Outpatient Child Psychologist

Position Overview

Primary role focused on providing compassionate evidence-based outpatient therapy to hospital and clinic referred patients from diverse backgrounds as well as varying medical and mental health needs. Patients are referred from Primary Care as well as a number of specialty clinics (e.g. Feeding Diabetes / Endocrine Concussion / Neurology Genetics Cardiology Neurodevelopmental Services) within the hospital.

The position will also entail a role in providing therapeutic supports in embedded specialty partnerships within the organization based on need which may include direct patient care collaboration with larger medical teams or program development. Opportunities for supporting the inpatient consultation-liaison service will also be 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 2200 children with a primary reason for a visit related mental health concern in our two emergency departments and complete 23000 outpatient visits in our behavioral health clinics.

About Childrens Minnesota

Childrens 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 Childrens 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 Childrens Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top childrens hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit .

Childrens Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023s 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.

Required Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum of one year of clinical experience working with chronic health conditions or in a health psychology-related setting

Interest in providing training and supervision in our postdoctoral fellowship

The posted salary represents a market competitive range based on salary survey benchmark data for similar roles in the local or national market. When determining individual pay rates we carefully consider a wide range of factors including but not limited to market indicators for the specific role the skills education training credentials and experience of the candidate internal equity and organizational needs.

In addition to your salary this position may be eligible for medical dental vision retirement and other fringe benefits. Positions that require night weekend or on-call work may be eligible for shift differentials or premium pay.

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment drug screen background investigation and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.

Childrens Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color creed sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.

Key Skills

EMR Systems,Presentation Skills,Developmental Disabilities Experience,Data Collection,Intake Experience,Primary Care Experience,Autism Experience,Research Experience,Mental Health Counseling,Psychotherapy,PTSD Care,Addiction Counseling

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1