Job Type
Full-time
Description
Graduated! Now what? Graduating your doctoral program is an exciting time filled with mixed hope and uncertainty. The idealism and zeal for learning is met with the complexity of the clinical landscape and licensing requirements. You're 'thrown from the nest' of your graduate program, and while you're prepared for what's next, you're often left to cobble together work experiences and supervision that count for licensure. The worst case scenario is finding yourself in a role where it's all about work- where the first thing that goes out the window is your learning. This is why our fellowship exists.
Everything in One Spot What if you could find a job that included the required collaboration but also psychotherapy training? A role in an interprofessional clinic where you could learn from other professions, not just your own? A role that isn't just a job but part of a training program where you could be part of a learning cohort with other folks at your same licensure stage? What if that role was salaried, with a steady, predictable paycheck, not variable gig work? A position where you didn't have to worry about having enough of the right type of clients and had the autonomy to choose your caseload. What if there was a position that was about your learning, not just churning out billable hours?
Our Post-DNP Fellowship is a position designed to help amplify your learning and get licensed. The fellowship follows a cohort model so that you can leverage a group of interprofessional peers to further your learning. The program's myriad benefits aren't easily reduced to a bulleted list, soundbite, or tweet, so we encourage you to learn more about the program by visiting our website.
What You'll Learn Lorenz Clinic's interprofessional training program was founded on the values and competencies of professional psychology as well as a systemic epistemology. The clinic seeks to develop effective interventionists judged by their ability to create change. Graduates leave with a deep professional network and the ability to work both independently and on interdisciplinary treatment teams. The fellowship provides invaluable client hours needed for licensure while ensuring the pre-licensure period is focused on professional development, not just working.
The signature pedagogy of the interdisciplinary mental health profession is clinical supervision. In contrast to graduate school where much of the learning is from classroom instruction, the majority of the learning on fellowship happens during applied practice and within the context of the supervisory working relationship. Most of the learning occurs within the confines of one's professional practice and regular clinical supervision. The clinic does host intermittent didactics, but "training" does not mean that fellows will be provided step-by-step guides or detailed procedural guidance, as that would be developmentally inappropriate for trainees at this level, especially independently-licensed PMHNPs.
Fellowship activities are intentionally targeted to provide training in the following foundational areas:
- Professionalism
- Ethical, Legal, & Policy Issues
- Individual & Cultural Diversity
- Relationships
- Scientific Knowledge
- Reflective Practice
- Interdisciplinary Systems & Interprofessional Collaboration
Additionally, the fellowship helps clinicians develop their skills in the following functional areas:
- Selecting Effective Treatments
- Assessment, including problem & treatment formulation
- Psychotherapeutic Intervention
- Leveraging Supervision & Consultation
- Teaching Others
- Self-Management & Effectively Working in Organizations
- Advocacy
The Post-DNP experience is distinctive in that fellows receive weekly collaboration from both a psychologist and either an advanced practice nurse or psychiatrist. This allows for an interdisciplinary blend of learning and services. The DNP track is distinctive in that it offers supervision in psychotherapy in addition to the provision of medication management services.
The Lorenz system is particularly well suited to relationally- and systemically-minded clinicians who want to learn more about leveraging the interpersonal process to bring about change. Lorenz Clinic sees the spectrum of mental health issues across all walks of life. The training experience is constructed such that fellows work with a diversity of issues and clients to maximize learning. The practice enjoys deep, special relationships with referring clinics that have grown to trust the clinic to deliver a high level of interprofessional collaboration and specialized consultation.
The Post-DNP fellowship is structured as 0.2 FTE training-related activities and 0.8 FTE PMHNP role. 0.2 FTE of the role is spent in training-related activities that includes:
- 1 hour per week of consultation with a PMHNP or Psychiatrist
- 1 hour per week of psychotherapy supervision with a psychologist
- 4 hours of consultee-focused case consultation per month
- 8 hours of fellowship cohort seminar per month
- 1 hr/wk of didactic seminar
- 1 hour of Grand Rounds per month
- 2 hours per quarter of invited practitioner series
- Ad hoc continuing education events
The role also includes 0.8 FTE time spent in direct patient service. This involves 25.6 completed clinical hours (1536 min.) per week, which can be a mix of 60 min. diagnostic assessments or 30 min. Follow-ups. There is also 2 hrs/month of team meetings. The client contact hours represented in this section is the minimum expectation. The other hours in this section are general, on average; the exact number of hours will vary depending on program need, scheduling constraints, etc.. The start date of various training series is dependent on when each cohort is convened and effectively onboarded.
