What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychologist - Eating Disorders Support position at Childrens Hospital & Medical Center of Omaha?
$20,000 hiring bonus and relocation to those who qualify!
Children’s Nebraska is seeking adolescent or pediatric Psychologists to expand a well-developed department of Behavioral Health. Our team consists of 5 board certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, 4 APRNS, 15 Clinical Psychologists, a Neuropsychologist, 6 Licensed Mental Health Providers, and 4 Clinic RNs. The Psychologist will deliver care through face to face and telehealth methods. We complete 2,500 patient visits per month across traditional outpatient clinics, which include multidisciplinary clinic teams, school-based services, integrated primary care, and medical hospital consultations. Fellowship training program affiliation has recently been initiated.
Children’s Nebraska is the only full-service, pediatric health care center in Nebraska, providing expertise in more than 50 pediatric specialty services to children across a five-state region and beyond. Children’s is home to Nebraska’s only Level IV regional NICU and the state’s only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center.
Children’s is focused on extraordinary clinical care, education, basic science and translational research and advocacy and is embarking on transformational programmatic and physical growth. Our Behavioral Health team members are involved in about a dozen multidisciplinary care clinics and provide medical home-centered care in 10 primary care pediatric offices.
Due to growth, we have opportunities and are searching for providers interested in any of the following areas:
- General Child/Adolescent
- Developmental Pediatrics
- Autism
- Applied behavioral analysis
- ADHD Assessment and therapy
- Eating Disorders
- Sports Psychology
- Family Therapy
- Parent child interaction therapy
- Integration to primary care
- Trauma informed care
- Bridge care services
- Consultation liaison services
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account and flexible spending accounts
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Wellness programs
- Paid time off
- Incentive and bonus programs
- Liability insurance
- Tuition loan repayment
- Plus, more!
- Knowledge of psychological principles, child and adolescent development, inter-relational dynamics, individual and group behavior, and behavior modification techniques
- Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively with patients and families, physicians, and other clinical professionals to gather and exchange patient information.
- Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail for up to 90% of work time when providing therapy, observing patient response, scoring tests, and documenting patient progress.
- Readiness to go to the hospital at odd hours when providing on-call services in rotation with mental health staff.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill in providing age-appropriate care to children, adolescents, adults, and families.
- Ph.D. or Psy.D. from an accredited school of psychology required.
- Minimum 1 year experience as a psychologist required, preferably in a behavioral health or pediatric setting.
- Completion of one-year pre- or post-doctoral clinical internship, through an APA accredited program required.
- Current and valid licensure as a psychologist in the state of Nebraska or state of Nebraska eligible required.
- Non-Violent Intervention training preferred
