Clinical Psychologist- (7088)
Location: Bethesda, MD
Position Objective: Provide services as a Clinical Psychologist in support of the overall functions of National Institute of Mental Health within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in patient and volunteer recruitment efforts for protocols.
- Recruit and screen potential participant (both clinical and non-clinical participants) for projects in adults, children and adolescents. This may include telephone interviews, review of medical records, consultation with treating professionals and consultation with NIMH staff. 1
- Conduct and score structured and semi-structured interviews (eg. SCID, K-SADS, etc.) with potential adult, child and adolescent participants.
- Administer informed consent and collect assent from participants, and legal guardians as needed.
- Participate in community engagement and research recruitment activities.
- Interface with schools, colleges, universities, community recreational centers, and other community resources to promote participant recruitment; organize and lead recruitment activities at community venues; meet with staff of recruitment resources on a regular basis; provide informational sessions to groups of parents, students, teachers, and mental health professionals.
- Perform screening evaluations of potential research subjects using structured and semi-structured testing methods.
- Maintain records of screening results and patient information.
- Provide family support and crisis management services as needed.
- Provide referral to appropriate NIH resources and community services, when indicated.
- Provide verbal and written feedback to participants and their families.
- Provide clinical support to participants, patients and their families throughout the time that they are participating in research protocols. 2
- Conduct screening and baseline evaluations in collaboration with staff.
- Perform and interpret neuropsychological assessments as part of research protocols.
- Conduct clinical ratings during treatments studies and longitudinal clinical studies.
- Provide structured psychotherapy with child and adolescent participants in the form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and mood disorders. 3
- Provide structured psychotherapy in the form of cognitive behavioral therapy {CBT).
- Provide psychological subject matter expertise to researchers planning, implementing, monitoring, tracking, and closing out clinical research.
- Conduct performance reliability checks on clinical procedures including interviews and clinical ratings.
- Participate in the clinical training and education of research staff.
- Provide psychological subject matter expertise to research staff.
- Train research assistants, staff and trainees on psychiatric screening, diagnostic and clinical interviewing and neuropsychological assessments; Provide teaching and training presentations to various groups within NIH regarding conditions being studied and research findings.
- Conduct frequent assessments to monitor the participants’ progress and the effectiveness of therapeutic protocols.
- Conduct clinical ratings during treatment studies and longitudinal clinical studies.
- 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.
- Document clinical research processes and findings, including maintaining records of participant information and screening and interview results; writing clinical summaries and reports; Provide verbal and written feedback to participants and families; Documenting results for publication in peer-reviewed journals; and writing and presenting manuals, standard operating procedures, and guidelines for clinical research. 4
- Work products and documents related to participating in patient and volunteer recruitment efforts for protocols; recruiting and screening potential participants (both clinical and non-clinical participants) for project's in adults, children and adolescents to include: telephone interview's, review of medical records, consultation with treating professionals and consultation with NIMH staff.
- Conducting and scoring structured and semi-structured interviews (e.g., SCID, K-SADS, etc.) with potential adult , child and adolescent participants and administer informed consent and collect assent from participants and legal guardians; interface with schools, colleges, universities, community recreational centers, and other community resources to promote recruitment.
- Work products and documents related to providing cognitive behavioral therapy to patients; conducting clinical ratings during 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 semi structured 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.
- Work products and documents related to participating in the clinical training and education of research staff; 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.
- 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.
- Work products and documents related to conducting psychological testing of patients and healthy control subjects; Administers and interprets psychological assessments to participants and family members as part of the research protocol; participates in the planning and execution of clinical research.
Basic Qualifications:
- PhD in Clinical Psychology
- Understanding of adult and pediatric neuropsychiatric disorders and research design.
- Familiarity with clinical research as well as cognitive behavioral therapy, Patient care, Clinical trial management, and working with special populations (children, adolescents, adult elderly).
- Experience with semi structured interviews (such as SCID, the K-SADS) and screening.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Ability to multi-task and pay close attention to detail.
- Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills.
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
*This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required by this position.
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