Pediatric Psychologist

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Pediatric Psychologist

Pediatric Psychologist
The Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP) is excited to offer a 1.0 FTE position to a pediatric psychologist who is interested in developing their career working with children with neurodevelopmental differences and their families. The Division is a growing program with the vision of providing comprehensive care to infants, toddlers, children and adolescents with developmental, intellectual, and physical disabilities.

The pediatric psychologist will provide psycho educational evaluations, developmental evaluations and behavioral assessments to facilitate these children in meeting their full potential and having the best quality of life. The psychologist will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to meet each child s needs. They will also provide behavioral intervention to help the child and family achieve their goals.

The successful candidate has an opportunity to participate in education, research and quality improvement. There is collaboration with the University of Illinois system, OSF Children s Hospital of Illinois, Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center, Easterseals of Central Illinois, Cerebral Palsy Research Network and others.

The Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria is looking to add pediatric psychology to the program. The pediatric psychologist will work with developmental behavioral pediatrics, neurodevelopmental pediatrics, child development advanced practice registered nurses, social work, dietitian, nurses, and additional clinical staff to provide comprehensive care to patient with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and neurodevelopmental disabilities.

The Child Development and Rehabilitation program is an active program working in the areas of autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disabilities, pediatric feeding disorders, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, congenital heart neurodevelopmental follow-up, Down Syndrome and other genetic syndrome follow-up.

• Conduct psycho educational testing and other developmental tests as part of neurodevelopmental assessment along with neurodevelopmental and developmental behavioral providers.
• Participation in the development of treatment plans for infants and children with neurodevelopmental disabilities with an interdisciplinary team.
• Developmental testing for infants and toddlers who are at risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities.
• Collaboration in patient and family care with the Child Development and Rehabilitation Team including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social work, dietitians and other clinical staff.
• Writing of comprehensive assessment reports.
• Provide behavioral interventions for this special group of children.
• Treatment of behavioral issues common to children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
• Teaching medical students, residents and fellows in pediatrics, nurse practitioner nurse fellows.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

• PhD or PsyD in psychology
• APA internship in Child or Pediatric psychology
• Psycho-educational and developmental testing in children with developmental and neurodevelopmental concerns
• Experience in behavioral interventions in children with intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities.
• Current Illinois Registration/licensure in clinical psychology or eligible in Illinois

• Fellowship in pediatric psychology.
• Experience working with children and their families who have complex medical conditions.
• Interest in leading/participating in research or quality improvement in the area of child development and neurodevelopmental disabilities.
• Interest in providing supervision to fellows in pediatric psychology in the future

UICOMP is one of the three regional campuses of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, one of the largest public medical schools in the country. UICOMP s educational programs include 262 medical students and 300 residents/fellows in 29 different post graduate programs, 23 which are accredited by ACGME. The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest departments  collaboration with the OSF Health Care Children s Hospital of Illinois, the Department has 19 divisions and over 145 faculty members providing general pediatrics and subspecialty services to the pediatric population in Central Illinois.

The current research infrastructure within the Department includes an office of research, a dedicated biostatistician and an internal research funding mechanism to support our faculty.

About Children s Hospital of Illinois

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