The Swank Autism Center and the Division of Behavioral Health at Nemours Children's Health - Delaware (formally Nemours/A. I. duPont Hospital for Children) is seeking a full-time experienced evidence-based psychologists to join our team. The Swank Autism Center provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment for children up to age 18 years. We are seeking psychologists with demonstrable training and experience working with individuals presenting with concerns with Autism Spectrum Disorders. These positions will focus on providing consultation, individual and group therapy, and psychological evaluation services for families in the larger Delaware Valley community.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive team environment.
These positions will have opportunities to precept our Psychology residents and fellows who rotate through this service. Teaching, training, and mentoring are core values in our division and these efforts are supported and encouraged. We are committed to expanding the pipeline of a diverse workforce and as such, are intentional in our hiring and retention practices. We practice continuous learning through awareness-enhancing and bias reduction educational opportunities that guide our overarching lens of health equity.
These psychologists will be part of a multidisciplinary clinical team and will collaborate with our developmental medicine, psychiatry, mental health therapists, ABA providers and social work colleagues. 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).
About Nemours:
The mission of our Psychology division is to improve well-being through quality behavioral health care, education, training, and research in a collaborative, inclusive, and culturally responsive manner.
As one of the nation's leading pediatric health care systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 300,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics, primary care practices, and school-based health centers in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Nemours strives to ensure a healthier tomorrow for all children - even those who may never enter our doors - through our world-changing research, education and advocacy efforts. At Nemours, our Associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were our own. Psychologists are members of the medical staff at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and are supported with applying for an academic appointment through the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
Nemours (Nemours.org) is an open and welcoming place to work, and values diversity in all its forms. Additionally, Nemours aspires to have its workforce and providers reflect the rich diversity of the communities we serve. Candidates of diverse backgrounds, Spanish-speaking applicants, and those committed to working with diverse populations and conversant in multicultural values are strongly encouraged to apply.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Doctoral degree in clinical, counseling, or school psychology from an APA-accredited doctoral program.
Internship training from an APA-accredited program in clinical child or pediatric psychology.
Post-doctoral fellowship training in clinical child or pediatric psychology.
Experience
Applicants with all levels of post-licensure experience will be considered, with a preference for candidates with a well-rounded experience in pediatric psychology, and robust as well as recent experience with children and youth with Autism.
Specific expertise in multicultural care to meet the needs of our most underserved families in our community
Bilingual Spanish-speaking skills, highly valued.
License-eligible in the state of Delaware.
APPLICATION: Please send a letter of interest and CV to WLMBH-DMRecruitment@Nemours.org and please state "Autism Psychology" in the subject line. Applications currently are being reviewed and will be accepted until the position is filled.
Nemours is committed to improving the health of children. As a non-profit children’s health organization, we consider the health of every child to be a sacred trust. Through family-centered care in our children’s hospitals and clinics in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as world-changing research, education and advocacy, Nemours fulfills the promise of a healthier tomorrow for all children — even those who may never enter our doors. Nemours began more than 70 years ago with the vision of Alfred I. duPont to improve the lives of children and to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions. Today, through our children’s hospitals and health system, we directly care for 250,000 children annually in Delaware Valley and Florida, including families who travel from across the country and world to see our specialists — treating every child as we would our own. We also reach beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics to be a voice for children on a national and international level, and to lead the way in prevention, intervention, education, and research. Nemours is growing to better serve the children and families in our ca...re. We have 1.1 million square feet of space currently devoted to providing children’s healthcare or under construction, all designed with significant input and advice from our patients and families.
