Pediatric Neuropsychologist – Neurosurgery

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.

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

Job Description

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is seeking a pediatric neuropsychologist who will join a multidisciplinary child and adolescent psychiatry department to work with children and adolescents followed in the Pediatric Neurosurgery subspecialty clinics for pediatric neurovascular disease, with potential opportunities to work with patients with epilepsy and brain tumors.  This is full-time non-tenure-eligible Clinician-Educator faculty level position. 

The successful applicant will have 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 

 

Qualified candidates will have obtained a PhD from 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 children/adolescents with endocrine and genetic disorders is preferred; experience with other medical populations is highly desirable.  Spanish fluency is also highly desirable.

 

K.S.A.'s:

• Minimum education required to perform job: a doctoral degree in clinical psychology with appropriate internship and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in clinical child neuropsychology.  If degree is in a related area (e.g., human development) must have completed APA approved internship.
• Required licensure and/or certification: Must be licensed in the State of Illinois prior to start date.  If employee is license-eligible, employee must obtain license and be granted clinical privileges before start date. 
• Experience conducting neuropsychological examinations in the context of pediatric epilepsy care, and collaborating with a pediatric epilepsy surgical planning team.
• Experienced in creating appropriate paradigms for fMRI exams and well versed in their administration.
• Experience in the design, administration, and analysis of functional imaging examinations such as fMRI, MEG, and EEG-fMRI.
• Experience in design, administration, and analysis of other functional brain mapping examinations using techniques such as Wada, subdural grid electrical stimulation, awake intra-operative language mapping, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.  
• Understanding of the MRI environment and able to collaborate with the MR technologist, MR physicist,  and neuroradiologist.
• Knowledge of the basic applications of advanced neuroimaging post-processing techniques.
• Trained in aspects of clinical and/or behavioral translational research.
• Ability to think proactively, act creatively, and take initiative appropriately.  Excellent verbal and written communication, critical-thinking, and interpersonal skills.
• Documented track record of academic productivity/potential, including peer-reviewed publications and grant applications.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Special physical requirements – sits and stands throughout the day.  Physical management of patients in crisis situation may be necessary.
• Basic Life Support Certification required.
   

Job Duties:

• Conducts diagnostic evaluations using intellectual and neuropsychological testing measures; interprets test results.  
• Designs protocols for monitoring the neurocognitive and emotional status of pediatric populations.  
• Interfaces with outpatient clinic programs of Lurie Children’s medical serv