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The campus of Long Island Jewish Medical Center spans the border of New York City and Nassau County and thus draws patients from a broad socioeconomic spectrum. The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers fellowship training in one of two areas of clinical emphasis: 

• Adolescent Mental Health/DBT
• Pediatric Health Psychology/Anxiety Disorders

**Update: The Pediatric Health Psychology/Anxiety position has been filled.  We are continuing to review applications below for the Adolescent Mental Health/DBT position.   See below for updated position description.***

The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Northwell Health/Zucker Hillside Hospital is excited to announce a modified position in our APA-accredited postdoctoral fellowship program in Clinical Child Psychology for the 2024-2025 training year. The primary placement for this position will be in the Zucker Hillside Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Department (COPD). The COPD is located on the campus of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, which spans the border of New York City and Nassau County and thus draws patients from a broad cultural, racial and socioeconomic spectrum. Approximately 15,000 visits per year are made to the Child Psychiatry Outpatient Department with many patients being referred from higher-acuity settings, such as our adolescent inpatient unit, psychiatry emergency services, and our large network of community behavioral-health urgent care offices. 

Within the outpatient department, fellows have rich exposure to various evidence-based treatment models including DBT, ERP, CBIT, SPACE, PCIT, TF-CBT and UP-C/UP-A. The successful candidate will receive specialized training and supervision in DBT as a member of our multidisciplinary DBT team. Participation in the team entails carrying a small caseload of DBT cases as primary therapist, attendance at the weekly DBT team meeting, and leading or co-leading one of the DBT-A Multi-Family Skills Groups. The fellow can choose one or more additional areas of clinical focus, such as trauma, anxiety disorders and OCD, or PCIT. Opportunities also exist for a mini-rotation in other areas of the medical center, such as the Northwell LGBTQ Transgender Program or within the Center for Supporting Trauma Recovery in Youth with Developmental Disabilities (STRYDD). 

The Division is deeply committed to providing high quality clinical services as well as excellent training and supervision. Attention is also paid to the fellow’s professional development, with potential opportunities for supervision of junior trainees, teaching, program development, research and related activities. 

The Fellowship Program will begin on or about September 16, 2024, (contingent on health and security clearance) and end on or about September 12, 2025. The salary is currently $50,000 annually accompanied by benefits and vacation time. Benefits include 20 days of paid time off, up to five days for professional activities (at the program director’s discretion), and 8 paid legal holidays. 

We will be accepting applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled. 

To apply, please send the following materials via email to clinical child specialty director Meredith Owens, PhD, ABPP (MOwens1@northwell.edu): 

Curriculum Vitae

Cover Letter 

Three letters of recommendation 

Letter of readiness for post-doctoral training from graduate program DCT including anticipated date of doctoral degree will be rewarded 

An official copy of your graduate transcript