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Nicklaus Children's Hospital Fellowship Child and Adolescent Psychology Outpatient Services

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Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital
Miami, Florida

Starts on Friday, August 1, 2025

Applications due Friday, December 6, 2024

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure. Yes

This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities. Yes

This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience. Yes

This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience. Yes

This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.   Yes

This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities. Yes

This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures. Yes

This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training. Yes

Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Track:

The Department of Psychology at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce the availability of TWO 12-month postdoctoral fellowship positions in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 

Outpatient Psychological Treatment-The fellow will be expected to provide psychotherapy services to children and adolescents with a wide range of emotional and behavioral disorders. Treatment activities will focus on family, systemic, behavioral, and cognitive-behavioral interventions for youth and their families presenting with a diverse set of clinical issues, such as ADHD, depression, anxiety, communication disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Participation in psychoeducational groups for anxiety, social skills training, attention/ concentration, and parenting is also expected.

Outpatient Psychological Assessment-The fellow will be expected to provide assessment services to children and adolescents, including developmental assessments (for children ages 2-5), psychoeducational assessments, and psychological / personality assessments. Assessment duties will include the use of a range of assessment tools including intellectual and educational measures, objective measures, self-report measures, and projective inventories, with most evaluations including assessment of the child’s cognitive, behavioral, and emotional functioning, and developmental level. Fellows are involved in all aspects of testing, including intakes, administration, report writing, and feedback sessions.

Additional Information

Agency Type
Private/General Hospital
APPIC Membership
Yes
APA Accredited
Yes
Recognized Specialty
Clinical Child Psychology
Emphasis or focus area
Assessment
Other Emphasis
Child and Adolescent Psychology
Research Time
Less than 25%
Training Director
Rose Alvarez-Salvat, Ph.D., ABPP
Contact Email
rose.alvarez-salvat@nicklaushealth.org
Contact Phone
786-624-3295
Virtual Interviews
Available
Duration in Months
12
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
6
Number of Positions
4
Applications recieved last year
25
Stipend
$57,865
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Yes
Estimated offer date
Monday, February 24 2025
Unfilled Positions
0
Fringe Benefits
Health and dental insurance, free parking, access to doctor's dining lounge for breakfast and lunch, Employee Health services
Research opportunities
Research opportunities available pending funding
Additional Comments
How to Apply- All applicants should possess a doctoral degree from an APA-accredited program and internship in clinical child psychology. Please specify the fellowship you are applying to on your cover letter. Applicants should have a background in behavioral, as well as cognitive-behavioral assessment/treatment, and various experiences in clinical child and/or pediatric psychology. In addition, experiences with culturally and linguistically competent approaches to testing and intervention are necessary. Stipend is $57,865, paid biweekly, with a benefits package, including medical and dental insurance. Deadline for applications is December 6, 2024. Interviews will be arranged for January 2025 after initial screening of applications. Start date is Aug or September 2025 (depending on internship completion date).
Application Instructions
Applicants should possess a doctoral degree from an APA-accredited program and internship in clinical child and/or pediatric psychology. WE HAVE TWO TRACKS- CHILD CLINICAL AND ADOLESCENT TRACK AND PEDIATRIC HEALTH TRACK. PLEASE SEE NCH WEBSITE FOR TRACK DESCRIPTION AS WELL AS POSTS ON LISTSERV FOR DIV 53 AND 54. Stipends will be at the current NIH levels of training. Applicants should complete the APPA CAS (APPIC Psychology Postdoctoral Application) The deadline is December 6, 2024. Interviews will be arranged after initial screening of applications. Start date is Aug or Sept 1, 2025 (depending on internship completion date).

This record was last updated on Wednesday, August 28, 2024

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