Pediatric Psychologist - Inpatient Consultation-Liaison Service
About the role
St. Louis Children's Hospital (SLCH) in St. Louis, Missouri is seeking a dedicated Pediatric Psychologist to join its growing Department of Psychology. The position focuses exclusively on inpatient pediatric consultation‑liaison services, providing psychological assessment, consultation, and intervention to hospitalized children, adolescents, and their families across a wide range of medical specialties. It is an exceptional opportunity for a psychologist passionate about integrated medical care who enjoys collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to address the behavioral, emotional, and psychosocial needs of medically complex pediatric patients. Position highlights include 75% inpatient consultation‑liaison psychology practice, 25% clinical work, Monday‑Friday 8:00 AM–5:00 PM schedule, close collaboration with physicians, nurses, social workers, child life specialists, and rehabilitation teams, providing psychological consultation across medical and surgical inpatient units, conducting evidence‑based assessment and brief intervention, supporting patients coping with acute and chronic medical conditions, participating in interdisciplinary rounds and treatment planning, and opportunities for program development, research, quality improvement, trainee supervision, and faculty appointments through the affiliated academic medical center.
Responsibilities
- Provide inpatient psychological consultations for pediatric patients and their families.
- Assess emotional, behavioral, developmental, and adjustment concerns related to hospitalization and medical illness.
- Deliver evidence‑based psychological interventions to support coping, treatment adherence, pain management, and health‑related behavior change.