The Pediatric Nephrology Division in the Department of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine is seeking to add a clinical track psychologist to provide patient care and serve as a clinician educator.
Responsibilities will consist of evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents in pediatric nephrology outpatient clinics at the Riley Outpatient Center working primarily with pediatric dialysis and transplant patients along with transitioning adolescents. There will be close collaboration with various medical treatment teams including physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, dieticians, nursing education specialists and other ancillary therapies.
Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health is ranked as one of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals in 10 out of 10 specialties in US News and World Report. Similarly, our multidisciplinary pediatric nephrology team is the only provider of comprehensive evaluation and treatment for children with kidney disease or failure. As a clinical track faculty member with the Indiana University School of Medicine, there are expectations of: teaching on service, participation in departmental educational endeavors, and encouragement to participate in scholarly pursuits.
The Department of Pediatrics at IUSM/Riley Hospital for Children is a 398-member faculty that is consistently within the top 10 pediatric departments in NIH funded research in the United States and has 19 Fellowship programs. There is a new large pediatric clinical research center, a new pediatric outpatient center dedicated to general pediatrics and neurodevelopment related divisions in pediatrics, genetics, and psychiatry. There are also State-of-the-art laboratories in a dedicated pediatric research building, a clinical research center, a well-functioning biobank, six T32 fellow training grants and one K12s that support research in the Department. Our nationally recognized Division of Children’s Health Research is available for collaboration and as a resource for combined fellowships with the pediatric hospitalist program. The Department also has research relationships with the Regenstrief Institute in Health Informatics. Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Neuroradiology are strong research partners.
IU School of Medicine is the largest medical school in the country with more than 20,000 living alumni and 3,000 learners. Its diverse faculty is made up of 2,700 full-time members and 3,200 volunteer faculty who are responsible for training medical, graduate and postgraduate students. IU School of Medicine is the only allopathic medical school in Indiana. In addition to the flagship campus in Indianapolis, the school has eight campuses in communities that range from urban hubs like Gary to rural communities such as Terre Haute, allowing learners to experience medicine in all settings.
IUSM is committed to being an institution that reflects the learners we teach and the patient populations we serve and pursues the values of equity and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We desire candidates whose work contributes to equitable and inclusive learning and working environments for our learners, staff, and faculty. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to improve health equity and well-being for all throughout the state of Indiana.