Outpatient Pediatric Psychologist - Feeding Clinic

Children’s Minnesota•St. Paul, MN

About The Position

Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry. Because of continued demand, we are adding a full-time Child or Pediatric Psychologist with expertise in Pediatric Feeding Disorders. Position Overview Primary role focused on providing therapeutic supports in embedded specialty partnership with the multidisciplinary feeding clinic, which includes direct patient care, collaboration with larger medical teams (MD's, APRNs, rehabilitation specialists: OT, SLP) and program development. Opportunities for supporting the inpatient consultation-liaison service as a consultant will also be available. Opportunities to provide training and supervision in our postdoctoral fellowship are also available. Department Overview The Psychological Services department provides services on both the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses. Specific services include individual and family therapy, psychological assessment, neuropsychological assessment, and inpatient consultation and liaison. We also have pediatric psychologists embedded in a number of specialty clinics. Annually, we care for over 2,200 children with a primary reason for a visit related mental health concern in our two emergency departments, and complete 23,000+ outpatient visits in our behavioral health clinics.

Requirements

Licensed or licensed eligible psychologist in Minnesota.
Doctoral degree (Ph.D., Psy.D.) in Psychology and completion of a clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship from an APA-approved program
Demonstrated excellence in patient care, consultation, and collaboration
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Be able to function effectively and efficiently as part of a multidisciplinary team