Clinical Psychologist

Job Locations US-MD-Bethesda
ID
2024-1540
Category
Psychologists
Position Type
Regular Full-Time

Overview

Position Title: Clinical Psychologist 

 

Overal Position Summary and Objectives: The position will independently provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives of the National Institute of Mental Health. 

 

Minimum Education: PhD in Clinical Psychology 

 

Minimum Years Experience: 1 year 

 

Pay Rate: Starting at $125,000.00/year 

 

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40 hours/week, No Nights, No Holidays, Teleworking Elegible 

 

Benefits: 80 hours PTO, 40 hours SICK leave, 11 government holidays, health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(K)

 

Statement of Work Details: 

  • Recruit and screen patients for the projects which focus on children with extremely severe, impairing irritability and their families.
  • Conduct structured and semi-structured interviews with probands and parents of probands.
  • 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.
  • Administer 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.
  • Administer 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 novel 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 semistructured testing methods.
  • Conduct patient and volunteer follow-up evaluations and track patients through longitudinal studies.

Responsibilities

Deliverables: 

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 semistructured interviews; conducting screening/baseline evaluations in collaboration with staff.
  • 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 novel recruitment projects; meeting with public school personnel and staff; providing informational sessions to parent groups, students, teachers and counselors.
  • 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. 

Qualifications

Minimum Education: 

  • PhD in Clinical Psychology 

Certifications and Licenses: 

  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and six years experience. 
  • Bachelor's

Field of Study: 

  • Clinical Psychology 

Skills: 

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

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 represents priority rankings, where 1 is highest priority and 5 is lowest priority of those ranked

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