Organizational Summary
The Child Mind Institute is an independent nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children, families, and communities affected by mental health and learning disorders. Our teams work every day to deliver the highest standards of care, push the science of the developing brain and serve as the leading children’s mental health resource for parents, professionals and policymakers. Together with our supporters, we help kids reach their full potential in school and in life. The Child Mind Institute does not accept funding from the pharmaceutical industry. Learn more at childmind.org.
The Learning and Development Center is one of three programs that comprise the rapidly expanding Clinical Program of the Child Mind Institute. The Center offers thorough and thoughtful neuropsychological and academic evaluations as well as ongoing remediation and interventions, school consultation and user-friendly reports. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in all aspects of our multidisciplinary group practice.
Job Summary
The Clinical Neuropsychologist is responsible for providing comprehensive neuropsychological and academic evaluations for children, adolescents and young adults with a variety of concerns. Typical presentations include individuals with language or learning disorders, ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, and other conditions that interfere with school functioning including intellectual disabilities, emotional disorders, and nonverbal learning weaknesses. Our group provides early childhood evaluations that partner a speech and language evaluation with a cognitive/developmental assessment for children age 1-5. We also see many school age and high school students in public, independent and specialized school settings. We also often see young adults who are transitioning to college or vocational settings.
Remediation services in our center include writing remediation, organizational skills work, and more generalized cognitive remediation. Additionally, our group often provides public workshops, written content for the childmind.org website and school consultation regarding accommodations and interventions for our students.
This is a full-time, exempt position located in our NYC headquarters. CMI offers competitive salary and benefits.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Exceptional clinical skills in the area of neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents,
- Prior experience in providing cognitive remediation or school consultation for children with LD, ADHD or other behavior problems,
- Demonstrated expertise in psychological evaluations (including the use of personality measures and projectives), autism evaluations (including the use of the ADOS-2 and ADI-R), early childhood developmental evaluations, and evaluations with ID/DD populations,
- Demonstrated experience in working clinically with complex comorbid presentations including mood, anxiety, personality, and other psychiatric disorders,
- Prior experience supervising and training post doctoral neuropsychology trainees,
- Demonstrated experience with professional writing as well as with public speaking,
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of individuals/groups,
- Motivated self-starter with great attitude, flexibility, and enterprising spirit,
- Ability to work under pressure to prioritize and manage workload, manage simultaneous tasks and meet deadlines within a fast-paced and changing environment, and
- Strong teamwork ethic; positive, flexible attitude; ability to take complete ownership of responsibilities.
Qualifications
- Doctoral degree from an APA-accredited program in clinical psychology
- Completion of an APA-approved clinical pre-doctoral internship
- Completion of post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology
- Minimum of three years of post-doctoral practice in either a clinical or private setting
- Current New York State psychology license
- Flexibility with work schedule to meet productivity goals and deadlines
- Team player and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
- Bilingual English-Spanish a plus
Application details and instructions
Click here to apply. Please upload cover letter and resume as one document in the resume section on the application site.
Employment at Will Relationship: This position description does not constitute a guarantee that employment will continue for any specified period of time. Rather, employment is at the mutual consent of the employee and CMI, and can be terminated at will by the employee or by CMI.
CMI reserves the right to modify the job description and/or reporting relationship at any time.
CMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse staff; individuals from all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
To learn more about the Child Mind Institute, please visit www.childmind.org.
No phone calls or recruiters, please. This position will remain open until filled.
