Pediatrics Physician

Clinic is seeking a BE/BC Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrician to provide evaluations, counseling, and treatment for children, adolescents, and their families with a wide range of developmental and behavioral difficulties. Center strives to eliminate health disparities and improve the health and well-being of the community.

Duties:

• As a member of the assessment team, conduct relevant physical, developmental, and emotional-behavioral evaluations of children/adolescents between the ages of 18 months and 21 years of age.
• Conduct specialty assessments as needed (e.g., genetic dysmorphology, motor functioning, feeding/diet, sleep).
• Provide treatment services within an interdisciplinary framework including: psychopharmacology for attention deficit, autism spectrum, and anxiety disorders; positive behavioral interventions; parent counseling; participation in desensitization protocols for medical and dental procedures as needed.
• Conduct specialty assessments following training and supervision.
• Standardized informant (parent and teacher) questionnaires and checklists.
• Standardized diagnostic assessments for autism.
• Specialty assessments for ADHD and anxiety.
• Complete 8 to 10 evaluations and 40 medication follow-up appointments a week.
• Attend, present, and consult during weekly meetings of the Autism Center and Evidence-based practice clinical teams.
• Meet with the leaders of the child and adolescent behavioral health team to discuss complex cases and assist in the development of specialized assessment and treatment programs.
• Attend pediatric meetings.
• Consult with the pediatric staff on neurodevelopmental issues/concerns and assist in the transfer of appropriate cases to the Autism Center or the Child Guidance Clinic (CGC).
• Act as a consult to the therapists of the Autism Center and CGC, APRNs who prescribe for children and adolescents in therapy, and on medical issues to the Child First Program.

Benefits:

• Flexible hybrid schedules
• Competitive salaries
• Generous paid time off including 4 weeks vacation, 5 floating holidays, paid company holidays and 10 sick days each year
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with 6% employer contribution
• Paid life and disability insurance
• National Health Services Corp. Loan Repayment

The Community:

Located on the Thames, Shetucket, and Yantic Rivers at the junction of Interstate 395 and Route 2, Norwich is a historic city that provides its residents easy access to Hartford, New Haven, and the shoreline. It s a 40-minute commute to Hartford, an hour s commute to New Haven, and 30 minutes to Mystic. It is one of the more affordable communities to own a house in Connecticut.

One of Connecticut s two National Scenic Byways, Route 169, begins at the junction of Routes 2 and 32. Route 169, sometimes called the General Israel Putnam Highway, runs north from Norwich to the Massachusetts state line. Along the highway, motorists will find Colonial and Victorian homes, fall foliage, barns, and historical sites.

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