Psychological Services Fellowship

Description

Are you mission-driven and passionate about helping others succeed?

Do you strive to lead, follow, and act with integrity?

Are you the one who honors your commitments?

Is building trusting relationships an integral part of why you do what you do?

Do you push limits and challenge the status quo?

If you answered YES , keep reading to discover how you can significantly contribute to Team USA's success!

Here's a summary of responsibilities :

Under the direction and supervision of a Senior Psychological Services Provider, the Psychological Services Fellow will support the implementation of psychological services and programming for Team USA including assigned National Governing Bodies (NGBs) throughout the country in a one-year assignment. The Psychological Services Fellow will assist in implementing the clinical pathways for psychological assessment, referrals, treatment / interventions, and management and will serve as a case manager for psychology referrals.

The Psychological Services Fellow is clinically competent and should be working towards licensure as a psychologist and certification as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant. The Psychological Services Fellow will actively engage in two hours of supervision as well as one hour of case consultation weekly. The Psychological Services Fellow must be experienced in the care of elite and diverse athlete populations and in creating and completing medical documentation.

The Psychological Services Fellow will provide treatment that spans the spectrum of psychological care for athletes from mental performance to mental health concerns and mental illness.

Here’s how you’ll have an impact :

• Serve as a point of contact and psychology provider for Team USA athletes and NGBs. Provide crisis intervention, psychological evaluation and assessment, and referral services. Facilitate case management process for psychology referrals. Offer outreach and education resources on psychology as needed.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team of providers to determine and deliver the appropriate services for Olympic and Paralympic athletes and teams.
• Provide individual and group psychology services for Team USA athletes. Provide remote services to Team USA athletes and NGBs across the country and around the world as needed.
• Provide a high level of service and communication at all times to all entities.
• Assist in the development and distribution of educational psychology materials for coaches and NGBs to help facilitate the psychological needs of their athletes and teams.
• Support the implementation of athlete psychological services policies and procedures for daily operations and Games environments. Assist in the training of athletes, coaches, and staff on these policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the development of a healthy, safe, equitable, and culturally diverse environment for USOPC team members and Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
• Provide psychological services coverage for events, practices, training camps, and competitions at Olympic & Paralympic Training Centers, Training Sites, and around the country and world, including at Olympic and / or Paralympic Games. Support the implementation of strategies for providing care at major national and international competitions and Games.
• Consult with key stakeholders to develop and implement individualized and targeted psychological services for each athlete / team. Work with Psychological Services Coordinator to provide services in response to requests from resident and camp programs and / or as identified in NGBs’ high performance plans.
• Adhere to HIPAA-compliant documentation and recordkeeping including recording and entering all athlete encounters and related data in the electronic medical records in a complete and timely manner.
• Provide management of athlete psychological services in accordance with licensure, scope of practice, Code of Ethics, standards of care, and functions of individual professional licensure permitted by State law.  Maintain continuous compliance with medical and legal requirements for the states of employment as well as any other states in which the psychological services provider supports the USOPC or National Governing Bodies at sporting events or other assigned activities.
• Maintain compliance with IOC, USADA, SafeSport, and the Olympic & Paralympic Code to provide for maximum health and performance for each athlete.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Here are the skills and experience you'll need to be effective :

Here are the tools, equipment, & conditions :

Here's where you'll work :

Colorado Springs Olympic & Paralympic Training Center

Here's some more information you need to know :