Pediatric Psychology - Denver

The Division of Pediatric Behavioral Health (PBH) at National Jewish Health (NJH) is seeking a full-time doctoral level (PhD/PsyD) pediatric psychologist to join our growing outpatient and integrated behavioral health programs. This position will provide high-quality, evidence-based therapy services to children, adolescents, and their families with a wide range of mental health and complex medical conditions. This will include providing brief diagnostic evaluations, psychotherapy, health behavior assessment and interventions, and interdisciplinary consultation across outpatient and integrated medical care settings.

Referrals are received from a mixture of internal NJH programs (e.g., Pediatric Severe Asthma Clinic, Exercise Induced Laryngeal Obstruction Clinic), as well as from primary care providers, partnering hospitals (e.g., HCA Health

ONE Rocky Mountain Children’s), and other community partners throughout the region.

The position is designed to expand access to behavioral health services, reduce wait times, and to support growing need for comprehensive, interdisciplinary care for pediatric patients at National Jewish Health.

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Care
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  Conduct diagnostic evaluations; develop individualized treatment plans; provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy; provide health behavior assessments & brief interventions; and maintain documentation.

• Integrated Care
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  Provide brief consultation, assessment, and interventions within select integrated care clinics; participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning; educate providers, patients, and their families about the interplay between medical illness and behavioral health; and support treatment objectives of the interdisciplinary team.

• Program Development
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  Participate in monthly department and division meetings; partner with other PBH providers in quality improvement initiatives, program development, and assist in training future clinicians.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or another related behavioral health field.
• Eligibility for licensure in the state of Colorado.
• Experience working with children & adolescents.
• Experience working with children with chronic medical conditions (preferred)
• Bilingual skills preferred

National Jewish Health is the leading respiratory hospital in the nation delivering excellence in multispecialty care and world class research. Founded in 1899 as a nonprofit hospital, National Jewish Health today is the only facility in the world dedicated exclusively to groundbreaking medical research and treatment of children and adults with respiratory, cardiac, immune and related disorders. Patients and families come to National Jewish Health from around the world to receive cutting-edge, comprehensive, coordinated care.

National Jewish Health has been named a top hospital in the pulmonology category by U.S. News & World Report on its 2025-26 list of best hospitals in the nation. This marks the 29th consecutive year that National Jewish Health has been included in the rankings. Since 2011, U.S. News & World Report has ranked National Jewish Health together with its longtime academic affiliate UCHealth, University of Colorado Hospital.

This year, the two were ranked at #20 on the list.

Breathing Science is Life

Our mission since 1899 is to heal, to discover, and to educate as a preeminent health care institution. We serve by providing the best integrated and innovative care for patients and their families; by understanding and finding cures for the diseases we research; and, by educating and training the next generation of health care professionals to be leaders in medicine and science.

Our vision is to strengthen and enhance our role as the global leader in the treatment and research of respiratory, cardiovascular, rheumatologic, autoimmune, inflammatory and immunologic diseases. We pursue this vision by pioneering personalized health and medicine programs, which embrace the paradigm shift from reactive medicine to proactive and preventive health delivery. Through our efforts, we pursue the discovery of cures for patients who seek treatment, and we bring new knowledge and innovation to help people worldwide.

When you join National Jewish Health, you’re contributing to our outstanding history by working to extend our excellence into the future.

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