What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychometrician position at Lensa?
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Employment Type
Full time
Shift
Day Shift
Description
POSITION PURPOSE
Administers and scores psychological tests used to assess psychological and neuropsychological disorders.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
Education : Bachelor's degree in psychology or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master's degree preferred.
Experience : More than six months on the job training or previous experience.
Required Skills And Abilities
Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Employment Type
Full time
Shift
Day Shift
Description
POSITION PURPOSE
Administers and scores psychological tests used to assess psychological and neuropsychological disorders.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
- Administers and score prescribed psychological and neuropsychological tests to referred patients in a standardized manner, to ensure accuracy and reliability of results and continuity across patients.
- Observes patient behavior during neuropsychological evaluation, records findings on patient performance and prepares written summaries describing behaviors characteristics relevant to diagnosis.
- Ensures timely generation and submission of accurate post-test reports for use by the Psychologist in making diagnosis and treatment recommendations.
- Maintains confidentiality and security of administered tests and test results, in accordance with defined standards of ethical practice.
- Adapts test and/or testing situation to individual patients based on independent assessments of patient's needs or condition.
- Communicates with patient and their families in order to prepare patients for testing, to explain test procedures and purpose (s), and to ensure patient comfort with the testing process.
- Maintains level of competence and expertise in new or improved testing techniques, instruments and methodologies, through continuing education programs and attendance at conferences/ seminars.
- Assists with collection and collation of research data as assigned.
- Maintains patient records and inventory of test materials.
- Provides quality patient care considering age specific developmental and cultural needs through competent practice and application of the physical rehabilitation process.
Education : Bachelor's degree in psychology or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master's degree preferred.
Experience : More than six months on the job training or previous experience.
Required Skills And Abilities
- Knowledge of normal and abnormal human behaviors, psychological theories, psychometric testing and statistics.
- Interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with learning impaired patients, their families, schools and community agency representatives when gathering patient's data, explaining testing procedures and allaying fears.
- Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to details for up to eighty percent of work time when administering and scoring psychometric tests.
- Ability to walk and stand up to ten percent of work time when walking to patient floors to obtain histories.
Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com