Psychologist II - Pediatric Consultation/Rehab- Hiring Incentive

Kennedy Krieger Institute • Baltimore, MD

30d • $71,519 - $127,586

About The Position

The Psychologist II will provide clinical services to children, adolescents, and selected adults with medical conditions, as well as their caregivers and families, who have coping, adjustment or behavioral difficulties associated with their health care. This position includes provision of services (evaluation, treatment, consultation) as an embedded psychologist within multidisciplinary medical subspecialty clinic(s), a hospital consultation service, and through an outpatient pediatric behavioral health clinic. Patients may be neurotypical or may have neurocognitive or neurodevelopmental differences, and are referred because their behavioral and emotional functioning impacts their ability to cope with and benefit from their prescribed medical care. The incumbent may also provide clinical supervision, case oversight, and training for doctoral interns, postdoctoral fellows, or registered psychology associates who are providing supervised clinical care through the Pediatric Psychology Program with duties and cases as specified by the Director of Outpatient Services, the Director of Inpatient Services, or the Program Director. This position may participate in hiring, supervising and evaluating Behavioral Psychology staff and trainees, and contribute to program evaluation or systematic research. $5000 Hiring Incentive

Requirements

• Must possess and maintain licensure as a psychologist in the state of Maryland.
• Must be credentialed through the Kennedy Krieger Medical staff office before beginning the position.
• Doctoral degree in clinical, counseling, or school psychology from an American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited college or university required.
• Internship training from an APA-accredited program in clinical child or pediatric psychology.
• Minimum two years of experience with children and/or young adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities required. This experience may be satisfied through post-doctoral fellowship training in pediatric psychology.
• Experience with interdisciplinary team consultation required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience conducting clinical research or systematic program evaluation and communicating findings via professional conferences, peer reviewed journals, seminars, etc. is preferred.
• Experience with pediatric rehabilitation preferred.
• Experience with using applied behavior analysis-based techniques preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct evaluation, consultation, assessment, and clinical services, as well as clinical supervision and case management of in/outpatients.
• Provide supportive clinical services and training to caregivers of in/outpatients.
• Participate in research projects involving the assessment and treatment of coping, adjustment and behavioral challenges in patients with medical conditions.
• Provide supervision and training for Behavioral Psychology doctoral interns, post-doctoral fellows, and registered psychological associates as assigned.
• Participate in hiring, supervising, and evaluating assigned staff as needed.
• Participate in administrative, clinical and training meetings as necessary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees