PhD/PsyD Faculty Job App Question

[psychababble33]

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I am going on the job market this fall for faculty positions in psychology departments. For those who have applied for these jobs and/or received them - were you ever drug tested, either during the selection process or hiring? I know there are other threads about being drug tested for practica/internship (and I've had that happen occasionally), but not sure how it works for faculty positions. This would be for hard-money (arts and sciences) positions, not grant-funded med school positions, if it matters.

FWIW, I realize that background checks, criminal record checks, etc. are all going to be standard for most faculty positions, particularly those involving clinical supervision or clinical work, and I'm not asking about those. Just the go to a random health office type place, pee in a cup, that kind of deal.

 

[EmotRegulation]

Faculty in a psych department here. I was not asked to do any kind of drug testing, and I did five campus interviews. Different universities may have different requirements, but I feel fairly confident in saying they will NOT ask for a drug test on interviews, and if you get an offer you may be able to skulk around the HR website to get a sense if they will drug test for that, though that also seems unlikely. I have had to do the kind of drug test you are talking about for supervising at a clinical placement but that was long after I was hired, and it was an optional placement. (The drug test wasn't optional if I wanted to supervise at the site, but I wasn't required to supervise at the site.)

 

[calimich]

also faculty in a psych dept and similar to EmotRegulation, was never drug tested during the process, including on-campus interviews at several different universities.

 

[WisNeuro]

Our faculty were drug tested, but almost all of them were clinical supervisors as well. So, that may have played a role.

 

[SLB-CO]

Also faculty, on the job circuit two years ago. Never drug tested. Now in a state where cannabis is legal; told at orientation that a drug test could be requested if there was observed work impairment, but that would be the only situation.

 

[Justanothergrad]

Faculty in a psych department as well. No drug test either.

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[sardonic]

Faculty here. Never drug tested.

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