Clinical Child Psychologist

Children's Mercy KC•Kansas City, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Developmental and Behavioral Health at Children’s Mercy Kansas City is recruiting psychologists at all levels of experience or rank to join our team and expand access to mental and behavioral health care to the youth of our region. We seek psychologists with a broad range of expertise in evidence-based assessment and intervention to help us expand existing programs and assist in the development of new programs. Common referrals to our psychology team include inattention, problems with learning, developmental and intellectual differences, depression, anxiety, autism, and disruptive behavior. We opened acute care programs (partial hospitalization program, inpatient medical surgical program for youth with medical and behavioral health comorbidity) and seek psychologists interested in stepdown care, including parent management training and assisting caregivers and youth with adherence to wellness plans. Referrals to our clinical child psychologists come from the community (including primary care providers across the region) and a variety of Children’s Mercy medical subspecialties. This position will include teaching in the hospital’s pediatric medical and psychology training programs. It will also include protected academic time for service, research, and other scholarly activities. Faculty mentoring is provided to all new faculty members, with additional support available for those interested in clinical scholarship (e.g., program evaluation, quality improvement initiatives). This position carries an academic appointment at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, with rank commensurate to qualifications and experience. The Division of Developmental and Behavioral Health at Children’s Mercy is growing and expanding programs as part of the institution’s Mental and Behavioral Health Strategic Plan Illuminate: Lighting the Path Forward for Mental Health | Children's Mercy. We offer a dynamic and collegial work environment that includes 60 psychologists as well as numerous developmental pediatricians and child and adolescent psychiatrists, master’s and doctoral level board certified behavior analysts, other research and pediatrics faculty, and allied health professionals who work together to provide outstanding mental and behavioral health care to youth in our region and beyond. This position includes a competitive salary and benefits package. Candidates at all levels of experience will be considered. At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Requirements

A PhD or PsyD in clinical psychology, pediatric psychology, clinical child psychology, or related field
Completion of an APA-accredited internship and/or post-doctoral fellowship with clinical child and adolescent psychology as a major area of study
Eligibility for clinical psychology licensure in Missouri and Kansas
Willingness to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005.
Ability to maintain professional relationships with fellow employees, patients, parents and visitors.

Nice To Haves

Expertise and interest in diagnostic assessment and evaluation
Expertise and interest in parent management training and other evidence-based interventions for disruptive behavior
Expertise and interest in ADHD assessment and intervention
Expertise and interest in Autism evaluation and intervention
Expertise and interest in acute care services (inpatient integrated medical-surgical unit, partial hospitalization program) and programs to provide stepdown care
Expertise and interest in Eating Disorders
Expertise and interest in pediatric psychology positions (solid organ transplant, surgical subspecialties, rehabilitation medicine, critical care medicine, weight management, sleep medicine, cardiology, allergy/immunology, integrated primary care, hematology/oncology, neuropsychology, and others)
Interest in clinical scholarship (e.g., program evaluation, quality improvement initiatives)

Responsibilities

Teaching in the hospital’s pediatric medical and psychology training programs.
Protected academic time for service, research, and other scholarly activities.
Providing evidence-based assessment and intervention.
Expanding existing programs and assisting in the development of new programs.
Providing stepdown care, including parent management training and assisting caregivers and youth with adherence to wellness plans.
Assessment and consultation for youth in the foster care system.
Pediatric psychology positions (solid organ transplant, surgical subspecialties, rehabilitation medicine, critical care medicine, weight management, sleep medicine, cardiology, allergy/immunology, integrated primary care, hematology/oncology, neuropsychology, and others).
Providing mental and behavioral health care to youth in our region and beyond.