Psychologist, Inpatient Pediatrics

Job Summary

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, young adults admitted with complex medical needs. Psychologists provide diagnostic interviews, perform psychological testing and 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.

Essential Job Functions

• Performs complete psychodiagnostic evaluations with new patients and identifies patient/family psychosocial needs.
• Provides effective individual, family, group psychotherapy as indicated. Identifies realistic goals for intervention and delivers ongoing behavioral medicine intervention based on the developmental needs of the patient (e.g., goals related to treatment adherence, pain management, improving coping with various medical conditions, treatment of comorbid psychopathology).
• Conduct assessments in the area of cognitive and neuropsychological functioning.
• Attends interdisciplinary case conferences for patients treated or evaluated.
• Provides effective team consultation as needed. Supports clinical staff (e.g., consult with nursing/medical staff, join treatment sessions with recreational, occupational, physical, and speech therapists).
• Participates in program development with opportunities for research.
• Provides in-service and educational training to staff and community agencies as requested by the Supervisor.
• Disseminates findings accurately and sensitively and according to Department policy.
• Provides supervision to staff, fellows, interns, externs as indicated.
• Displays competency in obtaining and interpreting the patient and family behavior based upon an understanding of cognitive, bio-psychosocial and aging processes.
• Meet the minimum expected annual volumes.

Formal Education and Job-Related Experience

• Requires a PhD or PsyD and a least 1 year job related experience with pediatric populations.
• Experience in cognitive behavioral modification.
• Ability to work effectively in a hospital setting.
• Ability to relate therapeutically with the professional team, children, adolescents and their caregivers.
• Flexibility, both in work hours and in performance of duties.

Certification:

American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Provider Certification required.

License:

• New Jersey Psychologist license.
• Valid driver's license (Inpatient).