Child Psychologist DBT-X Track, PARC’s Partial Hospital Program OCD and Anxi

Brown University Health (BUH):
Bradley Hospital, an affiliated teaching hospital of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, has an exciting opening for a child and family psychologist to join the Pediatric Anxiety Research Center’s (PARC) Partial Hospital Program for OCD and Anxiety Disorders. This is the chance to join a nationally recognized, multidisciplinary, world-class program in pediatric OCD and anxiety.

• This is a half-time, clinically focused position working with a seasoned and passionate multidisciplinary team in an exposure-focused, day hospital program.
• Work with adolescent patients ages 12-18 years, and their families, who are in need of stabilization, assessment, and intensive treatment at the partial hospital program (PHP) level-of-care.
• Treat 3 adolescent cases in the DBT-X Track who are likely to benefit from a combination of exposure therapy and DBT.
• The DBT-X Track is designed for teens with severe OCD and/or other functionally impairing anxiety disorders that co-occur with emotional and interpersonal dysregulation, suicidal ideation and/or non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviors.
• Patient population also has high levels of co-occurring conditions, including ADHD, autism, major depressive disorder, family conflict/relational issues. Patients represent a diverse population in terms of gender identity and sexual orientation.
• Function as a primary clinician on a multidisciplinary team providing team-based care coordination, treatment planning, diagnostic assessments, individual and family therapies, and parent guidance treatments. In addition, clinicians in our program oversee and supervise the exposure-based therapies that occur in the program milieu, in patient homes, schools, and in the community, as well as overseeing DBT skills coaching visits with families.
• Serve as the leader of the treatment team for the assigned caseload, supervising Exposure Coaches who lead milieu-based exposures and home/school/community visits, and support the responsibilities of program operations.
• Participate in weekly DBT consultation team with clinicians (Psychologists, Psychiatrist) and Exposure Coaches
• Teaching and supervision opportunities within the broader system may be available, with a Clinical Faculty appointment to Brown University Medical School.
• Options to co-lead DBT parent/caregiver skills and education group and/or adolescent DBT skills training groups.
• Collaborative research opportunities may be available.

• PhD or PsyD and clinical doctoral internship from APA-accredited programs required, Child/Family specialization preferred
• Postdoctoral experience with Child/Family emphasis preferred
• Experience with exposure therapy and/or DBT preferred, and willingness for continued education and consultation on exposure and DBT required
• Licensed or license-eligible in Rhode Island
• Passion for working with adolescents and families with emotion dysregulation
• Team-oriented professional and a desire to work collaboratively in a team-based care model for adolescents and their caregivers struggling with complex psychosocial and behavioral health needs, anxiety/OCD, and emotional and interpersonal dysregulation

• Competitive salary
• Professional allowance (license, CEs) and professional days
• Excellent benefits, including competitive vacation and sick time
• 401k with 6% match (after 1 year of employment, 3-year vesting)
• Federal loan repayment assistance may be available
• EMR is EPIC with a commitment to on-going optimization
• Dynamic leadership team that values work-life balance

About Bradley Hospital and Brown Health Medical Group:
Bradley Hospital is the nation’s first psychiatric hospital exclusively for children and adolescents. We provide expert family-focused care to children and adolescents with psychological, developmental, and behavioral problems, through a wide range of inpatient, outpatient, residential and partial hospital programs.

With 800+ providers, Brown Health Medical Group offers a multitude of services. We are proud of our Behavioral Health Services which offer our community a full range of assessment and treatment options to address the mental, emotional, and behavioral needs that occur throughout life. Our programs encompass a comprehensive view of mental health that includes and integrates the biological, psychological, and social dimensions of care.

Our team works collaboratively to evaluate patients and provide the comprehensive, evidence-based treatment they need.

For more information about this position, or to apply, contact L. Megan Fisher, Psychology Recruiter, LFisher
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