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Children's Minnesota Outpatient Psychology Fellowship

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Children's Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

This training experience is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this training experience has not undergone a formal external quality review process.

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. No

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

The Children’s MN Department of Psychological Services is offering a pediatric and outpatient psychology fellowship training program. There are three positions available for this one-year postdoctoral fellowship (one general and two pediatric).  All fellows will participate in inpatient consultation and liaison, monthly didactics, and case presentations. Supervised experience toward licensure. Billing expectations are approximately 20 hours per week. Access to weekly Medical Grand Rounds and other training opportunities within a medical setting.

Position 1 (this position): Outpatient therapy and assessment with Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) training offered. Training done by certified Within Agency Trainer. Fellow will complete assessments and have a therapy caseload. Therapy caseload will be kids from ages 2-18 with presenting problems including anxiety, depression, behavior concerns, coping with medical illnesses, adherence concerns, unexplained medical symptoms, adjustment issues, and problems with focus. Assessment opportunities will include neuorpsych and general psych assessment with a wide range of patients.   

Children’s MN is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a focus on recruitment of candidates from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. We encourage individuals from various racial, ethnic, or cultural backgrounds, individuals who are gender diverse, veterans, and individuals with diverse abilities to apply.

Additional Information

Agency Type
Childrens Hospital
APPIC Membership
No
APA Accredited
No
Recognized Specialty
Clinical Child Psychology
Emphasis or focus area
Child/Adolescent
Other Emphasis
Pediatric Psychology, Therapy, Assessment, Consultation-Liaison (Medical)
Research Time
Less than 25%
Training Director
Sarah Jerstad, Ph.D., L.P.
Contact Email
sarah.jerstad@childrensmn.org
Contact Phone
651-220-6758
Duration in Months
12
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
4
Number of Positions
1
Applications recieved last year
15
Accepts Int'l Students
Stipend
$56,000
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Unfilled Positions
1
Fringe Benefits
Health benefits, 2 CE Days, $500 for dues and conference registration
Research opportunities
Independently generated
Additional Comments
Will contact by phone or email
Application Instructions
Go to the website to apply. Application link will be available by or before October 14, 2024. Application and further information available on our website: https://www.childrensmn.org/careers/internship-residency-fellowship-programs/pediatric-outpatient-psychology-fellowship/ You may also email your Curriculum Vitae plus cover letter and three letters of reference (one from a faculty in your graduate program, one from a supervisor in your internship, and one of your choosing) to: Sarah Jerstad, PhD, LP: sarah.jerstad@childrensmn.org and Felicia Mead, HR Consultant: felicia.mead@childrensmn.org

This record was last updated on Monday, October 21, 2024

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