Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, Tx, USA - 1 psychologist position

The Department of Psychiatry at Children’s Medical Center Dallas (CMC) is seeking a full-time psychologist to provide clinical services, supervision of trainees, research, and program development for the hospital’s Pediatric Eating Disorders Program.

As a member of the Eating Disorders Program team, the psychologist will evaluate and provide intervention services to patients who receive their care in this service at CMC. Patients are offered a full spectrum of care from inpatient hospitalization and partial hospitalization to day treatment, an intensive outpatient program, and outpatient treatment. The psychologist plays an integral role as a team member, providing evaluation, testing, individual and group therapy, and working with a multidisciplinary team of child psychiatrists, family therapists, nurses, school teachers, and milieu therapists. An important responsibility of the position will be collaboration with the team to design a program of clinical research. Supervision of psychologists in training at the predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship levels is also a part of the position. The position will include a faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern.

Applicants should be Ph.D. or Psy.D. graduates of an APA-accredited program and internship in psychology and be licensed or license-eligible in the state of Texas. Candidates must have previous training and experience in pediatric eating disorders. Evidence of research skills and productivity will be an advantage. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Minority and/or bilingual applicants are particularly encouraged to apply.

Interested applicants should email a letter of interest with curriculum vitae to:
Sunita M. Stewart, Ph.D., Director of Psychological Services, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. Email: sunita.stewart@utsouthwestern.edu

CMC is private, not-for-profit, and is one of the largest pediatric healthcare providers in the nation. As the primary pediatric teaching facility for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Children’s is the only academic hospital in North Texas dedicated exclusively to the comprehensive care of children from birth to age 18. CMC is licensed for 559 beds and has more than 50 pediatric sub-specialty ambulatory programs. In addition, both U.S.News & World Report and Child magazine have named Children's as one of the nation's top pediatric providers, and in 2006, the Dallas Business Journal recognized Children's as a "Best Place to Work ."

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