Neuropsychometrist - Faculty Practice Neurology - 138971

The incumbent will work as a Psychometrist for UCSD Health Center for Brain Health and Memory Disorders in the Department of Neuroscience. Position has five major components: (1) Independent administration of psychometric measures; (2) Scoring of data generated by testing procedures; (3) Behavioral observation; and (4) Data management that includes data entry and running of various psychometric software scoring programs and (5) assisting in other administrative duties as assigned

• Graduation from college with a major in psychology or a closely related field including training in administering and scoring individual and group psychological tests; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Demonstrated experience in performing independent administration of various psychometric measures, following strictly standardized procedures.

• Demonstrated experience in clinical rating skills and ability to strictly adhere to standardized scoring procedures on multiple tests.

• Demonstrated experience in keeping careful and thorough behavioral notes of patient demeanor during interviews and testing, sufficient for use in making conclusions regarding patient's posture and effort towards test taking.

• Training in administering and scoring individual and group psychological tests.

• Proven ability to summarize and score test data, following specific scoring rules.

• Demonstrated good clinical judgment in instances where proper scoring procedures are liberal or responses are borderline in quality.

• Proven ability to thoroughly and accurately score all test responses and to give proper weight to all relevant responses.

• Skill in extracting relevant items from a random, inexact patient response during relatively unstructured interview situation.

• Demonstrated ability in interviewing complex patients and the ability to accurately hear and record patient responses to test stimuli.

• Demonstrated perseverance in obtaining needed information from patients who are noncommittal or uncooperative to some degree.

• Ability to exercise considerable independent judgment and skill in managing patient scheduling, training of others, scoring, and other duties so that referrals to the neurospychological lab are handled efficiently.

• Proficient in using computer to run software scoring programs, type behavioral notes, and print needed items.

• Proven ability to relate professionally and maintain an appropriate clinical demeanor toward a wide variety of patients, over an extensive (several-hour) period.

• Ability to maintain friendly, helpful, non-obtrusive attitude towards all patients,employing patience and flexibility as needed to successfully conclude all tests scheduled.

• Diligence in planning workload, so that scoring takes place as promptly after testadministration as possible.

• Bilingual skills; ability to administer and score individual and group psychologicaltests both in English and Spanish as needed.

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.
• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.

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