Pediatric Psychologist, Integrated Primary Care

Nemours Childrens Health Floridais seeking a full-time Integrated Primary Care Psychologist to join our growing Behavioral Health team serving pediatric primary care clinics in Central Florida. Nemours has a strong and expanding integrated behavioral health model with psychologists and masters level clinicians embedded within interdisciplinary primary care teams to provide comprehensive team-based care for children adolescents and their families. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to clinical care program development and workforce training within a well-established and collaborative system.

Position Overview

The psychologist will provide integrated behavioral health services across two pediatric primary care clinics (Vero Beach and Palm Bay) working closely with physicians nurses medical assistants and care coordinators to deliver brief evidence-based interventions within the medical home. Applicants who are bilingual (English-Spanish) are strongly encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care (Primary Care Integration)

• Provide same-day consultation/warm hand-offs assessment and brief intervention for children and adolescents (3 through 18)

• Deliver evidence-based behavioral health services within a fast-paced primary care setting.
• Collaborate closely with pediatric providers to support whole-child health.
• Address a range of presenting concerns (e.g. anxiety depression ADHD behavioral challenges sleep adjustment concerns)

Psychological Testing (1 Day/Week)

• Conduct comprehensive psychological and diagnostic assessments
• Provide feedback to families and referring providers
• Integrate results into pediatric care planning

Team-Based & System-Level Care

• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and care coordination
• Contribute to early identification and intervention efforts including developmental and behavioral screenings
• Support population health approaches and brief intervention models within primary care

Program Development Teaching & Leadership

• Engage in program development quality improvement and clinical innovation initiatives
• Provide teaching and supervision opportunities with trainees (when applicable)
• Contribute to ongoing growth of integrated behavioral health services across clinics

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Counseling or School Psychology from an APA-accredited program
• Completion of an APA-accredited internship and at least one year of postdoctoral experience in a child-focused setting.
• Licensed or license-eligible in the state of Florida
• Experience or strong interest in integrated primary care or pediatric psychology
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

About Nemours

The mission of the Psychology division is to improve well-being through quality behavioral health care education training and research in a collaborative and inclusive manner.

As one of the nations 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 300000 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 Childrens Hospital Florida and are supported in applying for an academic appointment through the University of Central Florida School of Medicine.

Questions can be directed to Monica Barreto Ph.D. Clinical Director of Integrated Primary Care Florida at