Pediatric Psychologist, Autism Center

The Swank Autism Center and the Division of Behavioral Health at Nemours Children’s Health – Delaware (formerly Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children) is seeking an experienced, evidence-based psychologist to join our team. This position will focus on feeding evaluation and treatment, autism diagnostic services, and supervising trainees in working with patients and families from the larger Delaware Valley community.

The Swank Autism Center provides comprehensive evaluation and intervention support services for children up to age 21 years. Our feeding services offer a person/family-centered, neurodiversity-affirming, interdisciplinary approach that includes behavioral strategies and parent-mediated support. The psychologist will be part of a multidisciplinary clinical team who will collaborate with providers in developmental medicine, psychiatry, social work, applied behavior analysis, nutrition, and therapy services, as well as colleagues who are autistic and/or caregivers. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant, neuro-affirming care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive team environment. Autistic/neurodivergent applicants would be welcomed. Bilingual Spanish-speaking skills are highly valued.

This role includes opportunities to participate in program development, leadership, advocacy, and community outreach. In addition, 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). 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. 

What We Offer

• Competitive base compensation and an annual incentive plan that values clinical activity, academic accomplishments and quality improvement
• Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision 
• Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match, 457 retirement savings plans
• Licensure, CME and dues allowance
• Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• A faculty appointment, consistent with level of academic achievement, will be provided at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

 

Qualifications

• PhD/PsyD degree from an APA-accredited clinical, counseling, or school psychology program.

• Pre-doctoral Internship training from an APA-accredited site, and at least one year of postdoctoral experience in a child-focused setting.

• Experience conducting diagnostic evaluations for Autism and co-occurring conditions, including experience administering and scoring the ADOS-2.

• Experience conducting feeding services with autistic or medically complex pediatric patients, ideally in an interdisciplinary environment, is strongly preferred.

• Commitment to supporting and providing culturally-informed and neurodiversity-affirming care

• 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. 

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.  Associates are encouraged to join Associate Resource Groups as members or allies to support colleagues of diverse identities and lived experiences.

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Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. duPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging 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 an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.