Children and Family focused Community based Postdoctoral Fellow

POSITION SUMMARY:

Fellowship position to train with child psychiatry staff and pediatric & psychiatry mentors to become a clinician and researcher in pediatric behavioral health.

Position: Children and Family focused Community based Postdoctoral Fellow

Department: Psychiatry

Schedule: Full Time

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:

• Characteristics of normal and abnormal child development

• Comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic evaluation of children and adolescents

• Differential diagnosis of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders

• Bio/psychosocial clinical formulation

• Comprehensive treatment planning

• Evidence-based treatments for child and adolescent psychiatric disorders

• Utilizing child-serving systems that interface with children and adolescents experiencing psychiatric disorders

• Appropriate use of standardized symptom rating scales

• Cultural competence

• Utilization management and quality improvement initiatives

• Clinical documentation using electronic format

• Compliance with regulatory agency requirements

• Appropriate billing for clinical services

• Collaboration with medical professionals

• Standards of care in child and adolescent psychiatry

• Gain knowledge and experience in the following research skills:

• Quantitative and qualitative research design and methodology

• Statistical analysis and interpretation

• Literature search methodology and bias ratings of extant literature

• Gain knowledge and experience in the following teaching skills:

• Teaching evidence-based therapy to clinical social workers

• Teaching child & adolescent psychopathology and evidence-based management to primary care physicians and residents

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Basic requirements

Successful applicants will have:

• Earned a doctorate in psychology (including defense of dissertation prior to the start of fellowship) from an appropriate health service provider training program in a properly accredited doctoral training program
• Completed an internship accredited by the American Psychological Association/Canadian Psychological Association prior to the beginning of fellowship

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