Pediatric Outpatient Psychologist, GI at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia – Fairfax, Virginia

Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) Department of Psychology is growing our team in Northern Virginia! We are seeking to hire a Psychologist to support our Gastroenterology clinic. This is a full-time outpatient hybrid position including remote and in-person work opportunities.

PSV offers behavior health consultations and short-term behavioral health support for concerns related to specific specialty conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultations and evidence-based treatment for children experiencing GI medical concerns and adjustment issues, medication adherence, pain concerns or symptom interference, and quality of life concerns.
• Program development activities within the Psychology Services.
• Consultation to medical in clinic settings to support treatment planning.
• Perform consultations both in person and virtually with equal proficiency.
• Opportunities to supervise Psychology externs.
• Participate in committees and organizational meetings.
• Assist with annual quality improvement projects.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Completion of an APA-accredited internship
• PhD or PsyD from an APA-accredited program
• Must hold or be eligible to apply for an unrestricted license in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Training and experience in collaborative, integrated behavioral health models of service delivery in specialty medical clinics are highly preferred.

Qualifications Desired

• Post-doctoral level experience in a pediatric medical setting.

Physical Demands of Position

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, and talk or hear, and type on a keyboard. He/she may be required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and climb or balance. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include near vision, and distance vision and ability to adjust focus.