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Psychologist Behavioral Health Outpatient Ireland Center

Children's of Alabama
Birmingham, AL, United States
Full-time
  • Job Summary
  • Children's of Alabama is seeking a full-time Psychologist to provide evaluation and intervention to patients within the CoA Solid Organ Transplant Program .

Pediatric psychology is a growing service in the Behavioral Health Division of Children’s of Alabama which seeks to provide exemplary care to children from diverse populations.

The Psychologist is expected to see an array of transplant candidates including liver, kidney and heart and provide both pre- and post-transplant evaluation and support and intervention for children struggling with behavior disorders, anxiety, depression, medical trauma, and adjustment difficulties.

This position requires collaboration with families and referring physicians to coordinate care and support the child's optimal functioning.

Should time allow, the Psychologist may also participate in general consultation and liaison activities to the general medical service.

Pediatric Psychology hosts a post-doctoral fellowship and is a rotation for University of Alabama at Birmingham's APA-accredited psychology graduate and internship programs, providing opportunities to mentor and supervise trainees if desired.

  • Education Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) from an American Psychological Association-accredited program in psychology.
  • Completed internship from an American Psychological Association-accredited program.
  • Preferred Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Pediatric or Health Psychology
  • Experience Preference will be given to candidates with pediatric experience and training. Current Post-Doctoral Psychology Fellowsare welcome to apply. .
  • Licensures, Certifications, and / or Registries Current license or license eligible to practice Psychology issued by the Board of Examiners in Psychology of the State of Alabama.

Specialty area, registered with the Board of Examiners in Psychology of the State of Alabama as part of licensing process must include psychological services to children and adolescents.

Additional Information

Children’s of Alabama has two Behavioral Health outpatient clinics; one location is the Ireland Center (on the campus of Children's of Alabama Hospital) and the other location is an offsite location at Patriot Park, 200 Wildwood Parkway Birmingham, AL 35209.

Our treatment team is comprised of Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Psychologists, and Licensed Therapists to provide multidisciplinary care for our patients and families.

Our outpatient clinics offer individual and family counseling for children, adolescents and their families. Our providers work with patients and families to address and mitigate behavioral and mental health issues including, but not limited to ADHD, mood disorders, and medication management for related disorders.

We provide crisis clinic appointments for those patients assessed in the ED to be in need of urgent outpatient services, but do not meet inpatient or PHP admission criteria.

In addition, we offer bridge clinic appointments to existing patients who have missed the most recent appointment with their prescriber or who have an urgent need to see a prescriber before the next scheduled appointment.

We provide social service counseling that provides brief solution focused support to families as well.

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