Pediatric Psychologist-Feeding at University of Illinois College of Medicine

Hiring Department: UICOMP-Pediatrics

Location:  Peoria, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1025166

Posting Close Date: 8/5/2024

The Division of Child Development is looking for a Pediatric Psychologist who has an interest in developing an interdisciplinary pediatric feeding and swallowing program in Peoria. This program’s main purpose is to evaluate and treat infants and children with complex feeding and swallowing problems in Central Illinois. This includes children whose feeding and swallowing problems are from many etiologies. You will be working with physicians who have experience in treating infants and children with PFD, dietitians, nurses, and social workers. Collaboration with feeding therapists at Easterseals of Central Illinois and OSF Children’s Hospital to help them progress children who have hit a plateau. Teaching, quality improvement projects and research are encouraged.

Position Summary

The Division of Child Development is looking for a Pediatric Psychologist who has an interest in developing an interdisciplinary pediatric feeding and swallowing program in Peoria. This program's main purpose is to evaluate and treat infants and children with complex feeding and swallowing problems in Central Illinois. This includes children whose feeding and swallowing problems are from many etiologies. You will be working with physicians who have experience in treating infants and children with PFD, dietitians, nurses, and social workers. Collaboration with feeding therapists at Easterseals of Central Illinois and OSF Children's Hospital to help them progress children who have hit a plateau. Teaching, quality improvement projects and research are encouraged.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Participation in development and participation in an interdisciplinary pediatric feeding assessment clinic
•  Treatment of psychosocial component of Pediatric Feeding Disorder
•  Treatment of ARFID in infant, children and adolescents through age 12
•  Working with community feeding therapists to help children overcome behavioral behaviors that are preventing them from being successful.
•  Teaching students, residents and fellows on evaluation and management of Pediatric Feeding Disorders and AFRID
•  Collaborate with neurodevelopmental pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology to develop Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Program in Central Illinois
•  Work to build database to collect outcome data for the program.
•  Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD or PsyD in psychology
• APA approved internship in pediatric or child psychology.
• Three years working in a pediatric clinical setting.
• Experience working in pediatric interdisciplinary care.
• Current Illinois registered/license in Clinical Psychology or eligible

Preferred Qualifications

• Fellowship in pediatric feeding evaluation and treatment.
• Interest in clinical research in pediatric feeding disorder
• Experience working with children who have complex medical issues.

About University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria (UICOMP) Department of Pediatrics and OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois:

UICOMP is one of the three regional campuses of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, one of the largest public medical schools in the country.  UICOMP’s educational programs include 244 medical students and 300 residents/fellows in 21 different post graduate programs.  The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest departments at UICOMP.  In collaboration with the OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, the Department has 19 divisions and over 145 faculty members providing general pediatrics and subspecialty services to the pediatric population in Central Illinois.

About Children’s Hospital of Illinois

The current research infrastructure within the Department includes office of research, a dedicated biostatistician and internal research funding mechanism to support our faculty.  The primary teaching hospital of UICOMP is Children’s Hospital of Illinois, a tertiary care facility serving a 37-county region with a population base of over two million. Children’s Hospital of Illinois provides comprehensive services to children, including Quaternary Care NICU and a state-designated Pediatric Critical Care Center. Children’s Hospital of Illinois is a major medical facility with 136 beds and a 32-bed critical care unit and the only Level 1 trauma center in Illinois outside of Chicago.  There are existing resources through UICOMP and Children’s Hospital of Illinois for seeding research funding, quality and outcomes focused academic work and innovation in health education. 

About Peoria, Il

One of the oldest communities in Illinois with a population of 112,936, Peoria is equal distance from Chicago and St. Louis.  Here we have an enviable standard of living, exciting venues within a 15-20 minute drive from our homes, safe streets, quality and quantity shopping, our own symphony, our own ballet, Broadway Theater League, museums, art guilds, first-class medical facilities, the nation's oldest community theater and oldest Santa Claus parade.

Our vibrant riverfront showcases a multitude of festivals and celebrations that light up the summer nights much like our extraordinary Fourth of July Sky Concert fireworks show that draws well over 100,000 annually.  Residents are flocking to live in the refurbished warehouses and lofts on Water Street that produce the perfect lifestyle for a 24/7 city.

We have many global businesses that allow Peoria to play all over the world through their products and services.  Peoria has begun to diversify its economy with infotech industries as well.  Thus our business community attracts some of the brightest graduates throughout the nation.

For fullest consideration, please submit your application by 5/28/2024 at:

https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/9566?c=uic

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