Jobs at Kennedy Krieger Institute

Provides statewide school health consultation, training, and educational resources for students with special health care needs. Partners with schools and state agencies on research and evidence-based guidance, trains school personnel in complex pediatric care and medical devices, and manages online clinical education resources.

Provides neurological and developmental care to children, adolescents, and adults with neurodevelopmental, musculoskeletal, and related disorders. Responsibilities include patient care across inpatient and outpatient settings, staff teaching, research, administration, and development of expanded care services. Board eligibility or certification in Neurology is required, while clinical neurophysiology experience is preferred.

Provides research and administrative support for psychiatric and developmental disability studies. Responsibilities include recruiting and screening research participants, maintaining study databases and data quality, scheduling meetings, preparing reports and visualizations, updating recruitment materials, assisting with literature reviews, manuscripts, grant applications, psychological testing, eye-tracking protocols, fMRI scans, and meeting documentation.

Supports clinical trials and research studies involving neurological, neurogenetic, neurodevelopmental, and psychiatric conditions. Responsibilities include IRB and regulatory submissions, participant recruitment and scheduling, study procedure coordination, data management and analysis, sponsor and collaborator communication, documentation, reimbursements, inventory, billing, and standard operating procedure development.

Provides direct rehabilitation medical care to children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities and varied impairments. Collaborates with multidisciplinary specialists to coordinate comprehensive evaluations and treatment, teaches medical trainees, contributes to program development, and may participate in clinical research and adaptive sports initiatives. The role offers potential Johns Hopkins faculty appointment and opportunities for advancement.

Provides specialized clinical care for children with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions, including diagnostic evaluations, developmental testing, neurological assessment, and medication management. Collaborates with families and interdisciplinary specialists, develops individualized care plans, teaches trainees, and contributes to research, program development, and quality improvement. The role includes a Johns Hopkins faculty appointment and requires NDD training with expertise in developmental pediatrics and neurology.

Provides neuropsychological assessments, interprets test results, prepares diagnostic reports, and develops management or rehabilitation plans for children and young adults. Conducts intake interviews, participates in interdisciplinary case conferences, communicates findings to families and caregivers, may provide short-term counseling, enters assessment data and reports into databases and the EHR, and supports clinical initiatives while maintaining documentation and productivity standards.

Provides neuropsychological assessments, psychological consultation, intervention, diagnostic reporting, and caregiver education for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Supervises psychologists, psychology associates, and trainees; leads case conferences; conducts intakes; develops clinical initiatives; teaches courses and workshops; maintains clinical documentation and enters evaluation results into department databases and EPIC.

Collects and analyzes patient behavior data, maintains graphs and treatment records, supports behavioral assessments and therapy sessions, assists with parent and staff training, prepares treatment environments, provides direct patient care, and temporarily assumes primary therapist responsibilities when needed.

Conduct neurogenetics research on neuronal injury mechanisms in developing brains. Responsibilities include managing transgenic mouse colonies, performing rodent experiments and surgeries, tissue processing, histology, imaging, microscopy, data analysis, experiment planning, and scientific presentations. The role requires laboratory independence, accurate recordkeeping, collaboration, and compliance with animal-care protocols.

Provides clinical behavior-analytic services for preschool-aged children with autism, including behavioral assessments, individualized intervention plans, data analysis, caregiver coaching, staff supervision, case management, documentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The role requires BCBA certification, Maryland behavior analyst licensure, supervisor training, and a relevant master’s degree.

Supports patient accounting by posting electronic payments, reconciling cash and adjustment accounts, analyzing payer issues, maintaining work queues, resolving Epic payment errors, locating payment documentation, and preparing finance reports. The role also assists with payment posting procedures, NPI updates, inquiries, discrepancy resolution, and departmental projects.

Performs outpatient polysomnographic and neurophysiological studies, including patient preparation, electrode and sensor setup, physiological monitoring, event scoring, data review, and report preparation. Maintains study quality, equipment, records, and laboratory inventory while following AASM protocols. Educates patients and families, supports research and clinical studies, assists physicians with interpretation, and coordinates technical matters with emergency medicine staff.

Performs financial analysis, budgeting, accounting, reconciliations, expense and salary tracking, reporting, invoicing, purchase order processing, and reimbursement reviews for medical programs. Maintains financial databases, investigates discrepancies, processes adjustments, supports clinic reporting, monitors clinical service agreement invoices, assists with budget development, and contributes to special projects.

Verifies patient insurance coverage, benefits, referrals, authorizations, and pre-certifications; estimates self-pay responsibilities; collects and updates demographic information; documents payer and patient details in registration and information systems; communicates with patients, families, providers, finance, and clinical teams; forwards supporting documentation; and maintains accurate logs and data entry to support billing, collections, and regulatory compliance.

Collects and analyzes patient behavior data, maintains graphs, supports behavioral assessments and treatment sessions, implements prescribed protocols, assists with parent and staff training, and provides direct patient care for pediatric feeding disorders. The specialist also prepares session materials, supports research activities, follows safe patient-handling procedures, and may assume primary therapist responsibilities temporarily.

Evaluates patients’ educational histories, academic abilities, and learning needs within an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team. Develops educational recommendations, treatment and transition plans, reports, and placement guidance; consults with families, schools, and community agencies; supports IEP and 504 planning; coordinates educational resources and follow-up; participates in interdisciplinary meetings, training, outpatient consultations, program development, and research.

Conduct independent neuroscience research on social behavior circuits in rodent brains. Design and perform experiments, analyze datasets, create statistical visualizations, present findings, develop original research ideas, train laboratory personnel, troubleshoot experiments, and contribute to manuscripts and interdisciplinary scientific discussions.

Provides psychiatric care to children, adolescents, and families, including those with neurodevelopmental disabilities. The role may include clinical practice, teaching, research, and interdisciplinary program development. Candidates must be board eligible or certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and licensed or eligible for licensure in Maryland.

Provides administrative and purchasing support for a CASSI clinic, including invoices, reimbursements, supplies, inventory, calendars, communications, facilities requests, events, and records. Supports families as a backup playroom attendant, monitors hygiene and refrigerator temperatures for Joint Commission standards, manages laundry, and assists with clinic merchandise and business card orders.