Pediatric Clinical Psychologist - Eating Disorders

NORTON CHILDREN'S CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and a part of Norton Children's Medical Group is seeking a full-time psychologist with expertise in treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder and related disorders. Appointment will be a combined 1.0 FTE with Norton Children's Medical Group, affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychology.

About the Position:

• Primary responsibilities include evaluating and treating children/adolescents with eating disorders and their families primarily in an outpatient medical setting; assisting in further developing programs; implementing empirically-based treatment modalities such as CBT, DBT, FBT, and ACT; and serving as a consultant to Norton Healthcare medical staff.
• This position offers the opportunity to participate in program development related to possible services available to treat eating disorders (e.g., IOP)
• The psychologist will also have the opportunity to be involved with training psychology residents in our APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship in Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology, as well as educating child psychiatry residents, psychiatry residents and medical students
• While the position is primarily clinical in focus, the faculty member will have opportunities for research and clinical innovation
• The faculty appointment for this position is at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the Department of Pediatrics.

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. Interested applicants should send their curriculum vitae, letter of interest, three references and (p)reprints to Jennifer Le, MD, Chief, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 200 East Chestnut Street, Louisville, KY 40202. If applying by e-mail send to Jennifer.Le@louisville.edu.

Applicants must have:

• Pediatric or child clinical psychologist with training and experience in pediatric eating disorders services

• Doctorate from an American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited graduate program in clinical, counseling, or school psychology

• APA-accredited internship

• Postdoctoral fellowship, with a focus on treating youth with eating disorders or comparable clinical expertise

• Kentucky psychologist license or license eligible
• Eligible for Health Service Provider (HSP) designation

Required:

• One year as a clinical psychologist
• Doctorate Degree
• Licensed Psychologist