Neuropsychologist

About Childrens Minnesota

Childrens Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924 Childrens Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals nine primary care clinics multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts in our region Childrens Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top childrens hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit .

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Department Overview

The Neurodevelopmental Services Program is a part of the Mental Health Continuum at Childrens Minnesota. Neurodevelopmental Services is focused on providing assessment diagnosis and care for children with a variety of neurodevelopmental and medical conditions. The team is comprised of psychologists neuropsychologists and developmental behavioral pediatricians and we work closely with providers across the mental health continuum and with specialty medical providers throughout our organization. Neuropsychological assessment is provided across both the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses and this role will be located primarily in St. Paul.

Position Summary
We are seeking a skilled and compassionate pediatric neuropsychologist to join our team. The ideal candidate will be experienced in providing assessment and diagnostic services for children and adolescents with a variety of neurodevelopmental neurological and psychological conditions. The neuropsychologist will complete comprehensive evaluations synthesize and interpret results and provide feedback and guidance to caregivers referring providers educational teams and other stakeholders. An ideal candidate will have experience with assessment and diagnosis of autism as well as experience providing comprehensive assessment for children and adolescents with a wide range of medical and neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g. autism ADHD FASD learning disabilities intellectual disability etc.). This position offers the opportunity to build more direct assessment services for specialty clinics/patient populations such as neurofibromatosis HIV craniofacial conditions and others).

Qualifications
Doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) in Psychology (clinical school or other appropriate area of psychology) from an accredited institution.
Completion of an APA-accredited internship
Completion of a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology
Licensed or license-eligible in Minnesota
Experience with a wide range of pediatric populations and neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g. ADHD autism learning disabilities genetic or other medical conditions impacting development)
Strong assessment diagnostic and report-writing skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities


Physical Demands

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The posted salary represents a market competitive range based on salary survey benchmark data for similar roles in the local or national market. Annual salaries displayed are based on full-time employment (40 standard hrs per week). Annual salaries for part-time positions will be prorated based on the employees scheduled weekly hours in relation to the full-time standard. When determining individual pay rates we carefully consider a wide range of factors including but not limited to market indicators for the specific role the skills education training credentials and experience of the candidate internal equity and organizational needs.

In addition to your salary this position may be eligible for medical dental vision retirement and other fringe benefits. Positions that require night weekend or on-call work may be eligible for shift differentials or premium pay.

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment drug screen background investigation and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.

Childrens Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color creed sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.