Attending Psychologist - Integrated Behavioral Health Service

Position Summary

We are seeking a full-time pediatric psychologist position providing consultation, intervention and supportive services to children, adolescents, and families as part of collaborative team within our hospital’s Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Service. The focus of the position is to provide services within our ambulatory subspecialty clinic divisions collaborating in the care of children, adolescents, and young adults with a range of medical conditions. We are specifically seeking a psychologist with expertise and strong interest in healthy weight/bariatrics, as well as other medical subspecialty areas (e.g., pain, endocrinology, allergy, and cardiology).

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation to medical providers across healthy weight/bariatrics, as well as other medical subspecialty areas in the ambulatory setting.
• Provide pediatric evaluations, interventions, and therapy to patients and families as part of medical treatment, with occasional time spent on the inpatient unit when known patients are admitted and in need of ongoing support.
• Assess and provide interventions for patients with acute and chronic medical conditions, adjustment to diagnosis, anxiety and depression, pain, behavioral non-adherence, and other mental health needs.
• Assess behavioral concerns, develop behavior management plans, provide parent training.
• Consult and collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to partner on referrals and offer consultation on a variety of psychosocial issues.
• Chart patient visits using an electronic medical record.
• Triage and refer patients as needed to collaborating colleagues across disciplines, departments, and communities.
• Provide teaching and supervision of residents, psychology and other trainees.
• Contribute to quality improvement and clinical research efforts within these patient populations.
• Collaborate on programmatic development for the IBH care continuum.
• Participating in continuing education such as weekly Case Conference and Grand Rounds.
• Conducting public workshops, provide written content for the NYU website.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Psychology from an APA or CPA accredited institution
• An internship with experience in pediatric psychology and completion of postdoctoral fellowship in a hospital or related medical setting
• Preferred: License or license eligible in the State of New York
• Demonstrated expertise in psychological assessments and intervention with children, adolescents and young adults with comorbid medical conditions
• Demonstrated experience in working with pediatric obesity
• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of health care professionals
• Prior experience supervising psychology trainees
• Familiarity with program development, clinical research, and data analysis is a plus