Clinical Psychologist.

Job Description

Concentric Methods is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join our team in Rockville, MD, in support of the NIH.

Responsibilities :

• Provides screening and recruitment of patients for research protocols.
• Perform neuropsychological assessment of adults and children under the direction of Government staff.
• Contractor will be responsible to conduct interviews (of research subjects and family informants) and administer and score tests accurately.
• Coordinates scheduling and evaluations of patients within each protocol.
• Testing shall include standard and customized tests of intelligence and other neuropsychological domains, including but not limited to learning / memory, personality, mood in support of the NIH intramural research program.
• Provides clinical support to patients and their families throughout the time they are participating in research protocols.
• Conduct analysis and interpretation of test results consistent with best practices in the field of neuropsychology.
• Conducts psychological testing of patients and healthy control subjects.
• Prepare and provide written and verbal feedback and reports for the referral source and to research subjects (upon request).
• Contractor will document reports on the patient’s electronic medical record. Reports shall include deliverables documenting all neuropsychological and psychological tests administered, individual performance on the tests as compared with normative data, interpretation of the data based on best practices in the neuropsychology field, and numerical test data for individual patients.
• Administers and interprets psychological assessments to probands and family members as part of the research protocol.
• Conduct pre- and post-operative neuropsychological assessment of patients undergoing various medical procedures.
• Assess the cognitive status of potential candidates for neurosurgical procedures such as deep brain stimulation or ablation.
• Participates in the planning and execution of clinical research.
• Carry out standardized assessments for phenotype classification of participants in research studies.
• Educates research staff regarding the use, strengths, and limitation of psychological testing.
• Provide expert consultation regarding study design and analysis and use of psychological instruments.
• Develop new protocol-specific tests related to protocol(s) under study in consultation with Government staff.
• Customized testing may include computerized batteries designed to address specific patient abilities, such as reaction time testing, smell testing, or speech measures.

The Contractor will utilize knowledge of a broad range of neuropsychological testing and current literature to advise Government staff on appropriate testing options for achieving the protocol goals.

Assist in collation of research results for publication according to the timeline requested by the Government staff.

Travel Requirements 0 - 10% Salary Grade Job Requirements

PhD - Clinical Psychology

Certification : American Board of Clinical Psychology (ABCP)