We are seeking a highly skilled Sport Psychologist to provide mental health services to student-athletes at the University of Southern Mississippi. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing clinical and sport-performance services, including individual, team, and group sessions, as well as consultation and outreach services to coaches, athletic trainers, and other athletic department staff.

• Provide and maintain a clinical and sport-performance caseload comprised of currently enrolled student-athletes for both individual, team, and group service provision.
• Provide, complete, and supervise psychological evaluations to inform diagnostic decision making and treatment planning and to facilitate referrals for psychopharmacological interventions.
• Collaborate with Athletic Academic Support Services on psychoeducational screenings and complete and supervise intellectual and learning disability evaluations to inform requests for academic accommodations.
• Coordinate drug and alcohol assessment and counseling for the Athletic Department in accordance with Southern Miss Athletics departmental policy.
• Work in conjunction with the Director to provide consultation and outreach services to coaches, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning, nutrition, and other administrative personnel regarding the psychological well-being of individual student-athletes and team members.
• Serve as the point of contact for assigned teams and facilitate team workshops based on empirically supported sport psychology principles.
• Enter clinical documentation in electronic medical records system and compile and report data regarding utilization of USM Sports Counseling and Performance psychological evaluation services.
• Work in conjunction with the Director to facilitate emergency mental health services when appropriate in collaboration with other campus entities to support holistic health of student-athlete and sport reintegration efforts.
• Coordinate with the Director on the service delivery for special cases to include substance use, disordered eating, and severe-persistent mental illness education and treatment.
• Work in conjunction with the Director in providing daytime, evening, and weekend crisis intervention and emergency services in situations involving individual student-athletes or teams with support from Student Counseling Services as needed.
• Engage in multidisciplinary collaborations with other campus entities (Moffit Health, Student Counseling Services, Athletic Training, Center for Behavioral Health, Academic Support for Student-Athletes) for the total well-being of the student-athletes.
• Provide supervision to interns, and post-doctoral externs and perform special functions for the department as requested by the Director of Athletics and other duties as assigned.

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D., Psy.D.) in Clinical or Counseling Psychology with 2-4+ years in Emerging Adult Population.
• Competence and experience with intellectual (e.g., WAIS), personality (e.g., PAI, MMPI), and psychoeducational (e.g., WJ, WRAT) measures and evaluations.
• 2-4+ years in providing sport performance and clinical services for student-athletes at the collegiate level.
• Current independent licensure and/or licensure eligible in the State of Mississippi within 12-months of hire and maintained for duration of employment.

• Five years or more of experience in the mental health field working with emerging adult population focusing on stress management, substance misuse and alcohol education, eating concerns, crisis management, depression, anxiety, grief, identity development, learning disabilities, and other psychological stressors related to injury, rehabilitation, and return to sport in competitive athletes.
• 2-4+ years post-master's experience providing mental health services to athletes or serving as a primary mental health provider/consultant to a sport of community-based mental health resources.
• Experience providing evidence-based sport performance consultation to athletic teams.
• Advanced training in Sport Psychology, such as certification as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) as outlined by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) or equivalent experience.