Chief, Neuropsychology

Overview

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Description

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s) and Emory University Department of Pediatrics are seeking a leader with strong clinical and academic leadership experience to serve as Chief, Neuropsychology at Children’s.

Expectations of Leadership

Children’s and its academic partner Emory strive to have a preeminent Neuropsychology program that is recognized for advancing clinical, educational, and scholarly activities with the goal of being a top tier program in all areas. To that end, the Chief will have made noteworthy progress in the following areas within the first 18 to 24 months of his or her tenure:

• Establish oneself as a credible, trusted and highly collaborative clinical team leader among the medical staff and administrative leaders at Children’s through performance as a clinician and a provider leader. It is essential this leader is visible and gain credibility quickly.
• Evaluate the current clinical operations model, provide recommendations collaborating with operational leaders to improve system performance, quality, service excellence, family experience and more efficient ways to meet patient care needs. Consistent performance of care delivery and clinical outcomes will be achieved.
• Define vision and strategies in alignment with Children’s program development, identifying which services are offered, prioritizing resource allocation, and balancing missions of patient care, research, and teaching.
• Establish a “team care” culture within all aspects of Children’s Neuropsychology services and initiatives strengthening the partnership of providers, advanced practice professionals, allied health professionals and staff in delivering outstanding patient centered care.
• Advance clear communication channels with staff within the division and with campus medical directors, program medical directors, and executive leaders resulting in alignment, trust, accountability, and collaborative working relationships in the pursuit of system‑wide collaboration and esprit de corps.
• Maintain an elevated level of scholarly achievement in the Division with continuation of notable clinical research, publications, and national presence.
• Continuing to invest in the effective recruitment of fellows and neuropsychologists, set a favorable tone regarding programmatic strengths and stature, and ensure that we continue to attract the highest caliber trainees.
• Create professional development plans for individual faculty providing access to mentorship and alignment to key mission areas. Focus on the retention and development of neuropsychologists and psychometrists.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee the administrative, professional, clinical, research and educational activities of the specialty or service.
• Oversee the delivery of clinical services in the specialty or service and develop resources related to these services in conjunction with the respective medical directors and administrators.
• Assure appropriate and continuous coverage of inpatient, outpatient, and consultative services at all relevant clinical sites.
• Drive provider alignment through internal and external provider partnerships and relationships.
• Implement continuous improvement, monitoring, and reporting activities for procedures and protocols within the specialty or service.
• Determine rolling plan for the specialty or service, balancing all three missions, as applicable (clinical, academic, research).
• Decide levers for prioritizing achieving quality outcomes in collaboration with quality leader.
• Determine services offered and opportunities for needed program development.
• Determine integrated growth and sustainability strategies for the specialty or service.
• Deliver on Operate with Excellence, encompassing people, patient experience, quality and patient safety, and financial categories.

Candidate Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following credentials:

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology or Doctor of Psychology from an American Psychological Association (APA)/Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) accredited program.
• Completion of a formal postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology, with an emphasis in pediatrics.

Certification Summary

• Board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) or American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN).
• Licensed Psychologist in the state of Georgia.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment.
• Meets eligibility requirements for credentialing as part of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta professional staff.

Experience and Skills

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in direct assessments and care of children with complex medical and neurological conditions.
• In addition to clinical experience, 5-10 years administrative or leadership experience in a pediatric hospital or health care setting.
• Experience building and maintaining partnerships between clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.
• Experience in acquiring philanthropic and governmental program support.
• Ability to unify and galvanize providers within specialty or service.
• Demonstrates transparency by communicating decisions and reasoning early and often.
• Able to resolve issues promptly by removing roadblocks as necessary/appropriate.

Personal Characteristics

• A transformational and strategic leader who can establish an inspiring vision, who is committed to growing and developing clinicians, faculty, staff, and trainees, achieving prestige through the success of the program and its members rather than primarily through his or her own clinical and research work.
• Continually demonstrates excellence in all communications with high energy, enthusiasm, and a professional demeanor. Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• A confident manager with business skills who knows how to achieve challenging performance goals in complex, evolving environments, including balancing his or her own strengths and weaknesses with complementary associates.
• A mentor with strong coaching skills to nurture the development of team members.
• A teacher who enjoys interchange with students, residents, and faculty.
• An individual of the highest integrity with prominent levels of energy, maturity, and flexibility and a reputation for fairness and idealism.
• An approachable and enthusiastic leader who is accessible and visible and who can engage the community for philanthropic support.
• Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; compares data from diverse sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
• Maintains advanced knowledge of medicine, healthcare, and the functions over which this position provides senior‑level leadership.
• Broad, visionary thinker. Keeps the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action, while proactively seeking opportunities with medical staff to lead process improvement in a positive, collaborative manner.

Key Leadership Competencies

• History of successful team development empowering high performance through visionary leadership, delegation, and operational excellence.
• Demonstrates poise and self‑control, establishes credibility, addresses conflict diplomatically and instills a sense of trust and confidence in others.
• A mentor and leader of people who motivates others toward team orientation, open communication, and trust, drives accountability while supporting faculty and staff.
• A role model of personal and professional integrity and a visible leader.
• Demonstrates aptitude for resolving conflict and problem solving.
• A strong communicator and diplomat who can inspire and effectively communicate with wide and diverse audiences at all levels of the organization and externally.
• An ability to inspire and align faculty and staff, both those within the department and those with whom the department interacts.

Children’s Leadership Competencies

Demonstrates Leadership Competencies and excels in Building Organizational Capabilities and Driving Accountability and Empowerment.

• Builds organizational talent.
• Fosters strong relationships.
• Communicate effectively.
• Delivery results drive accountability.
• Develops aligned strategy and thinks as a System.
• Make informed decisions.
• Leads continuous improvement.
• Provides coaching.

Children’s Division of Neuropsychology

At Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Division of Neuropsychology is part of the Neurosciences Center along with Neurology, Neurosurgery and Neurophysiology. Our Neurosciences Center is comprised of all Children’s and Emory Pediatric Institute employed providers. We do not have any private practice or community providers in our Center. We have strong partnerships in our center. In 2023, Neurology and Neurosurgery submitted 50% of the outpatient referrals Neuropsychology received. Our Neuropsychologists also partnered with our Epilepsy Surgery team to conduct over 50 special procedures for our Epilepsy Surgery patient population.

The Division of Neuropsychology provides dedicated consult service to the Scottish Rite Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Program. Children’s program is one of the nation’s largest pediatric programs of its kind. Neuropsychology partners with rehabilitation, social work, child life, psychology and other service providers to provide comprehensive care to our patients and families. Neuropsychology also partners with our Cardiac team to support our Cardiac patients and families through the Cardiac Neurodevelopment Program. In addition, Neuropsychology partners with various other specialties in areas like Concussion, Muscular Dystrophy, Neuroimmunology, Genetics, Early Childhood and Neurodevelopment Follow‑Up clinics.

Additional Information

Employment will be in the Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute. The Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute is an affiliation between Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta that is improving the lives of children in Georgia and beyond. The Pediatric Institute combines the unique strengths and resources of each institution in support of our three‑part academic missions of providing outstanding clinical care, conducting innovative basic science discovery and clinical research, and coordinating exceptional education of the future healthcare workforce.

NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in‑person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.

Additional Details

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