Benefits

Salary will be at least $67,000 for Year 1 and typically increases annually. Children’s National Hospital offers an excellent employee benefits package. Postdoctoral fellows receive four weeks of paid time off (vacation), nine paid holidays and sick leave. We provide a professional expense stipend of $1,500 for conference travel, books, etc., and cover fees for licensure when related to your position at Children’s National. The hospital offers a selection of health insurance plans, dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, 100% paid parental leave, life and disability insurance and more. Postdoctoral fellows who take parental or medical leave of up to 12 weeks are typically able to complete the fellowship on time if they are full-time employees and meet the program exit criteria. Learn more about all employee benefits.

At our main office location in Rockville, fellows have individual private offices with large windows, ample free parking and free use of an exercise room in the building. Fellows receive the support of psychometrists for their testing cases. We maintain scoring and statistical analysis software and provide online access to library resources including full-text journals.