experience in providing services
from a trauma informed care model in an inpatient or more intensive
psychiatric setting are important. Knowledge of trauma therapies
such as trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy are important
to this position in that the position will involve the training and
teaching of nursing and recreational therapy staff, medical
residents, and interdisciplinary faculty. Expertise in substance
use and/or dialectical behavioral models of group therapy are
strongly preferred.
Keywords: UNC-Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem , Open Rank - Child and Adoloscent Psychologist, Healthcare , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
