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Assistant Professor - Clinical - Psychiatry

Applications Close: Sep 30, 2026

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH, USA

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Job Title: Assistant Professor - Clinical - Psychiatry

Department: Medicine | Psychiatry

Clinical faculty (regardless of rank) - faculty positions within the university that are not tenure track and not eligible for tenure; on a fixed term contract. Persons with the title of professor-clinical, associate professor-clinical, assistant professor-clinical and instructor-clinical. Duties and responsibilities are assigned in accordance with the workload guidelines laid out in the pattern of administration of each faculty department and, as appropriate, regional campus; Clinical faculty…

are teacher/practitioners and will be engaged primarily in teaching activities. These faculty normally have earned doctorate or other terminal degree in the relevant field or equivalent experience.

Psychologist - Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Sport Psychologist (Open Rank/Clinical-Track Faculty)

The Ohio State University College of Medicine and the Wexner Medical Center seek a sport psychologist to join the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health. Academic rank and track commensurate with academic record and experience.

Position Overview

At OSUWMC, we are committed to providing compassionate, evidence-based care across the lifespan. The mission of the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral health is to improve, advance, and innovate behavioral healthcare and foster resilience in our patients and our communities. Our emphasis across conditions is on delivery and development of empirically supported treatments and approaches. We seek a sport psychologist to join our Sport Psychology and Wellness Services (SPAWS), serving OSU varsity student athletes. This individual will serve as Assistant Director within SPAWS, providing individual assessment and counseling services, while facilitating, executing, and overseeing the day-to-day services. Within SPAWS, the Assistant Director is responsible to its Director. Responsibilities include diagnosing and treating patients, providing education, supervision, collaborating with staff, and delivering presentations to the Ohio State athletics community. Administrative responsibilities include serving as a representative on Sports Medicine/Sports Performance committees (e.g., middle management meeting), oversight of clinical service delivery, and supervision of trainees and/or administrative staff. The Assistant Director must be competent in evidence-based clinical skills as well as organizational leadership skills. The Assistant Director is expected to practice within the established Medical Center and standards of practice (policies, procedures, protocols) and adhere to key results areas of the Medical Center. The successful candidate is expected to direct and/or provide care in a manner consistent with the privileges granted them by the governing body of University Hospitals and as approved by the University Board of Trustees.

Department/Division Overview

The successful candidates will join a 70+-member Section of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health. Our Section offers robust training opportunities, including externship experiences, psychology pre-doctoral internship, and several fellowship programs. We offer a collaborative environment and an engaged Psychology faculty. To learn about our department, go to http://psychiatry.osu.edu/.

Duties and Responsibilities

Faculty responsibilities are consistent with our tripartite mission – patient care, education, and clinical research. The position requires thorough knowledge of the DSM-5 and mental health diagnoses within the ICD-10. The individual selected for this position will have opportunities to contribute to training, research, and other scholarly pursuits. Duties will include athletic counseling (~50% of time): provides psychotherapeutic interventions to assist student-athlete to cope with mental health disorders, relationship problems, performance issues, and related environmental, educational, and vocational concerns, identifying present and potential student-athlete psychosocial problems and implements plans for problem resolution, maintain documentation for medical records, consulting with the care team and other medical specialists to enhance student-athlete outcomes; wellness/prevention services (~25%): visits practices, competitions, training rooms, and athletic facilities regularly, deliver performance consultation to teams, deliver psychoeducational programming to student-athletes, participate in interdisciplinary student-athlete care conferences and team meetings, participate in staff meetings, in-services, continuing education programs, research activities, CQI and performance improvement activities, participates in monthly peer supervision; and administrative/leadership (~25%): develops and monitor implementation of clinical services, initiatives, and programming, participates in cross collaboration meetings with respective stakeholders, supervise interns and administrative staff based on staffing needs, lead staff meetings as needed. Other duties include but are not limited to representing the program or Department by participating in committees, conferences, and representing OSU at professional meetings and community speaking engagements. The psychologist is expected to practice within the established Medical Center and standards of practice (policies, procedures, protocols), and adhere to key results areas of the Medical Center.

Requirements

Doctoral Degree in Psychology or allied discipline. Licensed or license-eligible in the state of Ohio. Applicants must be from an APA- or CPA-accredited clinical or counseling psychology doctoral program (with an accredited clinical internship) and be licensed in Ohio by the time of appointment; candidates from other disciplines should have a similar background. Preference will be given to candidates who have at least three years of clinical work and administrative experience within collegiate athletics. The individual must be competent in technical clinical skills and must possess the cognitive and interpersonal skills required to participate in our academic community and to serve patients receiving the above-mentioned services.

How to Apply

To be considered, please submit your application electronically via Workday. Application materials must include cover letter and Curriculum Vita. Questions can be directed to Jamey Houle, PhD (james.houle@osumc.edu), Director of SPAWS, or Kristen Carpenter, PhD (kristen.carpenter@osumc.edu), Chief Psychologist and Director of Ambulatory Services. Three letters of reference can be sent directly to Dr. Carpenter by the writers. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Anticipated start date is Autumn 2026 but can be adjusted to meet the candidate’s needs. Other inquiries and nominations can be directed in confidence to: Anna Godwin; Research Faculty Recruiter; Anna.Godwin@osumc.edu.