The Yale Child Study Center, in collaboration with the Yale School of Medicine Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, has an opening for a full-time psychologist to join our team.
The mission of the Yale Child Study Center is to improve the mental health of children and families, advance understanding of their psychological and developmental needs, and treat and prevent childhood mental illness through the integration of research, clinical practice, and professional training. The Child Study Center is committed to recruiting, supporting and encouraging the most gifted clinicians, researchers, and leaders in the field today as well as those in succeeding generations in the service of its clinical, research, training, policy, and prevention agendas. Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital is the #1 ranked children’s hospital in Connecticut and is consistently ranked among the best in the nation in many pediatric sub-specialties. As faculty embedded within the Yale School of Medicine and practicing in an academic medical center setting, psychologists interface with a multitude of trainees, faculty, staff, and other allied professionals to improve the health of all patients.
For this role, the psychologist will be embedded in the Yale NICU Great Results After Discharge (GRAD) Program. The psychologist will join an interdisciplinary team of clinicians dedicated to supporting the health and development of young children with an increased likelihood of exhibiting developmental differences due to early medical complexities.
Job Responsibilities:
Provide developmental assessment for children between 12 months and 3 years of age
Conduct cognitive assessments and brief emotional-behavioral screenings for 4 and 5-year-olds
Offer brief, supportive therapy and follow-up care for families
Work collaboratively with neonatologists, nurse practitioners, occupational and physical therapists, nutritionists, family resource coordinators, and allied professionals
Provide developmental consultation to interdisciplinary team members to inform comprehensive care plans for children
Opportunity for clinical collaboration and mentorship through our group of psychology faculty
Potential opportunity to serve as a preceptor for medical trainees, practicum students, and participation in the psychology training program
Successful candidates will be appointed as Assistant Professor on the Yale Medicine Academic Clinician track. While not required on the Academic Clinician track, clinical research opportunities are available based on applicant interest. Cultivation of specialized interests is available and welcomed.
Job Setting:
Clinical care will involve a combination of in-person evaluations at our New Haven and Old Saybrook pediatric subspecialty clinics and telehealth options to reach families across the state of Connecticut.
Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.
Qualifications
Successful candidates must possess a doctoral degree in psychology, postdoctoral experience in child clinical or health service psychology, and be licensed or license-eligible in Connecticut. Training and experience in providing psychoeducation and parent guidance to caregivers of young children, as well as conducting developmental assessments of children from infancy through age 5 is required. Experience in collaborative, integrated behavioral health models of service delivery in specialty medical clinics is preferred but not required. We welcome applicants with interests in program development, quality improvement, and training.
Application Instructions
Please apply at http://apply.interfolio.com/154047 and submit a CV, three letters of reference, a de-identified developmental assessment report, and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience, including the provision of services in ambulatory clinical settings for children.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Since 1911, the Center has been serving children and families from birth through adolescence. At our core is the mission to improve the lives of children and families through research, service, and training.
We serve many roles. We are the Department of Child Psychiatry for the Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital. We are also a center for basic neurodevelopment research on the earliest neurodevelopment and behavioral problems troubling children. We are engaged in our community with many clinical services in clinic and community settings as well as in homes and pediatric practices.
Our faculty are engaged in shaping policies that impact children and families both domestically and internationally. Our educational efforts include professionals trainings in child psychiatry, social work, and child psychology as well as trainings in research, specific intervention and prevention approaches, and in special areas of children’s mental health.
The Center is actively growing in many areas from basic research in the genetic and neurobiological basis of childhood psychiatric disorders to training clinicians around the world in state of the art mental health service del...ivery.
Our commitment is to continual improvement in what we do for children and families and in learning from all that we do so as to inform that growth and improvement.
