The Department of Surgery and Organ Transplant Center at The University of Iowa are seeking a Licensed Clinical Psychologist to become an active member of a dynamic, specialized, interdisciplinary team of surgeons, physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, dieticians, financial counselors, administrators and other support staff to participate in the evaluation of transplant recipients, donors and to support individuals becoming eligible for transplant.

The Organ Transplant Center provides clinical services to individuals in need of liver, kidney, and pancreas transplants, as well as potential donors. Clinical responsibilities include:

• Psychological evaluations of patients in need of liver, kidney, and pancreas transplants, including the development of treatment plans to facilitate patient transplant candidacy. Most evaluations take place in an outpatient clinic setting, but some urgent assessments are performed in hospital


• Psychological evaluations of potential living donors


• Timely completion of written reports summarizing evaluation material, case conceptualization, and recommendations


• Provision of follow-up interventions with select patients who are deferred for listing, actively waitlisted, or post-transplant


• Post-surgical follow-up of living donors


• Possible consultation with select patients from the heart and lung transplant programs


• Participation in interdisciplinary transplant team meetings


• Attend Transplant Listing Meetings as a highly valued member of the team

This position includes a faculty appointment at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (non-tenure clinical track), with rank and salary commensurate with experience at a 1.0 FTE (100% clinical).

Incoming faculty will have access to mentoring opportunities and support for growth and innovation, as well as opportunities for collaboration within the Department of Surgery and with other departments. Working at the state’s only tertiary academic medical center offers unique opportunities for program development and application of skills for very complex patients. Additionally, psychologists working within the University of Iowa Healthcare system have opportunity to collaborate and associate with a large group of faculty psychologists housed in the Department of Psychiatry. 

The psychologist is welcome to engage in teaching at multiple levels, such as medical residents/fellows, medical students, and graduate students. Teaching opportunities include more formal didactics and clinical teaching in areas of the psychologist’s expertise. Supervision of graduate school practicum students from the University of Iowa Clinical Science (Clinical Psychology) program and fellows in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry is highly encouraged.

The University of Iowa, Department of Surgery offers competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a collegial professional environment.   The University of Iowa Health Care has been recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States and is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. ® The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is a highly ranked medical school where students learn to become accomplished clinicians and top-flight researchers and educators. Students come to Iowa to study medicine in a program that uses case-based learning as the basis of their education. Our mission is to inspire and educate world class health care providers and scientists for the people of Iowa and our global community. Researchers in the College's over 280 laboratories are served by state-of-the-art core research facilities and research support facilities. Much of the research conducted is interdisciplinary and collaborations are fostered and coordinated through major research centers, institutes, and programs. Many faculty members are internationally renowned for their research. Two faculty members are Howard Hughes Institute Investigators, 12 are members of the Institute of Medicine and two are members of the National Academy of Sciences.

The university is located along the picturesque Iowa River in Iowa City, a city of some 77,000 people (170,000+ in the metro area) regularly ranked as one of the nation’s best places to live. Iowa City is less than four hours from Chicago and within five hours of Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City, readily accessible via interstate highways and a regional airport 30 minutes away. Iowa City is an attractive, family friendly, college town with abundant local and world-class cultural, theatrical, and musical events, top ranked schools, and outdoor recreational attractions. The Iowa City area is often ranked as one of the most livable communities in the nation (Livability.com). To learn more about our great community visit https://livability.com/ia/iowa-city, https://www.thinkiowacity.com/ and https://vimeo.com/148167202.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any misconduct history or pending research misconduct investigation including but not limited to sexual misconduct in prior employment and provide a related release and will be subject to a criminal background and credential check.

• Candidate must hold a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical or Counseling Psychology and completion of a postdoctoral fellowship from an APA-approved program

• Demonstrated excellence in patient care, consultation, and collaboration


• be able to function effectively and efficiently as part of a multidisciplinary health services team


• Strong written and verbal communication skills


• Minimum of one year of supervised postdoctoral clinical experience in a health psychology-related setting

• Licensed or eligible for licensure and Health service provider status in State of Iowa

• Two years of postdoctoral clinical psychology experience in a medical setting, ideally with some exposure to a transplant population


• Previous clinical and/or research experience with transplant patients or in a related health psychology setting is preferred, but not required


• Dedication to enhancing an inclusive workforce and academic environment is desired