Sport Psychologist

UC San Diego is seeking a highly skilled Sport Psychologist to join our team. As a key member of our Student Health and Well-being cluster, you will play a vital role in promoting the mental health and well-being of our student-athletes.

• Provide individual and group clinical mental health services to student-athletes, including assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health issues.
• Develop and implement preventive and early intervention psychoeducational outreach programs to promote mental health and well-being among student-athletes.
• Collaborate with coaches, administrators, and sports medicine staff to support the mental health and well-being of student-athletes.
• Design, execute, and evaluate psychoeducational programming for the Athletic Department to promote mental health and well-being among student-athletes.
• Provide clinical supervision and training to CAPS Post-doctoral Residents and maintain quality assurance and improvement in compliance standards.

• Doctorate degree from an accredited program in Clinical or Counseling psychology.
• Formal Sport Psychology education, training, and/or certification.
• Unrestricted California license to practice psychology.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of clinical counseling principles, methods, procedures, and standards.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in the practice of Sports Psychology.
• Demonstrated expertise working with under-served college students and young adults.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative manner with a diverse client group.
• Ability to conduct culturally proficient and focused individual, conjoint, couples, family counseling and sport psychology and trauma-informed services.
• Ability to relate warmly, humanely, sensitively and empathetically to others.
• Ability to actively foster a positive, welcoming climate, and value, include and support all in the UC San Diego community.

• University Counseling Center experience.
• Bilingual Preferred.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.
• Must successfully complete credential verification in order to be granted practicing privileges.
• Must work some evenings, weekends, holidays for after-hours emergency coverage rotation.