The Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine seeks applications to join our clinical faculty as a psychologist on the tenure-ineligible track. Information about the Department of Anesthesiology can be found here: Department of Anesthesiology – University of Virginia School of Medicine.
UVA Anesthesiology provides an environment where expertise and passions thrive, utilizing our extraordinary team of anesthesia physicians, trainees, nurses, and staff to advance patient care within UVA Health. With excellence in physician leadership, research, education, and innovations, we strive to improve perioperative outcomes, establish unparalleled practices in patient care, and advance the field of anesthesiology globally.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide neuropsychological evaluation, education, and intervention. This person will be part of the perioperative team to improve brain health during the perioperative period and beyond. We are particularly interested in postoperative cognitive dysfunction and postoperative delirium and starting a registry on them. Thus, you will work in the preoperative clinic, and intraoperative and postoperative areas to conduct screening and comprehensive diagnostic psycho-educational evaluations and provide appropriate psychotherapy to patients and/or their family members that have been enrolled in a clinical trial or whose clinical situation requires such an evaluation or intervention based on published guidelines.
Qualifications
Qualified candidates must be a licensed clinical psychologist and have experience in the evaluation of cognition and behavior including learning and memory. Interest in the perioperative setting will be necessary. Experience in research data management and platform establishment will be a plus.
Salary and rank are commensurate with education and experience.
Application Instructions
Please apply through Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/153839. Please complete the application online with the following documents:
- CV
- Cover Letter – please include how you learned about this position
- Contact information for at least 3 references
For additional information about the position, please contact Dr. Zhiyi Zuo at anesthesia-apply@virginia.edu.
Application Process
This institution is using Interfolio’s Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physicians Group, and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person’s perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.
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