JOB DESCRIPTION: Coordinates and conducts clinical or research activities related to the psychological evaluation and treatment of patients or research participants.

Provides psychological, physiological and/or behavioral assessments of patients.

Administers a variety of neuropsychological tests which require advanced formal education to assess areas such as cognitive functioning, academic skills, personality and emotional development, and behavior.

Develops ideas to facilitate research studies and proposes ideas for new research studies.

Recruits, screens, and conducts clinical evaluations of potential participants.

Assists in determining their eligibility to participate in clinical trials.

Collects, compiles and analyzes data related to various psychological or behavioral studies.

Extracts statistical data and prepares reports.

Conducts interviews and schedules regular visits with study participants and their caregivers.

Writes psychological reports and interprets results.

Provides consultation and advice concerning post-study therapy, interventions, and behavior management.

Educates patients concerning research procedures, investigational devices, and drugs.

Maintains accurate and complete documentation on the delivery of mental health care services for study participants.

Makes referrals to mental health professionals or services.

May dispense medication in compliance with research protocols.

Maintains required documentation.

Attends and participates in regular administrative and clinical staff meetings.

Conducts education or informational presentations for targeted audiences.

May present study findings at conferences.

Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A master's degree in education, psychology, social work or a related field.

An Education Specialist degree in School Psychology or a relevant PhD. One year of directly related experience.

Additional Job Details The Psychological Specialist, Sr. will coordinate and conduct clinical research assessments with research participants, including both patients hospitalized for initial evaluation and treatment of a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder and their family members.

He or she will administer a variety of clinical interviews, rating scales, neuropsychological tests, and questionnaires, which will require advanced formal education to assess areas such as cognitive functioning, personality and emotional development, behavior, and psychiatric symptoms.

He or she will participate in developing ideas to facilitate the research study.

The Psychological Specialist, Sr. will recruit, screen, and conduct clinical evaluations of research participants.

This will entail (1) determining their eligibility to participate in the research; (2) scheduling interviews; (3) conducting assessments with study participants and their caregivers; and (4) compiling, scoring, and analyzing data related to various psychological and behavioral measures.

He or she will assist in extracting statistical data and preparing reports, and will write psychological reports that are provided to patients' treating clinicians.

The Psychological Specialist, Sr. will educate patients about research procedures, assess for capacity to give informed consent, and obtain written informed consent from participants.

He or she must maintain accurate and complete documentation regarding assessments conducted with study participants and maintain all required documentation.

He or she will attend and participate in regular administrative and clinical research staff meetings.

He or she may participate in coauthoring research manuscript.

There may be opportunities to conduct educational or informational presentations for targeted audiences, or to present study findings at conferences.

This position involves: Involve working with human blood, body fluids, tissues, or other potentially infectious materials.

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