Career Opportunities

Careers and Training

The Dirksen Center is a well-established and growing practice focused on patients 18 months-23 years of age located in Arlington Heights, IL, a near-northwest suburb of Chicago. Currently, DCN staff includes 5 doctoral-level psychologists (3 neuropsychologists, 2 child psychologists), technicians, students, administrative staff, and practice managers. Additionally, our child psychologists see patients in a pediatric primary care setting. Staff at DCN enjoy an active, supportive, and collegial environment with frequent interaction among referring colleagues and clinicians, including a journal club that meets monthly, weekly staffings, and an open-door policy to facilitate collaboration. Administrative support for scheduling, billing, insurance verification, and insurance paneling/credentialing is in place. Technician support for testing and scoring is available. Compensation is competitive, and licensed providers have the option to work as an employee or independent (1099) contractor. Employee benefits include health insurance, funding for CEs, retirement savings through IL Secure Choice, generous PTO in addition to 9 paid holidays, protected time for self-study, schedule flexibility, and technician support for test administration and scoring. DCN had invested in robust and secure IT, and in many cases, clinicians are able to securely work from a home office.

The Dirksen Center for Neurobehavioral Health is hoping to add to our group! Openings are below. We encourage you to apply or reach out with any questions.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Neuropsychology

The Dirksen Center for Neurobehavioral Health (DCN) invites applications for postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology.

Fellows typically complete 2-4 assessments per week, depending on level of training, and conduct all parts of the assessment from initial parent interview/history through feedback session and report writing. At least one hour of weekly individual supervision is required; more supervision is available as needed and encouraged. Didactic components depend on the needs/interests of the trainee but typically include review of neurodevelopment and behavior, neuroanatomy, literature reviews specific to clinical cases, frequent discussion of ethics and for those interested, an introduction to the business of running a practice.

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Postdoctoral Fellow, Child Psychology

The Dirksen Center for Neurobehavioral Health (DCN) invites applications for postdoctoral fellowship in child and adolescent psychology.

Fellows work in a traditional outpatient setting as well as a pediatric primary care setting. Case load varies, but fellows carry 10-12 cases depending on the frequency and type of treatment. In addition to individual and family therapy, fellows complete 1 comprehensive assessment each week. Assessment includes developmental and neuropsychological evaluations for patients with a variety of medical conditions as well as referrals pertaining to ASD, ADHD, developmental delay, or learning disorder without underlying medical factors.

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Child Psychologist

The Dirksen Center for Neurobehavioral Health (DCN) seeks a licensed clinical psychologist (or immediately license-eligible in IL) to provide therapy, and for those interested assessment, for children and adolescents in private practice and primary care consultative settings. Therapists currently work alongside pediatricians and DCN neuropsychologists to provide outpatient intervention for children, adolescents, and families in our main office and in the offices of our partner pediatricians in Crystal Lake, IL. The most frequent referrals pertain to anxiety, ADHD, depression, parent training, behavioral difficulties, sleep issues, and feeding/eating concerns.

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Clinical Neuropsychologist (Pediatric or Lifespan)

The Dirksen Center for Neurobehavioral Health (DCN) seeks a licensed (or immediately license-eligible in IL) Pediatric or Lifespan Neuropsychologist to provide neuropsychological assessments to children, adolescents, and young adults. Neuropsychologists currently work alongside pediatricians and DCN child psychologists to provide outpatient assessments for children, adolescents, and young adults in our main office in Arlington Heights, IL.

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Pre-Doctoral trainees and Practicum students

The Dirksen Center for Neurobehavioral Health (DCN) offers a one-year advanced practicum position in pediatric neuropsychological assessment; dates are flexible. DCN has 3 neuropsychologists who have completed specialized training in neuropsychology, including 2-year fellowships in clinical neuropsychology.

The main focus of the neuropsychology practicum is to provide doctoral students in clinical psychology experience with neuropsychological assessment with a variety of clinical presentations. The student will learn a variety of neuropsychological and psychological tests, discuss how data relate to medical/neurologic status, obtain clinical experience with various patient populations and ages, hone report writing skills, and draft appropriate recommendations treatment and educational planning. Additionally, the student will have the option of participating in an early developmental clinic, which runs twice monthly, for assessment of children ages 18 months – 4 years.

The student will be trained in the standardized assessment of a variety of neuropsychological instruments and will participate in test selection, clinical interview, test administration, interpretation of data, report writing, and feedback under the supervision of one or more of our clinical neuropsychologists.

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