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Form of workWe have an exciting opportunity for a Psychologist to join the Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics within the Department of Pediatrics at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
Job Responsibilities:
- Outpatient assessment and intervention for youth with neuro-developmental disabilities.
- Administration of the ADOS and other assessment tools to evaluate youth with concern for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Psychological testing to evaluate intellectual disability and learning disorders.
- Providing consultation to medical and interprofessional teams.
- Teaching/supervision of medical fellows, residents, and medical students.
- Opportunity to participate in section level research with colleagues and/or develop individual clinical research projects.
- Participation in interdisciplinary team meetings, and program development.
Qualifications: PhD or equivalent from an APA-accredited psychology doctoral program, license-eligible as a psychologist in NC required. Completion of an APA-accredited internship, completion of at least a one-year pediatric psychology fellowship, and trained in administration of ADOS preferred.
Rank and Compensation: Salaries and benefits are competitive. Faculty, rank and compensation will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Location: Brenner Children's Hospital/ Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is located in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. Winston-Salem is a mid-size city with a low cost of living, a historic past, and a vibrant downtown. Temperate weather and close proximity to mountains and the coast provide opportunities for numerous outdoor activities. The Arts in the Piedmont area are plentiful with UNC School of the Arts, Piedmont Opera, Winston-Salem Symphony, and Broadway productions at Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts. For sports fans, Wake Forest University college athletics, the Dash minor league baseball team, the Carolina Hurricanes, and the Charlotte Hornets and Panthers provide year-round athletic entertainment.
About Us: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a vibrant and growing medical center. Our children's hospital and pediatrics specialty clinics serve approximately 25,000 patients annually. As such, the Department of Pediatrics has been expanding steadily. The Department of Pediatrics is a collegial department with dedicated and top-notch faculty. The medical school, pediatric residency, family medicine residency, child psychiatry fellowship, and psychology training program provide ample teaching opportunities. Research support is available through the Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and there are many opportunities for research collaboration within the Department of Pediatrics and throughout the medical center. In addition, mentorship opportunities are available departmentally and within the larger medical center.
When faculty join Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, they are welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing-for all.
Please send your CV, letter of interest, and references to Christine Erdie-Lalena, MD at cerdiela@wakehealth.edu or Jackie Aubert at jaubert@wakehealth.edu.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is a U.S. News and World Report top 50 ranked medical school, integrated with a world-class health system, Atrium Health. WFUSM, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise, is a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery. WFUSM, has over $300M in annual, extramural funding that drives a cutting-edge Academic Learning Health System by integrating innovative research with excellent patient care across our enterprise.
Atrium Health is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. AHWFB is an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians.
Our highly integrated academic and clinical environment is deeply committed to improving health, elevating hope, and advancing healing - for all.
It should be noted that while you are applying on the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Career Site, you will receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process. Thanks in advance for your flexibility.
