Pediatric GI Psychologist (M67290)

Pediatric GI Psychologist (M67290)
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU - Richmond, VA

Join our unstoppable team and help us create a new kind of patient experience!

Mission or Goal of Unit

Children’s Hospital of Richmond of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System has committed itself to transforming the GI Pediatrics Division into a model academic unit devoted to excellence in clinical care, teaching, and clinical, translational, and basic research.

Chief Purpose of this position

VCU Medical Center and Children’s Hospital have joined together, forming Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.  Together, we are a full-service Children’s Hospital that offers a robust continuum of pediatric services, research and education.     

Position Responsibilities

Teaching: Teaching responsibilities in the area of pediatric GI/Psychology.  Faculty member will provide guidance and mentorship to Residents and Chief Residents in the area of GI/Psychology.

Scholarship: Reasonable scholarly activities, such as program evaluation, research, publications, presentations at national meetings and participation in appropriate academic organizations, are preferred.

Service: Serving on departmental or School of Medicine level committees when appropriate, as well as professional through journal review, conference presentations, etc.

Clinical: Will serve as a Psychologist in the Psychiatry’s Child and Adolescent Psychology Division and in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.  Services may include individual assessment/evaluations, individual therapy, group and family therapy.

Required Qualifications

• PhD or PsyD in Clinical Counseling from an APA- accredited doctoral program
• Virginia licensed or eligible
• Experience in treating patients ages birth to 21 with gastroenterological disorders with an emphasis in pediatric motility and functional GI disorders
• Experience with education of house-staff, medical students, and others
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU

Preferred Qualifications

• Sub-board and or additional graduate degree
• Experience with non-pharmacological management of GI disorders is preferred. Research experience, program evaluation and/or publications, and teaching/supervision experience also preferred  
• Experience with advocacy at local, state, and national level

Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution providing access to education and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, political affiliation, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or disability.

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The Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Pediatrics is dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate, state-of-the-art pediatric health care, research and education at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, a full-service children’s hospital within the VCU Medical Center. CHoR offers a robust continuum of pediatric services, research and education, and is the region’s only full-service children’s hospital. CHoR provides emergency, primary, secondary, advanced, tertiary and long-term care. CHoR has 11 locations across Central Virginia and provides more than 42 pediatric medical/surgical services.

There is energy and momentum around advancing children’s health in Richmond, and we have marked a new milestone. Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU recently opened a multi-story, high-tech ambulatory pavilion for pediatric services.  The new facility will meet the growing need for outpatient services for children in our community.

CHoR's outpatient pavilion is the largest, most advanced outpatient facility dedicated to children in the region. The new pavilion includes diagnostic and treatment services for children, bringing together the majority of outpatient pediatric services currently on the MCV campus to one location. It is designed to meet the unique health care needs of children, and to provide Richmond the most advanced and coordinated care possible:

The facility is a 640,000 square foot, multi-story building and includes a 7-story parking deck with more than 600 spaces.
The new pavilion houses 72 exam rooms arranged in clinic pods to optimize a multidisciplinary care model. Each pod includes 12 exam rooms, a treatment room, support space and a centralized clinical team.
The new pavilion features pediatric-dedicated imaging, surgical and endoscopy procedure rooms, as well as pediatric faculty offices.
The pavilion is designed with future expansion in mind. It can accommodate additional clinic pods and operating rooms, as demand for these services increases.

Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

When we break ground on a new facility, it’s about more than bricks and mortar. It’s just like we tell our children— it’s what’s on the inside that counts. Over the past three years, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU has increased pediatric faculty to more than 130 clinicians focused on 42 specialty areas and providing access to children’s health care from more than 11 locations throughout the region. It’s these dedicated physicians and an extensive network of pediatric-trained nurses, child-life specialists, therapists, social workers and ancillary medical staff, who will continue providing health care designed especially for children.