La Rabida Children’s Hospital is seeking to fill a position for a Pediatric Psychologist. The position is full-time and will begin August 1, 2011. La Rabida is a pediatric hospital serving children with chronic illnesses, developmental disabilities and abuse/trauma. We are dedicated to serving the underserved families on the south side of Chicago.
Pediatric Psychologist
Responsibilities:
- Provides diagnostic and psychotherapeutic services to children and their families in a pediatric medical setting.
- Supervise interns/trainees and take part in other training activities.
- Functions in an independent and professional manner to provide high quality psychological services to inpatients, outpatients and their families.
- Administers a wide variety of psychological and psychoeducational tests to children
- Provide consultation/liaison services to inpatients with a variety of chronic diseases.
- Develop and provide diagnostic and treatment services to specific populations of children such as children with attentional disorders, school problems, externalizing disorders, and more.
Qualifications:
- Ph.D./Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology (child clinical or pediatric psychology) required.
- APA internship and post-doctoral fellowship in child or pediatric psychology required.
- Licensed in Illinois or immediately eligible required.
- Excellent child testing skills and experience treating children with attentional and externalizing disorders required.
- Training and experience in behavioral interventions and short-term psychotherapy required.
- Substantial experience, in both diagnostic/assessment and psychotherapy, of children with medical conditions (chronic illness experience is highly desirable), disabilities or handicapping conditions required.
- Supervisory experience is highly desirable.
- Experience with children having general pediatric and clinical-child problems such as school problems, behavioral disorders, attentional problems, etc required.
- Three years of progressive post-graduate experience with children and adolescents in a pediatric medical setting is highly desirable.
Applicants should send their updated CV, letter of interest and three letters of reference to: Cathy M. Mavrolas, Ph.D., Chief Psychologist, Behavioral Sciences Department, LaRabida Children’s Hospital, 6501 S. Promontory Blvd., Chicago, IL 60649. For more information, contact Dr. Mavrolas by email at cmavrolas@larabida.org. See our website: www.larabida.org.
La Rabida is an equal opportunity employer.