Summary:
The Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician (DBP) provides specialized medical, developmental, and behavioral evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing clinical management for infants, children, and adolescents with suspected or diagnosed Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), developmental delays, intellectual and developmental disabilities, ADHD, learning disorders, behavioral concerns, and other complex neurodevelopmental conditions.

The Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician serves as a core medical provider and clinical leader on the multidisciplinary outpatient team. The physician integrates the child's medical history, prenatal and birth history, developmental functioning, behavior, physical findings, family history, psychological assessment, communication abilities, adaptive functioning, and educational needs to develop a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment plan.

The position emphasizes early identification, family-centered care, culturally responsive practice, trauma-informed care, multidisciplinary assessment, and coordinated treatment, including services for children living in rural and Tribal communities.

Major Responsibilities:

• Obtain comprehensive medical, developmental, behavioral, prenatal, birth, family, and social histories.
• Conduct developmental and behavioral interviews with parents and caregivers.
• Perform appropriate physical and neurological examinations.
• Evaluate developmental milestones and developmental trajectories.
• Review growth patterns, medical conditions, medications, sleep, nutrition, sensory concerns, and neurological symptoms.
• Review previous medical, psychological, educational, speech-language, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and behavioral health evaluations.
• Identify medical conditions that may contribute to or complicate developmental and behavioral symptoms.
• Determine appropriate diagnostic testing, specialty referrals, and treatment recommendations.
• Serve as a key medical member of the multidisciplinary FASD diagnostic team.
• Obtain and review prenatal alcohol exposure history when available.
• Review prenatal exposure to other substances and relevant prenatal risk factors.
• Assess prenatal, birth, neonatal, and developmental histories.
• Conduct appropriate physical examinations.
• Evaluate growth and physical findings when clinically relevant.
• Assess for congenital anomalies and associated medical conditions.
• Review neurobehavioral and developmental assessment findings.
• Integrate findings from psychology, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, behavioral health, and other disciplines.
• Participate in multidisciplinary determination of FASD diagnoses using the diagnostic framework adopted by the program.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case conferences to integrate findings and establish coordinated diagnoses, recommendations, and treatment plans.
• Explain medical and developmental findings to families.
• Develop individualized medical and developmental recommendations.
• Conduct or participate in comprehensive autism evaluations.
• Collaborate with psychology, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, and other disciplines to establish or clarify an autism diagnosis.
• Evaluate children with complex or overlapping presentations and differentiate among conditions.
• Provide ongoing medical management of developmental and behavioral conditions within the physician's scope of practice.
• Managing medications for appropriate developmental and behavioral conditions when clinically indicated.
• Coordinating with psychiatry for children with complex psychiatric needs.
• Support early identification of infants and young children at risk for developmental or neurobehavioral difficulties.
• Develop comprehensive treatment recommendations addressing the child's medical, developmental, behavioral, functional, and family needs.
• Track referrals and follow-up recommendations to reduce gaps in services.
• Provide ongoing contact with families to identify barriers to treatment participation.
• Support program data collection and quality-improvement activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Education Requirements:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from an accredited medical school.
• Completion of an accredited pediatric residency program.
• Completion of fellowship training in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics or equivalent advanced training and experience consistent with organizational credentialing requirements.
• Current or eligible for unrestricted physician licensure in the state where services are provided.
• Board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics.
• Board certification or board eligibility in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics is strongly preferred.
• Current DEA registration when required for assigned responsibilities.
• Current BLS/PALS or other certifications as required by the organization.
• Must meet organizational credentialing and privileging requirements.
• No DWI or other major alcohol or other drug violations within the last 36 months.

Hours of Work:
The hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with one hour for lunch. Chugachmiut maintains a drug/alcohol and non-smoking work environment. Possible nights and weekends as needed. Travel to remote locations by boat, snowmobile, ATV, or small plane is required, and employees must be willing and able to travel.

**Offering a sign-on bonus of $5,000-$10,000 after hire**