U220072 - Pediatric Clinical Psychologist, UBMD Pediatrics - Pediatrics
Position Summary:
The Department of Pediatrics is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to work with children in 3 Divisions:
• For the sleep medicine center, psychologist support is needed to provide play therapy, behavioral intervention and psychological education to children and parents with behavioral insomnia as well as neuro-diverse children with poor sleep habits and problems tolerating sleep therapies such as continuous positive airway pressure. This may require in-house assessments and regular counseling sessions for desensitization. Cognitive behavioral therapy for nightmares and behavioral insomnia will be needed.
• For the Gastroenterology division, psychologist support is sought for the assessment, counseling and therapy for functional abdominal pain and chronic conditions like inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome.
• For the Endocrine division, psychologist support is needed to assist with children adjusting to reproductive and gender-identity issues as well as chronic stress from diabetes and other medical conditions.
This is a one-year position (with the potential to extend if desired) to allow for determination of needs and establishment of clinical support structure for a long-standing child and adolescent psychology program to come.
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University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Graduate of an APA accredited doctoral program of Master’s degree or higher in clinical, school or counseling psychology
• Completed a clinical internship
• Licensed or expected to be licensed within 12 months after graduation
• Post-graduate training/experience with children and/or adolescents with neuro-diversity
• If no experience with neuro-diverse children then interest in working with this population is strongly preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
FTE: 1.00
University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and in keeping with our commitment, encourages women, minorities, persons with disabilities and veterans to apply.