Psychologist - Inpatient - Children's Specialized Hospital

Location: 200 Somerset St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Status: Full-Time, 40 hours/week, Day shift. Flexibility in schedule and on-call may be required.

Pay Range: $110,000 - $150,000 per year. The compensation offered will depend on the candidate's educational background, skills, and professional experience.

About the role

The Staff Psychologist position at Children's Specialized Hospital (CSH) is housed within the state-of-the-art inpatient rehabilitation facility in New Brunswick, joining a dynamic multidisciplinary team. Their primary role is to address the biopsychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and young adults admitted with complex medical needs. Psychologists provide diagnostic interviews, perform psychological testing, and offer psychotherapeutic support for pediatric patients and their families. The clinical teams include Brain Injury, General Rehabilitation/Spinal Cord Injury, Infant Toddler, Chronic Illness, and Chronic Pain.

Responsibilities

• Performs complete psycho-diagnostic evaluations with new patients and identifies patient/family psychosocial needs.
• Provides effective individual, family, and group psychotherapy as indicated.
• Identifies realistic goals for intervention and delivers ongoing behavioral medicine intervention based on the developmental needs of the patient, including treatment adherence, pain management, improving coping with various medical conditions, and treatment of comorbid psychopathology.
• Conducts assessments in the area of cognitive and neuropsychological functioning.
• Attends interdisciplinary case conferences for patients treated or evaluated.
• Provides effective team consultation as needed, including consulting with nursing/medical staff and joining treatment sessions with recreational, occupational, physical, and speech therapists.
• Participates in program development with opportunities for research.
• Provides in-services and educational trainings to staff and community agencies as requested by Supervisor.
• Disseminates findings accurately and sensitively according to Department policy.
• Provides supervision to staff, fellows, interns, and externs as indicated.
• Displays competency in obtaining and interpreting patient and family behavior based upon an understanding of cognitive, biopsychosocial, and aging processes.
• Meets minimum annual expected volumes.
• Demonstrates flexibility in work hours and performance of duties.

Requirements

• PhD, PsyD, or EdD in Psychology.
• NJ Psychology license.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• AHA BLS Provider Certification.
• 1 year of job-related experience.
• 1 year of clinical experience with children and/or adolescents.
• Experience working with children/teens on the Autism spectrum.
• Experience with cognitive behavioral modification.
• Ability to relate therapeutically with the professional team, children, adolescents, and their parents/significant others.

Preferred Qualifications

• Standard battery testing experience.
• Experience working with children/teens with chronic illness and/or health psychology.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance.
• Dental and Vision Insurance.
• Retirement Plans.
• Short & Long Term Disability.
• Life & Accidental Death Insurance.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Wellness Programs.
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance).
• Discounts through partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more.