Behavior Specialist: Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego, ranked by Parent Magazine as one of the 25 best children's hospitals in the country, has embarked upon one of the most amazing and ambitious new projects in our 55-year history - a new Patient Care Pavilion scheduled to open in the Fall of 2010.

As the region's only pediatric trauma center and the only area hospital dedicated solely to pediatric care, we are committed to creating a stronger future for children in San Diego and everywhere.

Join Rady Children's and reach new heights in your career!

JOB SUMMARY:

Behavior Specialist

JOB SUMMARY:

Under general supervision provides screening, assessment, and/or treatment support for children zero through middle school age and their families. Serves as a liaison with community referral sources including physicians' offices and/or other treatment professionals to facilitate clinical and treatment options. Provides educational information to patients, parents and families, and community agencies regarding treatment modalities. Responds differentially to children based upon the child's age, understanding of the child's developmental level/abilities/disabilities, and cultural considerations. Provides marketing and administrative support to program by producing flyers, handouts and training materials and entering case related documentation into computer. Maintains case files per the hospital standards. Ability to bill private insurances for treatment services provided, when applicable.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Master's degree in related discipline

4 years experience in field related to area of specialty

Demonstrated competency in varied treatment modalities for children with special needs

Computer skills sufficient to perform data entry, production of educational materials and word processing

License or certification that would allow for insurance billing

For non-grant funded programs, BCBA, MFT, LCSW, or other license/certification that would allow for insurance billing

For grant-funded programs, experience in or training in evidenced based parent training such as Redirecting Children's Behavior (RCB) or Incredible Years (IY)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Greater than 5 years of directly related experience

Bilingual English/Spanish

EOE/M/F/D/V