Pediatric Psychologist, Integrated Primary Care at Nemours in Wilmington, Delaware

Job Description:

Nemours Children's Health - Delaware is welcoming applications for two full-time integrated primary care psychologist positions. We have an over 20-year history of providing integrated behavioral health services as part of interprofessional teams in our network of Nemours pediatric primary clinics throughout the state of Delaware and are excited to expand our team.

The psychologists in these positions will join pediatric primary care teams comprised of physicians, medical residents, behavioral health providers, nurses, medical assistants, and care coordinators who provide team-based care to patients and their families. Applicants who are bilingual (English-Spanish) are strongly encouraged to apply.

Successful applicants may split their time across two of the following clinics (e.g., 2 clinical days in each clinic):

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  Nemours Children's Health, Jessup Street: The Jessup St. clinic, located in urban Wilmington, is an active training clinic, with medical residents, psychology residents and fellows rotating throughout the year.
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  Nemours Children's Health, Becks Woods: The Becks Woods clinic, located just outside of Newark, Delaware, has co-located therapy services on-site including speech, occupational, and physical therapies creating a wonderful opportunity for collaboration.
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  Nemours Children's Health, Middletown: The Middletown clinic is a large practice located in the southern part of New Castle County within in a quickly developing area of Middletown.
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  Nemours Children's Health, St. Francis: The St. Francis clinic, which is located in urban Wilmington,serves as a main psychology training site for our Bilingual Supervision Program. Every primary care provider and most staff are bilingual English-Spanish.

This role includes many opportunities to participate in program development, leadership, advocacy, and community outreach. In addition, there will be opportunities for quality improvement and research initiatives. Our division collaborates with our research colleagues in the Nemours Center for Healthcare Delivery Science ( https://www.nemours.org/pediatric-research/area/health-care-delivery-science.html ).

Teaching, training, and mentoring are core values in our division and these efforts are supported and encouraged across all positions. Psychologists are members of the medical staff at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and are supported in applying for an academic appointment through the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

What We Offer

• Competitive base compensation and an annual incentive plan that values clinical activity, academic accomplishments and quality improvement
• Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
• Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match, 457 retirement savings plans and financial counselling services
• Licensure, CME and dues allowance
• Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• An innovative, collegial environment with supportive leadership.
• An organization-wide commitment to developing the healthiest workforce in the nation through a robust and wholistic network of wellness/well-being resources and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Ph.D./ Psy.D. from an APA-accredited clinical, counseling, or school psychology program
• Pre-doctoral Internship from an APA-accredited site, and at least one year of postdoctoral experience in a child-focused setting.
• Applicants must be licensed or license eligible in DE.

HOW TO APPLY: Please apply below and send a letter of interest and CV to WLMBH-DMRecruitment@Nemours.org , stating "Integrated Primary Care" in the subject line. Applications currently are being reviewed and will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Questions can be directed to Cheyenne Hughes-Reid, Ph.D., Interim Clinical Director of Integrated Primary Care at Cheyenne.hughes@nemours.org .

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