Senior Psychometrist

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Job Title:

Senior Psychometrist

Department:

Medicine | Psychiatry

Scope of Position: The OSUMC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Neuropsychology Clinic evaluates adults with cognitive concerns. Neuropsychological tests measure cognitive skills such as memory, problem-solving, information processing, attention, and psychomotor speed. These evaluations are a critical part of the long-term management of patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders (e.g., traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, mood disorders, and others). Non-clinical evaluations are also sometimes completed, which may relate to issues such as disability status.

Under the general supervision of the Neuropsychologist, Psychometrist 3 administers on-on-one neuropsychological test batteries to individual patients using approved criteria and standards. Discuss and summarize results with the attending neuropsychologist. Serve as a member of the neuropsychology clinic. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Administering one-on-one neuropsychological test batteries to individual patients.
• Scoring the neuropsychological tests.
• Administer neuropsychological tests, collaborating with medical interpreters or non-English speaking patients.
• Reports raw test scores to supervising neuropsychologist behavioral observations and assists in interpreting results.
• Maintains and updates neuropsychological measures documentation and procedures manuals.
• May recruit subjects or assist in research study efforts.
• Participation in weekly team meetings
• Performs other duties as necessary.
• Acclimate new neuropsychology graduate students, interns, and fellows to the clinic operation procedures.

• Provide general clinical orientation of Psychometrist role and training of new psychometrist.
• Periodically review and ensure timeliness, accuracy, and overall quality of patient files of graduate students, interns, and psychometrists (those in Psychometrist 1 and Psychometrist 2 positions).
• Participate in improving organizational performance through recommending areas or approaches for improvement activities, performing new procedures, collecting data and providing input to clinical discussions.

Minimum Education Required: Bachelor's Level Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience with a Major in psychology. Two years of relevant experience required.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Psychology or a related field (e.g., neuroscience). Previous experience in the administration of psychological/neuropsychological tests as a psychometrist is required.

Additional Information:

Location:

Olentangy River Rd, 3650 (2520)

Position Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

40

Shift:

First Shift

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