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Postdoctoral Fellow - Psychology

Children's National Hospital
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 8/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/21/2026
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Department

10172 Prenatal Pediatrics Physician

Pay Range

$40,000.00 - $150,000.00

The Postdoctoral Fellow Psychology will provide clinical services for patients and families of patients, including assessment, consultation, psychological testing, brief psychotherapy, and when indicated, longer-term therapy, and behavioral interventions.

Minimum Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or PsyD in accredited program, or all doctoral requirements completed (including dissertation successfully defended and predoctoral clinical internship successfully completed) within 90 days of date of hire. (Required)

Minimum Work Experience

3 years (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge

Training in evidenced-based psychological interventions.

Required Licenses And Certifications

Register with District of Columbia for supervision by licensed psychologist as requirement toward licensure. .

Two thousand hours post-degree

Functional Accountabilities

conferral required prior to obtaining license in D.C. (Preferred)

Customer Service

  • Provide caregiver guidance and psychotherapy to youth and their families.
  • Complete psychological evaluations of youth and consult with family members, educational advocates and schools as needed.
  • Provide mental health consultation to patients and their medical providers.

Teamwork/ Communication

  • Contribute to multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive care to clients.
  • Document services performed in the EMR systems.
  • Collect data as needed for program.
  • Participate in grant reporting requirements.

Problem Solving

  • Work with team to ensure compliance with grant expectations and requirements.

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children’s National believes an individual’s base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children’s National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual’s combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children’s National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.

Salary : $40,000 - $150,000

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