Pediatric Neuropsychologist Assistant Professor

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

Day (United States of America)

Location

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Job Description

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is seeking a pediatric neuropsychologist to join the Neuropsychology team to provide services to children and adolescents followed in Lurie Children’s medical services (e.g., Cardiology, Endocrinology, Hematology/Oncology, Neurology, Neurosurgery).  Spanish fluency is required. 

Duties include:

1) conducting screenings, consultations, and evidence-based neuropsychological evaluations of children and adolescents with medical, psychiatric, and neurodevelopmental disorders

2) teaching in multidisciplinary child health and mental health training programs

3) engagement in research or other scholarly activities.  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• A doctorate in Clinical, Counseling, or Developmental Psychology
• Qualified candidates will have obtained a PhD in a clinical psychology training program and completed an APA-approved internship specializing in clinical child or pediatric psychology.  The individual will also have completed a fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology and be board certified or eligible for board certification in clinical neuropsychology.  Experience with medical populations is highly desirable. 
• The individual will also have completed a fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology and be board certified or eligible for board certification in clinical neuropsychology. 
• Experience with medical populations is highly desirable. 
• Extensive expertise, interest, and experience in infant and child assessment; interest and experience in adolescent and adult cognitive and behavioral health evaluation.
• Significant interest in cross-sectional and longitudinal research collaboration with developmental, clinical, and research-focused psychologists and other research colleagues across the United States.
• Spanish fluency is required. 

Essential Job Functions:

• Complete developmental, cognitive, and behavioral health evaluations with individuals enrolled in longitudinal research studies, including infants, children, adolescents, and adults.
• Complete data quality evaluation processes and preparation of case report forms for data sharing with research data center.
• Attend multidisciplinary meetings with SID physicians, nurse practitioners, social worker, child life specialist, research coordinator, research assistants and other team members to optimize medical and psychological care of research participants.
• Support appropriate referrals to early childhood intervention programs, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy services, and mental health care services, as needed, for research participants.
• Participate in ongoing SID team research activities, including quality improvement initiatives. Assist with and support the implementation of newly NIH-funded research studies.
• Provide supervision to research assistant throughout scheduling, participant evaluation, data preparation, and data sharing processes.
• Participate in monthly Neurodevelopmental, Mental Health, and Neurology Working Group meetings in collaboration with working group psychologists and researchers across US sites participating in HIV-related research.  
• Successful applicants will be part of a large integrated health team and will work in-person and via telehealth on site to provide developmental, cognitive, social-emotional/behavioral screenings and ev