Child and Adolescent Psychologist [Req#: 911274, Position#: 130145]

UT Southwestern•Plano, TX

22h•Onsite

About The Position

UT Southwestern Medical Center is seeking a Child and Adolescent Psychologist to join its clinical faculty and serve on the clinical team at Children’s Health, Plano. The role provides outpatient behavioral health care to children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, and developmental needs, with a primary focus on the UT Southwestern and Children’s Health Center for Autism Care. This center provides comprehensive interdisciplinary care to children with autism spectrum and related neurodevelopmental disorders and their families, through evaluation and treatment involving psychiatry, psychology, neurodevelopmental neurology, speech pathology, behavior analysis, and social work. The psychologist will provide direct outpatient care to children and adolescents with autism or other neurodevelopmental disabilities and participate in interdisciplinary diagnostic evaluations of children ages 1–18 who may have autism, with special focus on early diagnosis in children ages 0–3. The role offers opportunities to supervise psychology interns, psychiatry residents, child and adolescent psychiatry fellows, and pre- and post-doctoral trainees, as well as to contribute to the department’s academic mission. Research involvement is encouraged, with opportunities for collaborative research and participation in APA-accredited doctoral and internship programs in Clinical Psychology. The position offers compensation with a guaranteed salary and wRVU productivity incentive, seven conference days per year, and a professional allowance. Texas licensure is not required for consideration or selection but is a prerequisite for starting. The incumbent is expected to seek board certification after appointment.

Requirements

Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical or School Psychology from an APA-accredited program.
Completion of an APA-accredited internship.
Texas licensure is a prerequisite for starting in the position.
Expected to seek board certification after appointment.

Nice To Haves

Direct patient care experience assessing and treating children and adolescents with autism or other neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Experience providing bilingual assessments.
Spanish-speaking candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Highly competitive candidates will have experience in bilingual assessment.

Responsibilities

Provide outpatient direct patient care to children and adolescents with autism or other neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Participate in interdisciplinary diagnostic evaluations of children ages 1–18 suspected of having autism, with a special focus on early diagnosis for ages 0–3.
Supervise psychology interns, psychiatry residents, child and adolescent psychiatry fellows, and pre- and post-doctoral trainees.
Participate in the department’s academic mission.
Pursue collaborative research and involvement in the department’s APA-accredited doctoral and internship programs in Clinical Psychology, as appropriate.
Seek board certification after appointment.

Benefits

Guaranteed salary with wRVU productivity incentive.
Seven days per year to attend conferences, with a professional allowance.
Low-cost health insurance effective on day one.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Retirement benefits.
Life insurance.
Disability benefits.
Paid parental leave.
Paid holidays, including floating holidays.
Paid time off available on day one.
Eligible site for Public Service Loan Forgiveness and NIH loan repayment programs.
$1 million in identity theft protection.
Employee discounts.
Occurrence-based medical malpractice coverage; no malpractice tail insurance is needed.
No state income tax.