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Cherokee Health Systems - Integrated Health Psychology

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Cherokee Health Systems
Knoxville , Tennessee

Starts on Monday, August 4, 2025

Applications due Monday, January 20, 2025

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure. Yes

This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities. Yes

This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience. Yes

This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience. Yes

This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.   Yes

This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities. Yes

This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures. Yes

This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training. Yes

The Integrated Health Psychology track offers Fellows the unique opportunity to train in the growing area of primary care psychology. Fellows serve as Behavioral Health Consultants (BHCs) within a primary care clinic in a rural or urban setting and are called upon by primary care providers to assess and treat patients presenting with behavioral concerns during a primary care visit. BHCs treat behavioral health concerns and expand their skill sets and scope of practice to a broad scope of health issues, including chronic disease management and wellness.  BHCs work as a member of the primary care team and are involved in assessment, intervention, and consultation with patients. CHS has a strong record of integration of behavioral health into primary care.  In 2007, CHS was presented with the Best Practices in 21st Century Primary Care Award from the Morehouse School of Medicine for effective integration of mental health and primary care.  The CHS integrated care model enables providers to coordinate care in a cost effective and clinically effective manner. Behavioral health issues that would normally go undetected and untreated are successfully treated using this model of care, thus reducing the overall costs of care in the long term.  Cherokee Health Systems has been highlighted as an exemplary model of integrated behavioral health care into primary care in a recent report for Healthcare Research and Quality (2011), as well in a review sponsored by the Milbank Memorial Fund (2012) and was recognized by the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association with the 2018 Outstanding Contributions to the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model Award.

Additional Information

Agency Type
Community Mental Health Center
APPIC Membership
Yes
APA Accredited
Yes
Recognized Specialty
Clinical Health Psychology
Emphasis or focus area
Primary Care
Other Emphasis
Child Welfare, Developmental Psychology
Research Time
Less than 25%
Training Director
Sara Propst
Contact Email
sara.propst@cherokeehealth.com
Contact Phone
865-573-0698
Virtual Interviews
Strongly Preferred
Duration in Months
12
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
17
Number of Positions
3
Applications recieved last year
10
Stipend
$47,000
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Yes
Estimated offer date
Monday, February 24 2025
Created Date
Friday, July 1 2016
Unfilled Positions
3
Fringe Benefits
Medical, life insurance, and retirement benefits; paid time off and holidays; and professional liability insurance.
Research opportunities
Clinical research based on interests and clinic needs are available but not required.
Additional Comments
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Immediate openings are available. Program start dates are flexible.
Application Instructions
Submit applications electronically to Sandra Greear at Sandra.Greear@cherokeehealth.com. Completed applications include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation sent directly from the reference. Please include the specific track for which you are applying in the subject line of your email. Applications are reviewed as they are received.

This record was last updated on Thursday, August 1, 2024

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