Pediatric Testing Psychologist
Full-time, On-site with Bloom Pediatrics in Birmingham, MI
Company Description
Bloom Pediatrics is a patient and community-focused practice located in Birmingham, Bloomfield, Southfield, and Detroit. The practice has a team of over 20 doctors and providers and over 100 total employees. Bloom Pediatrics provides compassionate care 7 days a week for patients and their families and actively participates in community engagement. As our practice continues to grow, we are seeking a pediatric assessment psychologist to join our team at our Birmingham office. This is an opportunity to provide comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological evaluations for children and adolescents within a pediatric primary care setting. As part of our collaborative care model, you will work closely with our pediatricians and other healthcare providers to help families better understand their children’s cognitive, learning, behavioral, and emotional needs and guide appropriate treatment and support.
Role Description
The primary responsibility of this position is to conduct comprehensive, developmentally appropriate psychological and neuropsychological evaluations for children and adolescents, generally ages 3–18. The psychologist will assess cognitive functioning, attention, executive functioning, learning and academic concerns, memory, and social-emotional functioning to support diagnostic clarification and individualized recommendations.
The psychologist will be responsible for conducting intake interviews, reviewing developmental and medical histories, selecting and administering appropriate assessment batteries, interpreting findings, providing diagnostic impressions, preparing comprehensive evaluation reports, and meeting with families to review results and recommendations. Evaluations may address concerns involving attention and executive functioning, learning and academic performance, cognitive development, memory, social interactions, and emotional or behavioral difficulties, etc.
Coordination of care with our team of physicians and nurse practitioners is central to this role. The psychologist will collaborate with primary care providers to support diagnostic clarification, communicate clinically relevant findings, and guide referrals and follow-up care. The role may also involve coordination with schools, educational professionals, therapists, and other specialists to help ensure that recommendations are relevant and actionable.
This position is primarily focused on psychological testing, interpretation, report writing, and feedback to families, but may also include opportunities to provide therapy services depending on clinician interest.
Qualifications:
- Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) or Master’s degree (M.A. or M.S.) in clinical psychology, school psychology, neuropsychology, or a related field from an accredited program.
- Must hold, or be eligible for, appropriate licensure in the state of Michigan as a psychologist (LP or LLP).
- Specialized training and experience in pediatric psychological and/or neuropsychological assessment.
- Experience administering, scoring, and interpreting standardized psychological and neuropsychological measures for children and adolescents.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate concerns related to ADHD, executive functioning, learning difficulties, developmental differences, memory, and emotional or behavioral functioning.
- Strong knowledge of child development, differential diagnosis, and evidence-based assessment practices.
- Ability to integrate test results, clinical history, behavioral observations, and information from parents, teachers, and other providers into comprehensive, clearly written reports.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex assessment findings and diagnostic impressions to children, adolescents, parents, and caregivers in an accessible, compassionate manner.
- Ability to develop practical, individualized recommendations for families, schools, and healthcare providers.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage the evaluation process, including test administration, scoring, interpretation, report completion, and feedback sessions.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Other Requirements:
- Must be willing to receive annual flu vaccine.
- Willingness to accommodate some afternoon, evening, or weekend appointments as needed to meet family scheduling needs.
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
How To Apply:
Please send your resume to Cecelia Watry: cwatry@bloompediatricsmi.com.
