Clinical Psychologist - Bethesda, United States - Veear Projects Inc

Description

• Work products and documents related to recruiting and screening patients; conducting semi-structured clinical interviews in patient research studies as well as outpatients and research volunteers; providing clinical support to patients and families. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to providing cognitive behavioral therapy to patients; conducting clinical ratings during outpatient treatment studies and longitudinal clinical studies; administering and interpreting neuropsychological assessments; providing family support and crisis management services; providing referral to appropriate NIH resources and community services. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to participating in the planning and execution of clinical research; administering and scoring a wide range of complex structured and semi structured interviews; conducting screening/baseline evaluations in collaboration with staff. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to preparing oral/written feedback to participants and their parents; developing and maintaining research protocol records; interfacing with schools on Client recruitment projects; meeting with public school personnel and staff; providing informational sessions to parent groups, students, teachers and counselors. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to providing consultation regarding study design and psychological instruments; performing screening evaluations of potential research subjects; participating in patient and volunteer meetings and recruitment efforts for protocols. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to providing clinical support to patients and their families throughout the time they are participating in research protocols; coordinates scheduling and evaluation of patients within each protocol; educates research staff regarding the use, strengths and limitation of psychological testing; performs as senior clinician responsible for conducting research ratings for inpatients and outpatients; documents research processes and findings. - Ad Hoc
• Work products and documents related to conducting psychological testing of patients and healthy control subjects; Administers and interprets psychological assessments to probands and family members as part of the research protocol; participates in the planning and execution of clinical research. - Ad-Hoc

