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Psychiatrist (Neurodiversity/ASD Specialist
  • Job Number: 24601
  • Functional Area: Health Care
  • Department: MIT Health
  • School Area: Executive Vice President
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
  • Schedule:


Posting Description

PSYCHIATRIST (NEURODIVERSITY/ASD SPECIALIST), MIT Health, is responsible for providing autism and neurodiversity informed individual counseling, group therapy, initial assessments, crisis intervention, outreach and referral services to graduate and undergraduate students; serving as an expert on neurodiversity to colleagues within MIT Health, providing education through case conferences and clinical seminars as well as consultations, and to key stakeholders throughout the campus community; providing direct clinical services to our general undergraduate and graduate student population, including urgent care and crisis intervention, psychological evaluations, time-limited individual and group psychotherapeutic treatment, on call services, campus liaison, outreach, mental health education, and community referral services; providing consultation services to our embedded behavioral health program which serves faculty and staff as well as supervision to postdoctoral psychology fellows and residents; serving as the expert consultant on external sources of referral and support options for our student population; and working closely with our campus colleagues in Disability and Access Services (DAS) to provide an integrated approach to supporting neurodivergent students.

Find a full job description here: https://medical.mit.edu/jobs.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: PhD, PsyD, and/or MD and advanced licensure by the Massachusetts Board of Registration; a minimum of three years of related experience with a least three years of acceptable clinical experience or completion of a fellowship in college mental health or related area; valid Massachusetts licensure or license eligible; advanced understanding of the full range of developmental and mental health challenges affecting late adolescents and young adults; and evidence of experience in working with severe and persistent mental illness, patients and/or on a psychiatric inpatient unit, or the functional equivalent. Job #24601-13

Salary range: $225K-$255K

11/15/2024