Required:

• PhD or PsyD in psychology or related discipline and licensed by the California State Board of Psychology or California Board of Behavioral Sciences
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in integrative care
• Experience dealing with cancer patients on outpatient basis and facilitating group support for individuals across the cancer trajectory and their loved ones.
• Knowledge of psychosocial and other rehabilitation related problems that arise in individual with cancer at all phases of their disease and treatments.
• Knowledge of cancers and their treatments
• Fluency with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and ability to assess mental health disorders
• Ability to formulate assessments of psychosocial needs of individuals with cancer. Ability to put these skills to use.
• Skills and knowledge to deliver psychosocial interventions in a medical setting.
• Skills required to facilitate individual, group and family therapy interventions.
• Knowledge, skill, and ability to work autonomously using specific software programs such as Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook and CareConnect programs
• Ability to identify referral sources and to provide referrals for economic, psychosocial, financial, and other resources
• Knowledge and ability to function as a team member, working with multiple disciplines to develop patient groups, services, classes, educational, and other programs
• Skill in completing and entering patient notes, tracking forms and consultation notes at appropriate intervals into Patient Database/Electronic Medical Chart.
• Knowledge of bereavement and grief process. Understanding and expertise in providing grief and bereavement specific counseling support to patients and families. Experience providing grief support in a group format
• Ability to understand the mission of the Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology and to implement its objectives for the delivery of patient care. Ability and expertise to share mission with larger UCLA health communities
• Ability to synthesize ideas to solve problems and to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Able to use computers, iPads, UCLA-issued phones and other devices
• Ability to provide clinical knowledge to less experienced clinicians
• Demonstrated ability to manage a complex organization with multiple goals.
• Demonstrated ability to manage an office and associated programs on a day-to-day basis
• Skill in developing, implementing and administering operational plans and administrative procedures
• Demonstrated ability to develop budgets, financial planning and analysis, skill in preparing accurate financial reports
• Skill in negotiating; exchanging ideas, information and opinions with others to formulate reports, programs and/or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions or solutions
• Skill and ability to develop job descriptions and other human resource -related documents.
• Demonstrated ability to write patient/public communications, analytical and administrative reports, policies/procedures, correspondence and other documents, that are clear, concise and appropriate and to oversee their production and distribution.
• Skill and ability in developing, planning, implementing, and evaluation of Center events, including but not limited to lectures, donor events, fundraising events
• Ability to interact compassionately and professionally with cancer patients (within appropriate limits and boundaries) and their families
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to work effective and accurately under conditions of heavy workload, frequent interruptions, distractions and deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, train and supervise staff, including trainees

• Experience working as a liaison with inpatient/outpatient units and community agencies
• Familiar with California End of Life Option Act
• Demonstrated ability in financial budgeting using Excel, UCLA ledgers, including creation and analysis of financial data and projections
• Ability to work evenings and weekends for Center’s program activities and events on a limited and as-needed basis.
• Working knowledge of policies and procedures related to administration, business finances, HIPAA/CiCare, etc. in a university medical setting, preferably knowledge of UCLA Medical Center.