Sports Psychologist

Job Summary:

The Clinical Sport Psychologist at Intermountain Healthcare is a key member of our interdisciplinary team, working with athletes, coaches, and parents to enhance personal, social, emotional, academic, and athletic growth and performance. This role involves providing individual and group psychological services, designing and executing psychoeducational programming, and implementing performance enhancement interventions. The ideal candidate will have a doctoral degree in Counseling or Clinical Psychology, licensure as a psychologist, and experience in mental health counseling and performance enhancement services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide individual and group psychological services to athletes, including assessment, psychotherapy, and performance enhancement interventions.
• Design and execute psychoeducational programming for professional partners and teams.
• Implement individual and team-based performance enhancement interventions.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including sports medicine physicians, athletic trainers, and rehabilitation staff.
• Participate in providing education to colleagues, patients, family, coaches, and community.
• Supervise trainees or post-doctorates, providing appropriate supervision that complies with Intermountain, partner institution, and professional standards.

Requirements:

• Doctoral degree in Counseling or Clinical Psychology from an APA-accredited program and licensure as a psychologist within the state of practice.
• Evidence of outstanding skills in clinical assessment, psychotherapy, performance enhancement services, crisis management, and consultation with coaches and administrators of sport programs.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to multicultural issues and proven ability to interact with diverse individuals and groups.
• Ability to provide supervision to psychologists-in-training.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to problem-solve, handle sensitive information, and nuanced situations.
• A solid understanding of boundaries and professional ethics.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Board Certified in Sport Psychology Certification within the American Psychological Association.
• Five years of experience in providing mental health counseling and performance enhancement services to athletes and high-level performers.
• Completion of post-doctorate internship or fellowship in a setting focused on Sport.
• Professional memberships in American Psychological Association Division 47 and Collegiate Clinical/Counseling Sport Psychology Association.

Work Environment:

This role is based at TOSH in Murray, Utah, and requires the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of boundaries and professional ethics, as well as the ability to problem-solve and handle sensitive information and nuanced situations.

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