Pediatric Psychologist, Integrated Primary Care - Children's Health, Seaford

Nemours Children's Health invites applicants for three full-time integrated primary care psychologist positions in Delaware. We have an over 20-year history of providing integrated behavioral health services as part of interprofessional teams in Nemours pediatric primary clinics across the state and are excited to expand our team.

The psychologists in these positions will join pediatric primary care teams comprised of physicians, medical residents, behavioral health providers, nurses, medical assistants, and care coordinators who provide team-based care to patients and their families. Psychologists engage in consultation, assessment, and intervention for youth from birth to 21. Our program also includes an early identification autism service within the medical home. We also have large training programs in psychology, social work, and pediatrics that provide opportunities to teach and train future integrated primary care team members.

Applicants who are bilingual (English-Spanish) are strongly encouraged to apply.

• Dover & Middletown:
  The psychologist in this position will split time (2 days in each clinic) in our southernmost New Castle county clinic in Middletown and in Dover (state capital).
• St. Francis:
  The St. Francis clinic is located in urban Wilmington and serves as a main psychology training site for our bilingual supervision program. Every primary care provider and most staff are bilingual English-Spanish.
• Seaford:
  The Seaford clinic is located in Sussex County and serves a rural health professional shortage area.

This role includes opportunities to participate in program development, leadership, advocacy, and community outreach, as well as quality improvement and research initiatives. Our division collaborates with the Nemours Center for Healthcare Delivery Science. Psychologists are members of the medical staff at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and are supported with applying for an academic appointment through the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

• Competitive base compensation and an annual incentive plan that values clinical activity, academic accomplishments and quality improvement
• Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
• Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match, 457 retirement savings plans
• Licensure, CME and dues allowance
• Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• A faculty appointment, consistent with level of academic achievement, will be provided at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

• Ph.D./Psy.
  
  D. from an APA-accredited clinical, counseling, or school psychology program
• Pre-doctoral Internship from an APA-accredited site, and at least one year of postdoctoral experience in a child-focused setting
• Applicants must be licensed or license eligible in Delaware

Please apply below and send a letter of interest and CV to WLMBH-DMRecruitment, stating Integrated Primary Care in the subject line. Applications currently are being reviewed and will be accepted until the positions are filled. For questions, contact Cheyenne Hughes-Reid, Ph.D., Clinical Director of Integrated Primary Care hes.

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I.

DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

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