GI-emphasis Phoenix Children's PostDoc Residency-Fellowship & Virtual Open House

12 Dec 2023    

We invite you to participate in our upcoming virtual Open House to meet our training faculty and learn more about our ’24-’25 post-doctoral fellowship.

Virtual Open House:

Date: 1/8/23

Time: 5:30 - 6:30pm (Arizona time)/ 7:30-8:30pm (Eastern)

Please email Sande Hogan - shogan2@phoenixchildrens.com<mailto:shogan2@phoenixchildrens.com> to be placed on our registration list to get the Zoom info beforehand.

Please let me know if you have any questions!


Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Residency (Fellowship) at Phoenix Children’s Hospital - GI emphasis



The Pediatric Psychology program at Phoenix Children's Hospital is pleased to announce a one-year postdoctoral fellowship/residency in pediatric psychology for the 2024-2025 academic year.  This fellowship offers the unique opportunity to hone skills necessary to be successful in the role as a pediatric psychologist. Phoenix Children’s Postdoctoral Training program is designed to create a natural progression from internship to the professional skills necessary for independent functioning as a licensed psychologist.  The emphasis of the ’24-’25 post-doctoral experience will focus on multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary care within the Division of Gastroenterology at Phoenix Children’s.



Phoenix Children’s Gastroenterology Division is listed in U.S. News and World Reports as one of the Best Children’s Hospitals for Gastroenterology & GI Surgery. Working along experts in the pediatric medical field, our post-doctoral resident-fellow, will have opportunities to focus on specific disorders (e.g., participation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Intensive Feeding Clinics) that offer a range of clinical outpatient experiences. As a large medical system within metropolitan Phoenix, travel to satellite locations in greater Phoenix area may be included as part of training experience. Graduate level educational programming is vital to Phoenix Children’s, and as such, the post-doctoral fellowship will also offer opportunities for supervision of pre-doctoral level students.



Phoenix Children’s is a member of the Arizona Psychology Training Consortium (AZPTC). Our postdoctoral resident-fellows participate in a unique multiagency training model that provides monthly didactic programming that cover a range of topics - ethics, research, consultation, and specialized training. The term resident-fellow reflects the terminology used within the AZPTC and in the state of Arizona that “fellows” are titled as residents. Within the training opportunities of AZPTC, travel across the beautiful state of Arizona is required to attend the training events held at various training sites. Residents will be driving to Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, and other locations. AZPTC is a postdoctoral residency member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). The residency program is not APA-accredited.


Phoenix Children’s is located in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, currently, the fifth largest city in the United States. Our patient populations include children from the entire Southwest region of the United States. Arizona is home to a population of 7.08M people with 20.5% reporting Spanish as their household’s dominant language. Phoenix Children’s fellowship is dedicated to providing training opportunities in Spanish.  These experiences include the ability to conduct evaluations, consultations, and treatment in Spanish. Resident-Fellows will be encouraged to participate in Phoenix Children’s Mental Health Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative among the various opportunities for participation within the Division of Psychology.  Phoenix Children’s Psychology Division is committed that all individuals and groups are welcomed, supported, respected, and valued as integral to our community.



Clinical Experiences:

At least 40% of the fellow / resident’s time will be spent in direct service.



Primary experience: (50-75 % of supervised experience):

Gastroenterology (GI) clinics:

  *   Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinic
     *   Multidisciplinary clinic
     *   Follow-up services to address pain and/or adherence – most often needle phobia is the barrier
  *   Feeding Clinic
     *   Multidisciplinary clinic evaluations
     *   Intensive feeding therapy follow-ups
     *   Opportunity for co-treatment with feeding therapy providers
  *   General GI cases for evaluation and follow-up
  *   Cases present with a full spectrum of issues, including depression, anxiety, feeding issues, non-adherence, and managing school/ job/relationships
  *   Developing and conducting groups for patients and families will also be an option.



Exposure experiences (<20% of supervised experience):

Required:

On-call Service:

  *   participate 6 to 8 times per year (with a faculty member) in the weekend on-call service to the medical floors (rarely in the Emergency Department).

Outpatient Therapy cases

  *   Additional outpatient therapy with medical patients with co-occurring emotional/behavioral problems.

Advocacy Project:

  *   Develop mentored expertise in social media, providing media interviews, producing blog and vlog posts.
  *   Purpose of this project is to promote psychological science in ways that are easily understandable to the public.



Other options exposure experiences available:

Consultation & Liaison Inpatient Service – One day dedicated to C/L work across the hospital

Setting (5 to 6 month rotation).

Comfort Ability Program (CAP) workshop

  *   Co-lead programming designed to support adolescents, their parents/caregivers in evidence-based strategies to manage chronic or persistent pain and other forms of discomfort.



Additional expectations:

Umbrella Supervision:

Resident will take on a peer supervision role for the current pediatric psychology intern and/or practicum student(s).

Supervision for the patients will ultimately be the responsibility of a licensed clinical psychologist on staff.

Bilingual (Spanish-English) supervision is available for bilingual candidates.





Didactics:

Our program is a member of the Arizona Psychology Training Consortium . As such, Fellows/Residents are required to attend regularly scheduled monthly didactic training as provided by the AZPTC.



These will be supplemented with the Phoenix Children’s Postdoctoral Seminar focused on professional issues such as contract negotiation, working with the Board of Psychologist Examiners, passing the EPPP (and EPPP-2 in Arizona), mentoring, and advanced topics in supervision.



Optional experience:

In addition, there may be opportunities for scholarly inquiry and quality improvement projects.





Benefits:

Include but are not limited to:

  *   Stipend of $55,000
  *   Paid Time Off (PTO)
  *   2 wellness half-days that are not counted against PTO
  *   Travel Days for conference attendance
  *   Education stipend for licensure preparation, conference attendance, travel
  *   Health- and related Insurances: dental, disability, life



How to Apply:

Please send all inquiries regarding this position to Dr. Arie Zakaryan at azakaryan@phoenixchildrens.com<mailto:azakaryan@phoenixchildrens.com>

Applications will be evaluated as they are received. Deadline for submission is Friday, December 15.

We anticipate interviews will begin in late January. Phoenix Children’s follows the APPIC Postdoctoral Selection Guidelines with offers being made on the Common Hold Date in late February.



Required materials:

  1.  Cover letter
     *   Describe clinical and training interests
     *   Describe professional goals
     *   Elaborate on prompts listed below, see “Additional Instructions”

3) Current CV

4) Copy of graduate school transcript

5) Verification from your Director of Clinical Training that you are on track for completing the program prior to August

6) Three letters of recommendation



Send application materials to Dr. Zakaryan; as well as the Training Director of the Arizona Psychology Training Consortium, Elizabeth Capps-Conkle, Psy.D., drcappsconkle@gmail.com<mailto:drcappsconkle@gmail.com>







Post-Doctoral Residency/Fellowship Application – Additional Instructions:

Thank you for your interest in applying to Phoenix Children’s Post-Doctoral Residency/Fellowship.





Additionally, Psychology Training Program Directors request that applicants consider the following in their personal statements.



Phoenix Children’s is dedicated to improving the health and lives of all children in our community – not just the ones we see as patients. When you look at factors like poverty, education and health status, Arizona ranks 41st in the nation. This underscores the need for progressive and far-reaching programs that impact as many children as possible. We recognize, affirm, and celebrate the diverse backgrounds, lives, and experiences of all our families, volunteers, and staff. We are dedicated to developing a diverse clinician workforce that reflects the communities in which we work as paramount to meeting Phoenix children’s mission of providing hope, healing and the best health care for children and their families.



  *   Share how the statements above resonate with your past experience.