Pediatric Psychologist

Akron Children's Hospital is dedicated to building a diverse workforce - one that reflects our patient population and represents the communities we serve. You feel it in the atmosphere as soon as you enter through the doors. You experience it every day with your colleagues, staff, patients, and their families. Once you're here, you know you're home.

The Division of Pediatric Psychology at Akron Children's Hospital (ACH) is seeking to grow our team with open several pediatric psychologist positions. Opportunities to specialize in one or more areas of pediatric subspecialty medicine exist based on candidates' interest and expertise:

- Behavioral Sleep Medicine. This role offers the opportunity to join an established and growing multidisciplinary team in the AASM-accredited sleep center. In this role, the psychologist will evaluate and treat behavioral sleep concerns including insomnia, nightmare disorders, nighttime fears, nighttime fears, circadian rhythm disorders, parasomnias, and concerns with sleep quality (e.g., compliance for treatment of sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome). Embedded within the outpatient Sleep Center, close collaboration with medical and behavioral health team members is encouraged.

Consultation / Liaison. Our inpatient C/L service provides psychological consults and brief intervention for youth admitted to our medical floors. In this role, the psychologist will join the established inpatient C/L team to expand quality services for a variety of presenting concerns including pain management, medical trauma, adjustment to serious illness/injury, and adherence to medical recommendations. Curbside teaching of medical residents, providing support and education of medical and nursing staff, and expanding trauma-informed care throughout the inpatient hospital setting is an exciting part of this role.

Cardiology. This role provides opportunity to expand and build an integrated service within the Cardiology Division. The psychologist in this role will provide collaborative care for youth and adults (if interested) with a variety of cardiac conditions. This role offers opportunity to provide psychological services across inpatient, outpatient, and multidisciplinary clinic settings. Close collaboration with our large Cardiology team is encouraged, including medical providers, nurses, educators, social work, nutrition, and palliative care.

Oncology. Embedded within our oncology division, this role offers the opportunity to join an established and growing Pediatric Oncology service. The psychologist will have close collaboration with our large team, including medical providers, nurses, physical/occupational therapists, social work, child life, chaplaincy, palliative care, expressive therapies, and school liaison/teachers. In this role, the psychologist will evaluate and treat patients who present with a cancer diagnosis and/or BMT.

The psychologist will have the opportunity to provide psychological services across a variety of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, and multidisciplinary clinics.

Nephrology. This role provides opportunity to expand and build an integrated service within our Nephrology Division. In this role, the psychologist will have the opportunity to provide collaborative care for youth with a variety of kidney-related conditions, including patients with end stage renal disease, patients receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, and post renal transplant. Within this role, common presenting concerns include medical adherence, adjustment and coping with medical course, pre-transplant evaluations, and increasing quality of life.

Feeding Disorders Program. In this role, the psychologist will join an established and growing Interdisciplinary Feeding Team, including other psychologists, occupation and speech therapists, and registered dieticians. The psychologist will conduct individual and team evaluations and provide treatment for children with feeding difficulties, including Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD). Opportunities for program development and clinical research are encouraged, including access to a robust research database.

Opportunities for engagement in program development, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical research are robust, regardless of area of clinical specialization. Research support is available through protected time, close collaboration with the Research Institute to provide research coordination and statistical support, and additional funding for travel to present research at national and international conferences. Psychologists have strong partnerships with several local universities to collaborate on clinical research and obtain additional student mentorship and support.

Research mentorship and peer collaboration opportunities are also robust resources.

Training and supervision opportunities are also available to all psychologists. Akron Children's Hospital has a robust externship program in…