Psychology Fellowship Program

Psychology Fellowship Program

Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Psychology Fellowship Program offers post-doctoral fellowship programs with an emphasis in the areas of pediatric health psychology, clinical neuropsychology, or clinical child & adolescent psychology.
Fellows will be participating in clinical activities, in both the inpatient and outpatient setting, as well as participate in area-appropriate specialty Multidisciplinary Clinics, providing inpatient consultations and interventions, as well as follow-up care. Fellows in all programs will be able to participate in research opportunities, and will be involved in the training of medical students and APA interns and practicum students.

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Pediatric Health Fellowship Track

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology- Consultation-Liaison service, Outpatient Pediatric clinics, and Outpatient Therapy / Assessment

Consultation Liaison Service (with an emphasis on Hematology/ Oncology and Endocrinology)
The fellow will be expected to provide hospital-wide consultation and intervention for patients admitted to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. The postdoctoral fellow will provide inpatient consultation and intervention to hospitalized children and families, as well as outpatient follow-up care.

Consultations are completed for Hematology/ Oncology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, PICU, and Hospitalist Medicine teams. Participating in medical rounds and specific meetings and clinics with Hematology/ Oncology as well as Endocrinology is required.

Outpatient Pediatric Clinics, Therapy, and Assessment
The fellow will be expected to participate in Diabetes Clinic, Late Effects Clinic, Headache Clinic, IBD Clinic, as well as, Neurogenetics Clinic, Neuromuscular Clinic, Rare Chromosome Clinic, Network Clinic, and Pediatric Health Clinic. Outpatient therapy and assessment cases will also be assigned.

Specific training in pediatric psychology and consultation/liaison service delivery is required. Supervision and training for pediatric health interns (from our APA-accredited internship), advanced practicum students, and medical residents is also expected. Research involvement is encouraged for submission of posters and papers in national conferences.

Psych. Graduates

How to Apply

All applicants should possess a doctoral degree from an APA-accredited program and internship in clinical child psychology and/or pediatric psychology. Specific training in pediatric psychology and consultation/liaison service delivery is required. Please specify the fellowship you are applying to on your cover letter. Applicants should have a background in behavioral, as well as cognitive-behavioral assessment/treatment, and various experiences in clinical child and/or pediatric psychology. In addition, experiences with culturally and linguistically competent approaches to testing and intervention are necessary. Stipend is $65,998, paid biweekly, with a benefits package, including medical and dental insurance.

Applicants should send a CV, letter of interest, graduate transcript, and three letters of recommendation to the APPA CAS portal for Nicklaus Children’s Hospital/ Pediatric Health Track.

Deadline for applications is December 10, 2026. Start date is August or September 2027 (depending on internship completion date).

Interviews will be arranged after initial screening of applications. Virtual interviews will be offered for all tracks. Interested candidates will also have the option of attending an in-person hospital tour and meeting with faculty after virtual interviews are completed (by invitation only). Once fellows are selected, the following will be required before start date: electronic application for new employees, CPR AED certification (from the American Heart Association), background check, health screening, and hospital orientation/ training modules.

Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology Track

The Department of Psychology at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce the availability of TWO 12-month postdoctoral fellowship positions for Child and Adolescent Outpatient Therapy and Psychological Assessment. Both fellows participate in the following:

Outpatient Psychological Treatment

The fellow will be expected to provide psychotherapy services to children and adolescents with a wide range of emotional and behavioral disorders.

Treatment activities will focus on family, systemic, behavioral, and cognitive-behavioral interventions for youth and their families presenting with a diverse set of clinical issues, such as ADHD, depression, anxiety, social-pragmatic communication disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Patients are typically seen after discharge from the inpatient psychiatric unit, and have severe mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders that cause serious functional impairment that interferes with or limits one or more major life activities.

Disorders seen include mood, anxiety, behavioral, and psychotic disorders (i.e., bipolar, major depression, generalized anxiety, posttraumatic stress, ADHD, ODD, and schizoaffective).

Participation in psycho-educational groups for parent management training and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy informed skills group is also expected. Fellows also participate in ADHD Clinic at the main hospital.

Outpatient Psychological Assessment

The fellow will be expected to provide assessment services to children and adolescents presenting with various neurodevelopmental and mood disorders.

Assessment services include psycho-educational assessments and psychological / personality assessments. Assessment duties will include the use of a range of assessment tools including intellectual and educational measures, objective measures, self-report measures, and at times projective inventories, with most evaluations including assessment of the child’s developmental level as well as cognitive, behavioral, social and emotional functioning.

Fellows are involved in all aspects of testing, including intakes, administration, report writing, feedback sessions, as well as consultations with other professionals (e.g., psychiatry, speech pathologists, school staff, neurologists).

How to Apply

All applicants should possess a doctoral degree from an APA-accredited program and internship in clinical child psychology and/or pediatric psychology. Please specify the fellowship you are applying to on your cover letter. Applicants should have a background in behavioral, as well as cognitive-behavioral assessment/treatment, and various experiences in clinical child and/or pediatric psychology. In addition, experiences with culturally and linguistically competent approaches to testing and intervention are necessary. Stipend is $65,998, paid biweekly, with a benefits package, including medical and dental insurance.

Applicants should send a CV, letter of interest, graduate transcript, and three letters of recommendation to the APPA CAS portal.

Deadline for applications is December 10, 2026. Start date is September 2027 (depending on internship completion date).

For more information contact:

Saneya H. Tawfik, PhD, ABPP, or Rose Alvarez-Salvat, PhD, ABPP
Department of Psychology
Phone: 305-669-6503
Email: saneya.tawfik@nicklaushealth.org / rose.alvarez-salvat@nicklaushealth.org
You may also contact psychologytraining@nicklaushealth.org