Pediatric Psychologist

Children's Mercy KC•Kansas City, MO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Children's Mercy is seeking psychologists at all levels of experience to join their Division of Developmental and Behavioral Health. This role involves expanding access to mental and behavioral health care for youth in the region, providing care across 31+ integrated programs. The team works with youth with medical complexity within multidisciplinary teams in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Experience in targeted outpatient consultations, brief evidence-based interventions, pre-surgical evaluations, inpatient consultation/liaison, multidisciplinary care conferences, and targeted evaluation is desired. The division is recruiting for various specialties including Inpatient consultation/liaison, Partial hospitalization program, Allergy/Immunology-Food Allergy, Cardiology, Hematology/Oncology, Integrated Primary Care, Solid Organ Transplant, Neuropsychology, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Surgical subspecialties, Weight Management, and assessment/consultation for youth in foster care. There are also open positions in clinical child psychology for diagnostic assessment (general, autism), ADHD and Eating Disorder clinics, and parent-management training. Additionally, clinical psychologists are needed for regional locations, including Wichita, KS. The position includes teaching in the hospital’s training programs, protected academic time for scholarly activities, and faculty mentoring. This role carries an academic appointment at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine.

Requirements

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 for seasonal influenza.
Willingness to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, 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.
Ability to pass a criminal background investigation.
Ability to pass a drug screen upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Experience conducting targeted outpatient consultations.
Experience with brief evidence-based interventions.
Experience with pre-surgical evaluations.
Experience with inpatient consultation/liaison.
Experience with multidisciplinary care conferences.
Experience with targeted evaluation.
Expertise or interest in Inpatient consultation/liaison, including on medical surgical units.
Expertise or interest in Partial hospitalization programs, including stepdown care programs.
Expertise or interest in Allergy/Immunology-Food Allergy.
Expertise or interest in Cardiology.
Expertise or interest in Hematology/Oncology.
Expertise or interest in Integrated Primary Care.
Expertise or interest in Solid Organ Transplant.
Expertise or interest in Neuropsychology.
Expertise or interest in Critical Care Medicine.
Expertise or interest in Sleep Medicine.
Expertise or interest in Surgical subspecialties (Gynecology, Cochlear implant/Otology, Urology).
Expertise or interest in Weight Management.
Expertise or interest in Assessment and consultation for youth in the foster care system.
Expertise or interest in clinical child psychology, including diagnostic assessment (general, autism).
Expertise or interest in ADHD and Eating Disorder clinics.
Expertise or interest in parent-management training/interventions for disruptive behaviors.
Expertise or interest in clinical psychologists for regional locations, including Wichita, KS.

Responsibilities

Provide care to patients across 31+ integrated programs.
Work with youth with medical complexity within multidisciplinary teams across outpatient and inpatient settings.
Conduct targeted outpatient consultations.
Provide brief evidence-based interventions.
Perform pre-surgical evaluations.
Offer inpatient consultation/liaison.
Participate in multidisciplinary care conferences.
Conduct targeted evaluations.
Provide diagnostic assessment (general, autism).
Work in ADHD and Eating Disorder clinics.
Offer parent-management training/interventions for disruptive behaviors.
Teach in the hospital’s pediatric medical and psychology training programs.
Engage in protected academic time for service, research, and other scholarly activities.
Provide faculty mentoring to new faculty members.
Support clinical scholarship activities such as program evaluation and quality improvement initiatives.