• Recruit and screen patients for the projects. 1
• Conduct structured and semi-structured interviews with probands and parents of probands. 2
• Provide clinical support to patients and families throughout the time that they are participating in research protocols. 3
• Recruit and screen patients for the projects which focus on children with extremely severe, impairing irritability and their families. 4
• Conduct structured and semi-structured interviews with probands and parents of probands. 5
• Provide clinical support to patients and families throughout the time that they are participating in research protocols.
• Provide structured psychotherapy in the form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
• Conduct clinical ratings during outpatient treatment studies and longitudinal clinical studies.
• Perform and interpret neuropsychological assessments to probands and family members as part of research protocols.
• Provide family support and crisis management services as needed.
• Provide referral to appropriate NIH resources and community services, when indicated.
• Participate in the planning and execution of clinical research in the capacity of clinical support staff.
• Conduct and score a wide range of complex structured and semi-structured interviews(such as SCID, the K-SADS and many others) to the child and adolescent probands and the parents of the probands.
• Conduct screening/baseline evaluations in collaboration with staff.
• Conduct preliminary evaluation of potential probands through extensive telephone interviewing of parent, review of medical records, consultation with treating professionals, and consultation with NIMH medical staff, leading to acceptance for onsite evaluation or rejection with referral if indicated.
• Interface with schools on Client recruitment projects; meet with public school personnel and staff on a regular basis during recruitment periods to ensure participation in research; meet with school personnel to determine suitability of research participation within the schools.
• Provide informational sessions to parent groups, students, teachers and counselors.
• Write and comprise information and consent forms to present to schools.
• Write, research and comprise information in accordance with the privacy policy within the private schools targeted in the DC area; meet with private school personnel and staff during the recruitment process.
• Perform screening evaluations of potential research subjects using structured and semi structured testing methods.
• Conduct patient and volunteer follow-up evaluations and track patients through longitudinal studies.
• Provides screening and recruitment of patients for research protocols.
• Participate in patient and volunteer recruitment efforts for protocols.
• Conduct preliminary evaluation of potential probands through extensive telephone interviewing of patient families, review of medical records, consultation with treating professionals, and consultation with medical staff, leading to acceptance for on-site evaluation or rejection with referral if indicated.
• Meet with staff of recruitment resources on a regular basis during recruitment periods to ensure participation in research.
• Interface with schools on Client recruitment projects; meet with public school personnel and staff on a regular basis during recruitment periods to ensure participation in research; meet with school personnel to determine suitability of research participation within the schools.
• Write and comprise information and consent forms to present to schools.
• Write, research and comprise information in accordance with the privacy policy within the private schools targeted in the DC area; meet with private school personnel and staff during the recruitment process.
• Coordinates scheduling and evaluations of patients within each protocol.
• Perform screening evaluations of potential research subjects using structured and semi-structured testing methods.
• Perform valid and reliable diagnostic assessments, utilizing structured instruments and assessments.
• Perform cognitive and neuropsychological assessments for clinical care and research studies including diagnostic assessments containing parent interviews as well as direct testing with individuals.
• Maintain records of screening results and patient information.
• Provides clinical support to patients and their families throughout the time they are participating in research protocols.
• Provide family support and crisis management services as needed.
• Conduct patient and volunteer follow-up evaluations and track patients through longitudinal studies.
• Provide referral to appropriate NIH resources and community services, when indicated.
• Provide verbal and written feedback to participants and their families.
• Provide general recommendations and referrals to school systems, medical and health facilities and other agencies.
• Provide informational sessions to parent groups, students, teachers and counselors.
• Conducts psychological testing of patients and healthy control subjects.
• Conduct structured and semi-structured interviews with probands and families of probands.
• Conduct clinical ratings during outpatient treatment studies and longitudinal clinical studies.
• Conduct screening and baseline evaluations in collaboration with staff.
• Utilize structured instruments and assessments to perform diagnostic assessments.
• Administers and interprets psychological assessments to probands and family members as part of the research protocol.
• Provide structured psychotherapy in the form of cognitive behavioral therapy {CBT).
• Administer and interpret neuropsychological assessments to probands and family members as part of research protocols and prepares reports of results.
• Administer and score a wide range of complex structured and semi-structured interviews (such as SCID, the K-SADS and many others) to probands and the families of the probands.
• Coordinate with other researchers to validate results and concur on courses of action.
• Participates in the planning and execution of clinical research.
• Contribute to the processes for evaluating efficacy of psychotherapy.
• Provide consultation regarding study design and the use of psychological instruments.
• Provide psychological subject matter expertise to researchers planning, implementing, monitoring, tracking and closing out clinical research.
• Educates research staff regarding the use, strengths and limitation of psychological testing.
• Provide teaching and training and other presentations to various groups within NIH and to outside community stakeholders regarding conditions being studied and research findings.
• Train research assistants, staff and trainees on psychiatric screening interviews and neuropsychological assessments.
• Train research staff and volunteers on diagnostic interviews and clinical efficacy scales and conduct performance reliability checks.
• Conducts psychological testing of patients and healthy controls.
• Conduct structured and semi-structured interviews with probands and families of probands.
• Conduct clinical ratings during outpatient treatment studies and longitudinal clinical studies.
• Conduct screening and baseline evaluations in collaboration with staff.
• Conduct frequent assessments to monitor the participants' progress and the effectiveness of therapeutic protocols.
• Utilize structured instruments and assessments to perform diagnostic assessments.
• Performs as senior clinician responsible for conducting research ratings for inpatients and outpatients.
• Participate in research group meetings and in the decision-making process regarding patient inclusion in the studies, patient and parent diagnosis, and patient and family management throughout participation in the research protocol.
• Work with staff to code, score and tabulate research data and optimize methods of data collection depending on research objectives.
• Documents research processes and findings.
• Write research summaries and reports of findings related to clinical research.
• Write and present manuals, standard operating procedures, and guidelines for clinical research involving or related to clinical psychology.
• Document results and write articles for publication in professional peer-reviewed journals.

• PhD

• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

• Clinical Psychology

• Computer skills to include MS Office Suite.

• Knowledge of computer database systems and understanding of pediatric neuropsychiatric disorders and research design
• Familiarity with clinical research as well as cognitive behavioral therapy
• Clinical trial management, work with special populations (children, adolescents, adult, elderly)
• Semi-structured interviews (such as SCID, the K-SADS)
• Patient care
• Screening
• Familiarity with clinical research and research design
• Knowledge of computer database systems
• Understanding of pediatric and adult neuropsychiatric disorders and cognitive behavioral therapy