Child Clinical Psychologist - SafeQuest Program, Full or Part Time, Brown Academic Appointment

Lifespan Physician Group (LPG): Bradley Hospital, affiliated hospital of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University has an opening for a child clinical psychologist to join our SafeQuest program for children. This is an intensive after-school program for children aged 9-12 who are at risk for self-harm and/or who are suffering from significant mood or anxiety disorders, ADHD or trauma-related factors. SafeQuest psychologists work within a multidisciplinary team, which works collaboratively with parents and caregivers to provide the best services possible to assist each child. Opportunities for Brown University Clinical Faculty appointments if desired. Candidate must have completed doctoral training and clinical internship from APA-Accredited programs.
 
About the Job:

• Position is part time but can be combined with other opportunities to create a full-time position if desired
• Responsible for diagnostic assessment, group, family, and individual treatment and facilitate disposition planning
• Patients have a diverse range of presenting concerns
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to reduce self-harmful behaviors, increase coping and positive regulation skills and lessen hospital stays for patients
• Opportunity to teach and provide supervision within the broader system
• Collaborative research opportunities may be available
• Positions available in East Providence and East Greenwich

 About You:

• PhD or PsyD in Clinical Child Psychology from an APA-accredited program
• Completed an APA-accredited internship
• Licensed or license-eligible in Rhode Island
• Desire to work in a team-based care model
• Bring a passion for helping children with complex psychosocial and/or diagnostic histories
• Good sense of humor and a desire to work in a supportive environment

 About the Details:

• Competitive salary
• Generous sign on bonus
• Professional allowance (license, CEs) and professional days
• Excellent benefits, including competitive vacation and sick time
• 401k with 6% match (after 1 year of employment, 3-year vesting)
• EMR is EPIC with a commitment to on-going optimization
• Diverse patient population (culturally, and economically)
• Dynamic leadership team that values work-life balance

A not-for-profit organization, Lifespan is overseen by a board of volunteer community leaders who are guided by its mission: Delivering health with care.  

As Rhode Island's largest healthcare system and private employer, our employees represent a broad spectrum of experience, occupations and cultural backgrounds who are guided by our shared values of C.A.R.E.:

Compassion: Delivering care and comfort with empathy and kindness.
Accountability: Taking ownership of actions and their consequences.
Respect: Placing the highest value on every individual’s well-being regardless of personal professional differences.
Excellence: Always providing safe, high quality, innovative care and service.

Formed in 1994, Lifespan is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprised of three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's Hospital; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, a community hospital offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; Lifespan Physician Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island; and Coastal Medical, a primary care driven medical practice.

Lifespan teaching hospitals are among the country’s top recipients of research funding from the US National Institutes of Health. The hospitals received $92 million in external research funding in fiscal 2019. All Lifespan-affiliated partners are charitable organizations that depend on support from the community to provide programs and services. 

Lifespan, Rhode Island's first health system, was founded in 1994 by Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. A not-for-profit comprehensive, integrated, academic health system with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Lifespan's present partners also include Rhode Island Hospital's pediatric division, Hasbro Children's Hospital; Bradley Hospital; Newport Hospital; Gateway Healthcare; and Coastal Medical. 

Lifespan is committed to investing in our dedicated and talented workforce, improving the health of our local economy, and providing job and advancement opportunities at all levels for employees at our facilities. We value the cultural richness of our workforce and are committed to diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices.

Across our affiliates , we promote a culture of well-being, offering a holistic package of benefits to our employees and their families, while always keeping the patient at the center of our work. Put simply, we embrace our mission of Delivering health with care.

Across our state and region, we extend our expertise and services into the communities where people live, learn, work, play and pray. Lifespan coordinates hundreds of programs, events, and community service activities every year, benefiting as many as 30,000 Southern New Englanders.