Pediatrics - Developmental-Behavioral Job at Norton Medical Group, a part of Norton Healthcare in Louisville, KY

Career Opportunity

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Louisville, Kentucky

NORTON CHILDREN’S BEHAVIORAL & MENTAL HEALTH, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine and a part of Norton Children’s Medical Group, is seeking board-certified or board-eligible child and adolescent psychiatrists to join its established program in Louisville, Kentucky. The practice is looking to add psychiatrists to its multidisciplinary team of 25 clinicians[WK1]  [WK2]  , including child and adolescent psychiatrists, pediatric psychologists, nurse practitioners and licensed clinical social workers providing direct patient care.

The practice is seeking candidates to fill two opportunities. One opportunity is primarily outpatient in an integrated and multidisciplinary care setting, and the other opportunity is a combination of consult-liaison work to Norton Children’s Hospital and general outpatient clinic. Selected candidates will have the flexibility to designate partial work hours to these opportunities, based on their interests. In 2022, Norton Children’s Behavioral & Mental Health conducted over 20,000 outpatient and inpatient visits serving children across Kentucky and the region, with more than 700 admissions to the Ackerly Child Psychiatric Unit at Norton Children’s Hospital

To discuss this opportunity, contact, Jennifer R. Le, M.D., division chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, UofL School of Medicine, or Kennisha Walker, senior recruiter, providers, Norton Medical Group.

ABOUT THE POSITIONS

·            Preferred candidates are board-certified or board-eligible in child and adolescent psychiatry, and will have completed an accredited residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry

·            Will hold an academic position with the University of Louisville School of Medicine with teaching responsibilities for medical students, psychiatry residents, child and adolescent psychiatry fellows, and psychology internship and postdoctoral trainees Multidisciplinary setting with subspeciality support resources and additional opportunities for teaching and research

·            Provide care for underserved patient population up to age 18

·            Salary and academic rank to be commensurate with experience

·            Average 50-hour workweek, with team shared call responsibility of approximately seven call weekends per year Inpatient opportunity details

·            Provide primarily inpatient clinical care at Norton Children’s Hospital

·            Treat patients experiencing acute mental health crises with resident support Outpatient opportunity details

·            Provide primarily outpatient clinical care at Norton Children’s Behavioral & Mental Health, on the Home of the Innocents campus, with additional opportunities for teaching and research

·            Inpatient clinical care opportunities available at Norton Children’s Hospital

Consult-liaison and outpatient opportunity details 

·            Provide inpatient psychiatric consult-liaison services to medical patients at Norton Children's Hospital.

·            Provide inpatient psychiatric consult-liaison services to medical patients at Norton Children's Hospital.

·            Treat patients experiencing acute mental health crises with resident support

Outpatient opportunity details

·            Provide primarily outpatient clinical care at Norton Children’s Behavioral & Mental Health, on the Home of the Innocents campus, with additional opportunities for teaching and research 

Requirements:

·            Medical degree/diploma

·            Residency and fellowship certification

·            Kentucky medical license or license eligible

Norton Children’s Behavioral & Mental Health

Norton Children’s Behavioral & Mental Health was founded in 1913, making it one of the oldest child guidance centers in the country. It is a multidisciplinary clinic that provides the full continuum of evaluation and treatment services in our community for a range of psychiatric conditions affecting children and adolescents. Our team of 25 clinicians [WK3]  includes child and adolescent psychiatrists, pediatric psychologists, nurse practitioners and licensed clinical social workers providing direct patient care.

As the main teaching site for the UofL School of Medicine Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, education permeates all aspects of the clinic’s activities. This includes several training programs, including a child psychiatry fellowship, a predoctoral pediatric psychology internship and a postdoctoral psychology fellowship. The clinic has trained many of our community’s practitioners of child and adolescent mental health. These individuals are referral sources and continue to accept our referrals. Academic visitors from universities throughout the country enrich the teaching environment of the clinic, keeping approaches up to date, focused and effective. The clinic offers frequent lectures for the university and community.

Home of the Innocents

Established in 1880, Home of the Innocents provides a range of important services for more than 10,000 children and their families annually. Programs include residential and community-based clinical treatment services, crisis and intervention services, foster care and adoption services, and a pediatric convalescent center for children who have complex medical issues or are terminally ill. In 2021, Home of the Innocents integrated with Norton Healthcare to provide outpatient psychiatric services at its facility.

Ackerly Child Psychiatric Unit at Norton Children’s Hospital

Norton Children’s Hospital offers inpatient psychiatric care for children ages 2 to 17 in the Ackerly Child Psychiatric Unit. Our mission is to help children and families reach their fullest potential in a nurturing and safe environment. We are equipped to serve patients with developmental disabilities and autism. We extend care regardless of a family’s background or ability to pay. We believe each child has worth and dignity and that therapeutic possibilities exist for all children.

A key feature of the unit is access to a full range of medical care and psychiatric treatment while at Norton Children’s Hospital. Our medical team provides daily individual therapy and determines what role medications may or may not play in treating the illness. Access to this care ensures that the mental and physical health needs of all children and adolescents in the unit are met

Norton Children’s Behavioral & Mental Health 

·            15,900+ children and adolescents in 2022 for inpatient and outpatient therapeutic services and emergency psychiatric services,

·            700+ admissions each year to the Ackerly Child Psychiatric Unit at Norton Children’s Hospital, a 20 bed inpatient unit

·            Eating disorder patients seen in 2022 –

o    Inpatient 120

o    Outpatient 310

·            Multidisciplinary team of

o    10 Psychologist, 9 Psychiatrists, 4 APRNS, 2 LCSWS

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.