Note: training outcomes are aspirational and not guaranteed, as they are a function of myriad factors including trainees' prior preparation, learning goals, personality traits, commitment to learning, openness, flexibility, and so on.
The Role Fellows function in an applied, clinical role providing services to clients in an outpatient setting. The postdoctoral fellowship is a 1-year, full- time, salaried clinical position that prepares doctorally-prepared trainees for independent clinical work post-licensure. The fellowship represents the final year of intensive, formal training before independent practice. The fellowship is truly the culmination of many years of preparation and hard work, and is meant to help prepare you for your first position. Core clinical activities include carrying a patient caseload that includes adults, children, couples, and families. Fellows discuss prior to the Fellowship the expected goals for the Fellowship, which may include ages and populations for psychotherapy and psychological assessment cases (if assessment is a stated goal).
Job duties include but are not limited to:
- Provide psychiatric services including diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, medication management, psychotherapy, and discharge planning
- Provide individual, couples, group, or family psychotherapy as assigned by supervisor based on prior preparation, established learning goals, and program need
- Attend and actively participate in individual and/or group supervision, case consultation, Grand Rounds, business meetings, and other meetings
- Conduct at least two formal, scholarly presentations during the two-year fellowship, one to colleagues and one to the public
- Other duties as assigned
There is no call with this position. This is a full-time, salaried, W2, in-person role.
Requirements
The most successful candidates will have evidenced a track record of sequential, scaffolded learning experiences aimed at a career as an advanced practice nurse. Interpersonally secure, open, flexible, curious, service-oriented candidates will likely experience the best training outcomes. Candidates with the potential to have a positive impact on the profession itself will be given higher consideration.
The position requirements include:
- A doctoral degree (Ph.D. or DNP) degree in nursing from a regionally-accredited academic program
- CNP and PMHNP designations in Minnesota prior to start date
- DEA number and completed payer credentialing at Lorenz prior to start date
- The availability and ability to work full-time in person
Compensation This training role enjoys a reduced caseload, which the $120,000 stipend is a reflection of. This reduced caseload allows time for new entrants into independent practice to think, learn, and assimilate to post-degree practice. The role is meant to be a learning placement, a proximal step into practice- not a maximum caseload/salary from the start, which never portends good things for the transition and learning. Though not required, fellows are encouraged to apply at the clinic for a staff PMHNP role following completion of the fellowship (the hiring range for that role is $150,000 - $230,000 annually).
Benefits Full-time, independently licensed clinicians enjoy a robust benefits package that includes:
- Student Loan Repayment
- Paid Burnout Time
- Annual CEU allowance
- A 401k with 401k matching
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid service/volunteer time
- Paid continuing education release days
- Paid parental leave
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Professional development assistance
- Healthcare Savings Account
- No Call
- Outpatient Clinic / Office Setting
- Favorable support staff ratios
For an unabridged job description or more information about our benefits including, please contact human resources. This position is listed under Minneapolis for search visibility. Lorenz Clinic's locations are in the southwest metro - Minnetonka, Victoria, Chaska, Prior Lake, Burnsville, Rosemount, and Lilydale - approximately 15-30 minutes from downtown Minneapolis. The primary in-person worksite will be one of these suburban locations, with hybrid flexibility depending on program needs.
To Apply Admission to the fellowship is nationally competitive. Lorenz selects candidates based on their potential to positively impact the cohort learning dynamic, advance the profession, and benefit society at large, among other factors. To apply for this position, submit your CV and a cover letter to the attention of the Training Committee via the online job portal for the desired clinic location. In addition to your suitability for the position, cover letters should broadly outline your training goals, track preference, commitment to the common good, and a brief narrative of your experience providing psychotherapy. Applicants who are invited to interview may be asked to provide writing samples, references, or a letter of recommendation from a past preceptor or clinical supervisor. Preference will be given to bilingual candidates, as access is an integral part of the clinic's mission. Application materials not accompanied by a cover letter will be considered incomplete.
Individual & Cultural Diversity Lorenz Clinic is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We view Individual & Cultural Diversity as a professional competency area that applies to all professionals, one that requires specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Candidates who independently monitor and apply knowledge of self and others as a cultural beings in assessment, treatment, and consultation are especially encouraged to app
