PTSD/Trauma - Road Home Program: The National Center of Excellence for Veterans, Active Duty Military, and their Families
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Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Applications due Tuesday, January 2, 2024
This program will NOT follow the APPIC Postdoctoral Selection Standards with Common Hold Date and is not committing to allow applicants to hold offers until the Common Hold Date. Applicants may need to respond to an offer from this program prior to completing interviews or hearing from other programs about their standing.
This listing is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this program has not undergone formal external quality review process.
Road Home Program
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Rush University Medical Center in downtown Chicago is recruiting three post-doctoral fellows for the Road Home Program: The National Center of Excellence for Veterans and Their Families at Rush (RHP). RHP’s mission is to compassionately serve veterans and their families. It provides individualized care on an outpatient basis to veterans and their loved ones to help heal the invisible wounds of war. Additionally, RHP is part of the Warrior Care Network as a Midwest regional center for the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) through a two-week Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). The fellow will be an integral part of our clinical program and will provide clinical services in-person and via telehealth. Fellows will have ample opportunity to treat PTSD, anxiety, and depression related to combat and military sexual trauma in the IOP using Cognitive Processing Therapy and the Unified Protocol. Veterans incur no out of pocket cost for services, travel, or lodging to eliminate barriers to IOP attendance, which facilitates the unique opportunity for fellows to provide care for veterans of diverse backgrounds and identities.
Fellows will primarily be involved in the IOP but will also maintain a small outpatient caseload throughout the year with a focus on brief, evidence-based treatment for a variety of presenting concerns. Within the IOP, fellows will perform comprehensive diagnostic assessments, facilitate individual sessions, and co-lead psychoeducational groups. Fellows may provide outpatient clinical services to adult family members, including couples’ therapy, and children of veterans (depending on the candidate’s interests and background). As a part of training at RHP, fellows will have ongoing individual and group supervision, seminars on subjects related to RHP clinical work and professional development. This is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable clinical experience using evidence-based care within a multidisciplinary team at a major medical center.
The ideal candidate will have experience with trauma and evidence-based treatment, have a solid research background, and be interested in establishing a scientist-practitioner career. For RHP, candidates that have previous clinical experience with veterans or active-duty service members may be particularly well-suited. Qualified candidates must have an APA approved doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.Please visit https://roadhomeprogram.org to learn more about our program and https://roadhomeprogram.org/clinical-training/ to learn more about training at RHP.
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Medical School/Health Science Center
- APPIC Membership
- No
- APA Accredited
- No
- Emphasis or focus area
- PTSD (Trauma)
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Brianna Werner, PhD
- Contact Email
- brianna_werner@rush.edu
- Contact Phone
- 3129426476
- Virtual Interviews
- Virtual Only
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 8
- Number of Positions
- 3
- Applications recieved last year
- 20
- Stipend
- $56,484
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- No
- Estimated offer date
- Friday, February 2 2024
- Created Date
- Wednesday, September 26 2018
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- Fellows are eligible for health insurance (medical, dental, and vision benefits), retirement (403b),and other benefits as well as 26 vacation days, 7 holidays, and 10 sick days. Please visit https://www.rush.edu/careers/employee-benefits for more specific details.
Please note that the stipend is consistent with NIH postdoctoral fellowship guidelines and is typically increased each year. Updated guidelines are typically released each Spring. Fellows have access to over $5,000 in professional development funds which can be used to cover the cost of the EPPP, trainings, conference attendance, books, and other professional development expenses.
The start date of fellowship is flexible within the month of August.
- Research opportunities
- Fellows have the opportunity to contribute to research activities that help advance the mission of RHP. The fellowship is designed to be a clinical training experience. However, if you have strong interest in a combined research/clinical fellowship, please specify your interests and desired research activities in your application for consideration. RHP has a rigorous research department housing multiple research faculty and research assistants as well as other research staff including statistical support. The research team’s primary focus is on enhancing intensive treatment programs to work for trauma-exposed individuals, both veteran and civilian populations, through the use of predictive models and machine learning, and to date research faculty have published over 40 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals related to improving intensive/massed PTSD treatment, understanding treatment mechanism, and veteran mental health more broadly. RHP has several ongoing grant-funded studies including clinical trials. You can read more about research occurring at Road Home Program: https://roadhomeprogram.org/research/ and the TREAT Lab: https://www.treatlabchicago.com/
- Additional Comments
- Rush University System for Health (RUSH) is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the individuals and the diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships. RUSH comprises Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities. Rush University, with more than 2,500 students, is a health sciences university that comprises Rush Medical College, the College of Nursing, the College of Health Sciences and the Graduate College. Rush University Medical Center is an elite medical community recognized for excellence in patient care, medical discovery and clinical expertise.
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has awarded Rush full accreditation for three years. Rush is one of the first academic medical centers in Illinois to receive this accreditation.
As an academic medical center, Rush University Medical Center is committed to advancing medical knowledge through research. Investigators at Rush are involved in more than 1,600 projects, including hundreds of clinical studies to test the effectiveness and safety of new therapies and medical devices, as well as to expand scientific and medical knowledge.
Rush University Medical Center received five stars in a quality rating system by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Rush University Medical Center is the only five-star academic medical center in the Chicago area.
Ranked among the top 20 best places to work in healthcare by Indeed.
For the fourth consecutive time, all three Rush System hospitals have received an "A" grade for patient safety from the Leapfrog Group.
As a diverse and inclusive culture, Rush is a member of the Illinois Hires Heroes Consortium (IHHC) and designated a "Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality" in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).
Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
- Application Instructions
- For a complete application, please send a cover letter that describes your careers goals and how RHP and/or TREAT Lab can facilitate your continued professional development, CV, and two letters of recommendation here: https://roadhomeprogram.org/application-forms/
Those considering Road Home Program, are encouraged to consider the TREAT Lab: https://www.appic.org/Postdocs/Universal-Psychology-Postdoctoral-Directory-UPPD/Detail/id/6008
This record was last updated on Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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