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Are you a doctoral-level pediatric psychologist with a passion for treating eating and feeding disorders within a collaborative, academic medical environment? Do you thrive in interdisciplinary settings where clinical care, teaching, and program development intersect? If so, we invite you to explore an exciting opportunity at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, part of Brown University Health, and affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
This position offers the opportunity to join a well-established Behavioral Health team and the largest pediatric outpatient eating disorder program in Rhode Island, with the potential for a Brown University Clinical Faculty appointment. The role is ideal for clinicians who value family-centered, evidence-based care and who are motivated to contribute to training, consultation, and program growth within a leading children’s hospital.
The Role
As a Pediatric Psychologist specializing in Eating Disorders, you will be an integral member of the interdisciplinary Adolescent Medicine Eating Disorders Program, delivering high-quality outpatient care to children, adolescents, and their families. This role blends direct clinical service with consultation, teaching, and collaborative program development.
Key responsibilities include:
We are seeking a psychologist who brings strong clinical training, collaborative values, and a genuine interest in working within an academic medical center.
Qualifications include:
Brown University Health is a large, integrated healthcare system with more than 750 providers and a strong commitment to comprehensive, evidence-based behavioral health services. Our approach integrates biological, psychological, and social dimensions of care, ensuring that children, adolescents, and families receive thoughtful, coordinated, and high-quality treatment. Our teams work collaboratively across disciplines to support the mental, emotional, and behavioral health needs of the communities we serve.
This position offers the opportunity to join a well-established Behavioral Health team and the largest pediatric outpatient eating disorder program in Rhode Island, with the potential for a Brown University Clinical Faculty appointment. The role is ideal for clinicians who value family-centered, evidence-based care and who are motivated to contribute to training, consultation, and program growth within a leading children’s hospital.
The Role
As a Pediatric Psychologist specializing in Eating Disorders, you will be an integral member of the interdisciplinary Adolescent Medicine Eating Disorders Program, delivering high-quality outpatient care to children, adolescents, and their families. This role blends direct clinical service with consultation, teaching, and collaborative program development.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing family-based, evidence-based outpatient care for children and adolescents with a range of eating and feeding disorders.
- Conducting screening, assessment, and brief individual, family, and group interventions.
- Combining clinical work within the Eating Disorders Program with consultation in the Child Psychiatry outpatient clinic, supporting youth and families with diverse medical and behavioral health needs.
- Participating in program development initiatives that strengthen and expand eating disorder services.
- Teaching, training, and supervising pediatric, psychology, and psychiatry students, residents, and fellows, with opportunities for peer consultation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
We are seeking a psychologist who brings strong clinical training, collaborative values, and a genuine interest in working within an academic medical center.
Qualifications include:
- PhD or PsyD in Clinical Child Psychology, or a PhD or PsyD with substantial child-focused training and clinical experience treating eating disorders.
- Completion of doctoral training and clinical internship from APA-accredited programs.
- Licensed or license-eligible in the state of Rhode Island.
- Experience with, or strong interest in, working in an academic, team-based medical setting.
- Interest in eating disorder program development and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Personal qualities such as compassion, flexibility, a sense of humor, collaborative problem-solving skills, and a “roll-up-your-sleeves” approach to patient care and teamwork.
- Work within the largest pediatric outpatient eating disorder program in Rhode Island, serving a culturally and economically diverse patient population.
- Be part of a dynamic leadership team that actively values work-life balance.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues across behavioral health, adolescent medicine, and child psychiatry.
- Practice in an academic environment with opportunities for teaching, supervision, and faculty appointment.
- Competitive base salary with RVU structure and additional income potential.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including:
- $2,000 annual professional allowance (licensure, continuing education).
- Five days of dedicated professional development time.
- Four weeks of vacation and five sick days.
- 401(k) with 6% employer match (after one year of employment; three-year vesting).
- EPIC electronic medical record system with ongoing optimization.
- A supportive, mission-driven culture focused on excellence in pediatric behavioral healthcare.
Brown University Health is a large, integrated healthcare system with more than 750 providers and a strong commitment to comprehensive, evidence-based behavioral health services. Our approach integrates biological, psychological, and social dimensions of care, ensuring that children, adolescents, and families receive thoughtful, coordinated, and high-quality treatment. Our teams work collaboratively across disciplines to support the mental, emotional, and behavioral health needs of the communities we serve.