Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple, Texas
Our Psychology post-doctoral fellows provide inpatient and outpatient care as a part of multidisciplinary medical teams at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple, part of the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple offers a 12-month postdoctoral fellowship in health service psychology – clinical with two training tracks:
- End-of-life care, grief and bereavement
- Consultation/liaison health psychology
Important dates
- October 1, 2025: application cycle opens
- December 8, 2025: application deadline
- January 12, 2026: virtual interviews
Our American Psychological Association (APA) accredited and Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC)-member program provides a broad array of experiences working with a very diverse patient population. Our fellows work with inpatients and outpatients with acute and chronic needs across a variety of medical and psychiatric services. Patients range from mature adolescents to elderly adults.
Fellows provide psychological assessment, intervention and consultation to a variety of multidisciplinary medical teams, such as the palliative care team, hospice, neurology headache clinic, the pain center, weight reduction surgery team, kidney transplant team, and the heart transplant team. Practicing psychology in primary care clinics and at the mental health center is also part of the experience. Fellows have the opportunity to engage in program development, supervision, and research/scholarship during their training year. In addition to applied experiences, applicants also participate in a number of didactic experiences relevant to their work in health service psychology.
We accept two fellows per year, with the option of choosing which of the two available training tracks best fit each applicant's interests/needs.
As the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott & White serves 41 counties through 53 hospitals, more than 1,300 access points, more than 7,100 active physicians, more than 59,000 team members and the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan.
Curriculum
Objectives and Goals
Our program embraces the practitioner-scholar model by requiring supervised clinical work, research/scholarly activity, and opportunities to serve as an educator. All three of these endeavors are deemed essential to incorporating the theory-research-practice triad into a career as a clinical psychologist.
Accordingly, our programs strive to enable fellows to:
- Utilize accurate psychological assessment processes
- Develop effective psychotherapy interventions (individuals, couples, and groups)
- Perform consultation and outreach services
- Demonstrate a commitment to ethical practice of psychology
- Incorporate supervision as a mode of peer consultation
- Teach psychological knowledge to professionals and lay persons
- Respect multi-cultural differences
- Deploy research/scholarly skills to study empirical questions
- Progress toward professional licensure
Fellows follow a carefully planned weekly training curriculum:
- Two hours of individual supervision
- Two to three hours of formal seminars
- Twelve to 16 hours of clinical work in an outpatient mental health clinic
- Eight to 16 hours in associated clinical settings, depending on training track
- Four hours of research/scholarship time
How to apply
Applicants may choose to apply through APPIC's centralized postdoctoral application system (APPA CAS) to complete an application.
Alternately, application materials may be submitted directly via email to Trinity.Ramirez@BSWHealth.org.
Applications are accepted beginning October 1, 2025, and the application deadline is December 8, 2025.
Baylor Scott & White Health's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Health Service Psychology does NOT adhere to a specific religious affiliation or purpose that influences its admission or employment policies. In recruitment and selection of Fellows for our Postdoctoral Training Program, we do not discriminate according to religious creed, spiritual affiliation, or faith practices/membership.
Similar to our non-discrimination policies with regard to patients served described in Section I.B.1, BSWH does not exercise preferential hiring practices related to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, primary language, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any protected characteristic under applicable law.
Application requirements
Applicants for the Baylor Scott & White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Health Service Psychology (Clinical) must have completed a doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology from a university-based program (PhD or PsyD) accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and finished a one-year pre-doctoral internship in Health Service Psychology that is APA- or CPA-accredited, or its substantial equivalent, i.e., an APPIC-member internship program.
(Note: These two requirements demand that the applicant’s dissertation is completed at the time the fellowship begins.)
Individuals wishing to apply for the Baylor Scott & White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Clinical Health Psychology must submit the following materials:
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Curriculum vitae;
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Letter of intent: 1-2 pages outlining the specific training track (i.e., End of Life Care, Grief & Bereavement; Consultation/Liaison Health Psychology) for which one is applying and why;
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Three letters of recommendation: one letter should be from the internship director of clinical training/supervisor, one letter from the applicant’s graduate program, and another letter from a professional familiar with the applicant’s academic and clinical training);
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Attestation statement from the applicant's graduate school Director of Clinical Training indicating the applicant's status in the program and projected completion of the requirements for the doctorate prior to the fellowship year (waived for those who have already earned a doctorate);
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Official transcript from graduate program;
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Copies of two clinical reports (de-identified): one assessment/evaluation report and one psychotherapy intervention note.
Learn more about Baylor Scott & White's housestaff appointment eligibility, including guidelines for international medical graduates.
Interview process
Review of completed applications will commence immediately once they are received no later than December 8, 2025. For this reason, earlier submission is preferred.
Typically, applicants are interviewed first by telephone as an initial screening step to ensure that an applicant’s aspirations can be met at our training site. Promising applicants will then be invited to participate in formal interviews with several faculty as well as current postdoctoral fellows.
In an effort to make the interview process accessible for all promising applicants, we will conduct formal interviews virtually using video conferencing technology. January 12, 2026 (Monday) has been set aside for applicant interviews.
Special arrangements will be considered for applicants invited to interview should extenuating circumstances make these pre-selected dates problematic.
Faculty and fellows
Our dedicated faculty, with diverse expertise and a passion for teaching, offers invaluable mentorship and our talented fellows bring enthusiasm and fresh perspectives to patient care. Together, they create a supportive community committed to excellence in medical education and compassionate care.
Join us in shaping the future of healthcare!
Train at one of U.S. News & World Report's top hospitals in Texas
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple is a 640-bed teaching and research hospital with a Level I trauma center.
Working at Baylor Scott & White Health
Stipend and benefits
In addition to competitive stipends, we offer our residents a full menu of employee benefits. We help offset the cost of many of these benefits; others are options you can choose to pay for yourself.
Well-being resources
This time in your professional career can be extremely challenging. As a Baylor Scott & White graduate medical trainee, there are a variety of resources available to you, ensuring you get the most out of your educational experience.
Life in Temple
Temple uniquely offers a combination of access to big-city conveniences while maintaining a small-town atmosphere.
Contact us
Trinity Ramirez
Program Administrator
Fax: 254.724.1061
Email: Trinity.Ramirez@BSWHealth.org
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, TX 76508