Pediatric Psychologist

Nemours Children’s Hospital - Delaware

Clinical Child and Community Psychologist Position Announcement

Nemours Children’s Hospital is seeking a psychologist to join our Clinical Child and Community Psychology team at our main campus and new Kingswood Community Center clinic, both located in Wilmington, DE.

As part of our vision to create the healthiest generations of children, Nemours Children’s Health has invested in the redevelopment of the historic Kingswood Community Center in Wilmington’s Riverside neighborhood.

The revitalized Kingswood Community Center will offer a comprehensive range of services, including early childhood education, fitness and arts programs, community outreach, and integrated health care.

Nemours will provide a range of high-quality pediatric services, including primary care, specialty medical care, and behavioral health to increase

access to care for local families.

Our Clinical Child and Community Psychology services include:

• Early Childhood Program: outpatient consultation, assessment and intervention for early childhood concerns. Services include developmental assessment and evidence-based intervention (e. g., PCIT).

• Youth Mood and Anxiety Program: outpatient clinical services addressing the full spectrum of mood and anxiety concerns, including suicide prevention.

Services include treatment for youth with depression, anxiety, OCD and repetitive behavior disorders, eating disorders, and our comprehensive outpatient DBT program.

We are seeking candidates with training and experience in evidence-based family, individual, and group interventions addressing the above. We are looking for candidates with experience in evidence-based models (e. g. Parent Child Interaction Therapy, exposure-based CBT, DBT, Trauma-Focused CBT), and other family support interventions, and who also have a deep understanding of systemic barriers that impact families in receiving these services.

Additionally, this position will have opportunities to serve as preceptors for externs, residents, and fellows in our Psychology Training Programs and medical residents on the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and Mental Health rotations.

Teaching, training, and mentoring are core values in our division and these efforts are supported and encouraged.

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.

This role includes many opportunities to participate in program development, leadership, advocacy, and community outreach. In addition, there will be opportunities for quality improvement and research initiatives. Our division collaborates with our research colleagues in the Nemours Center for Healthcare Delivery Science (nemours.org ).

What We Offer

• 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

Qualifications

• 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/adolescent focused setting.
• Applicants must be licensed or license eligible in DE.

To Apply: Send letter of interest and CV to WLMBH-DMRecruitment@Nemours.org [WLMBH-DMRecruitment@Nemours.org] and state Clinical Child and Community Psychologist Position in the subject line. Applications currently will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Questions can be directed to Chesha Simon, Psy.D., Clinical Director, Clinical Child & Community Psychology, at Chesha.Simon@nemours.org [Chesha.Simon@nemours.org]

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.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive.

It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at nemours.org.