Location:

South Denton Behavioral Health

Department:

Psychology-Denton Clinic

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Standard Weekly Hours:

40

Summary:

Cook Children’s Medical Center’s Denton Behavioral Health Clinic offers a full-time postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric psychological and neuropsychological assessment. This is an independent post-doctoral fellowship training site. Traditionally, this is a 40 hour-a-week position with a full day devoted to report-writing.  Fellows are responsible for 20 billable hours of clinical service a week.  Generally, sixty percent of the cases are neuropsychological cases, while forty percent are psychological cases.  Fellows are expected to complete comprehensive outpatient psychological and neuropsychological evaluations with a range of patient populations, including children and adolescents with a multitude of medical diagnoses and neurodevelopmental disorders. Fellows will consult with psychiatry, psychology, neurology, neurosurgery and developmental pediatrics clinicians. Additionally, fellows are expected to provide comprehensive feedback to families as well as assist in case management when appropriate. For those fellows seeking board certification in clinical neuropsychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP-Cn), opportunities are available for additional training and should be discussed with our fellowship program manager, Dr. Lisa Elliott.  However, it should be noted these training opportunities are in addition to the requirements of the current fellowship.  Supervision requirements for licensure are fully achieved.

Fellowship starts in August/September of 2025.

Qualifications: 

Ph.D. or Psy.D in Psychology from an APA-accredited clinical psychology training program. Will also consider students in counseling and school psychology programs

Training in child growth and development required

Prior experience in pediatric setting preferred

Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a desire to develop outstanding leadership skills

Demonstrate commitment to high standards of patient care and customer relations practice

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification: 

Texas Provisionally Licensed Psychologist desired but not required

Must have educational background and training to function in the capacity of a psychological extender of services under the supervision of a Licensed Psychologist as defined by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

About Us:

Cook Children's Medical Center is the cornerstone of Cook Children's, and offers advanced technologies, research and treatments, surgery, rehabilitation and ancillary services all designed to meet children's needs.

Cook Children's is an EOE/AA, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.