Psychometrist Job Description
Psychometrist
provides detailed, behavioral observations surrounding mental health status and cognition for the purposes of test interpretation and validity.
Psychometrist Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Administers, and scores psychological tests
Administers and scores neuropsychological and psychological tests for screening, clinical and/or medical-board related evaluations on patients with traumatic brain injury
Employs alternate or modified assessment instruments and/or strategies as necessary
Prepares for testing by reviewing pertinent patient medical records and consulting with clinical staff in advance of patient testing
Actively participates in clinical assessments with staff neuropsychologist(s)
Schedules patients for testing and other appointments, escorting subjects as necessary
Create and maintain paper and/or electronic systems that may be necessary in order to accomplish these tasks
Maintains a close liaison with neuropsychology staff
Maintain research project records in compliance with study and IRB requirements, as needed
Assists in research activities, following all regulatory requirements as appropriate
Psychometrist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Psychometrist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR
Education for Psychometrist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the psychometrist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Psychology, Education, Health, Communication, Computer, Social Work, Social Science, Science, Performance, Sociology
Skills for Psychometrist
Desired skills for psychometrist include:
Dynamics
Practices of effective testing/assessment of individuals
Principals
Techniques
Biology
Equivalent combination of education and experience
Human development
Psychology
Teratology
Psychological and mental health terms
Desired experience for psychometrist includes:
Requires frequent standing and walking
May require moving patients in wheelchairs over short distances
Must have good interpersonal, written and communication skills
Maintains testing supplies/files and equipment in an organized manner
Serves as the primary point of contact to respond to requests for neuropsychological data from the VA and MTFs
Participates in feedback for patients and participates/facilitates psycho-education support group(s) as requested
Psychometrist Examples
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Psychometrist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a psychometrist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for psychometrist
- Coordinates testing schedule
- Provides behavioral observations of patients during the testing process
- Administers a broad spectrum of psychometric assessments to include highly technical individually administered neuropsychological batteries and individually administered psychologicical batteries and computer based tests testing on Independent Medical Exams referred by insurance companies or legal cases under the general supervision of a psychologist or neuropsychologist
- Evaluates and responds to patient's needs during evaluation
- Consults with staff regarding unusual aspects of patient's needs during evaluation
- Consents patients for inclusion in research
- Records and compiles a summary of data and of patient's test results
- Assists in teaching trainees the proper methods of administration and scoring and how to record observations and respond to patients' behavior during testing sessions
- Participates in consultations with other psychometrists and in statistical processing of research data and/or constructing or setting up psychological instrumentation
- Administers and scores prescribed psychological testing, including cognitive, academic, neuropsychological, behavioral, personality, and emotional testing
Qualifications for psychometrist
- 2-4 years' expereince in research required
- 1-3 years of clinical experience in psychological and cognitive test preferred administration preferred
- Must have experience conducting clinical/diagnostic interviews
- Prior experience assessing traumatic brain injury and/or acquired brain injury strongly preferred
- Experience working with the military population highly desirable
- Clinical experience with psychiatric and/or neurological patients and experience administering and scoring neuropsychological and psychological test preferred
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Psychometrist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of psychometrist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for psychometrist
- Enters testing/patient conditions and test results into patient records
- May perform and/or assist with research
- Show clear understanding of NP test administration, procedures, instructions, scoring, and double checking of test file data
- Treat patients and their families with respect and dignity
- Communicate appropriately and clearly with staff and co-workers
- Establish and coordinate a testing schedule
- Maintain a highly accurate and up-to-date database, which is the gold standard
- Demonstrate an ability to be flexible, organized
- Maintain good working relationships with other disciplines within the department
- Maintain good working relationships with other faculty, departments, and outside agencies
Qualifications for psychometrist
- Must be a fully balanced English-Spanish bilingual with both oral and written language proficiency
- Solid computer skills using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email system, and a variety of web-based programs
- Experience in administering and scoring standardized psychometric testing, such as Mullen, WPPSI-IV, WISC-IV and WASI
- Ability to independently identify abnormal and borderline testing result, both in questionnaire format and face to face testing
- Excellent interpersonal communication with adults and children of various ages and various levels of education/backgrounds
- Ability to efficiently organize, prioritize, understand and meet deadlines for testing, data entry and general assignments
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Psychometrist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a psychometrist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for psychometrist
- Work effectively with people with varying degrees of disabilities and difficulties
- Participate in any appropriate training opportunities
- Prepare detailed behavioral observations during testing
- Demonstrate good clinical judgment in the testing circumstance, including gauging patient's reaction correctly and discerning the appropriate time to call for the neuropsychologist
- Demonstrate good awareness of patient's basic medical needs and issues
- Carry out special test ordering procedures
- Order and maintain all supplies for the test lab
- Submit proper billing forms
- Maintain a log of all billing and referrals
- Administer and score standardized psychological tests to assess intellectual capacity, personality characteristics, and brain-related cognitive abilities of neurology and neurosurgery clinic patients and research subjects with known or suspected neurological disorders
Qualifications for psychometrist
- Experience working with various databases, including web databases, Excel, Access, or other databases
- Demonstrated ability to conduct literature searches and extract information relevant to project activities
- Ability to develop and/or make recommendations for protocols improvements
- Fluent in Spanish both in oral and written communication
- Minimum of (6 months – 1 year) experience administering psychological tests is required
- Previous experience working in a hospital setting or with hospital patients/families is preferred
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Psychometrist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of psychometrist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for psychometrist
- Use Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, and Thank You (AIDET) system consistently for excellent service
- May perform research in addition to clinical duties under the direction of neuropsychologist in collaboration with neuroscience institute doctors
- Assists with interpreting test results and writing reports of patient assessments
- Works collaboratively with clinical and research staff on issues and patient concerns and demonstrates appropriate judgment in responding to emergent patient situations
- Performs other duties as assigned including but not limited to assisting in research studies
- Neuropsychological testing for 4-5 children a week for (approximately 24 hours a week of face-to-face testing)
- Administering, recording, and scoring neuropsychological tests, writing behavioral descriptions and chart notes, completing forms, and consulting with faculty members (with additional training the psychometrist will write most of the report)
- Adheres to clinical research protocols for the conduct of clinical research evaluations of research subjects
- Independently operates testing equipment and maintains clinical research files
- Assists Supervising Psychologist and/or PI in preparation of audits of neurocognitive data including internal / self-audits and data monitoring activities
Qualifications for psychometrist
- Bachelor's Degree in a behavioral or social science and two years of experiencein neuropsychological testing OR Master's Degree with major study in psychology or a closely related field with emphasis in tests and measurement
- Education – Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Education or a related field
- Skills and Abilities – Proficiency in data entry and standard PC based applications required
- Bachelor's degree in human service or health related field
- Bachelor’s degree preferably in psychology or child development
- Experience with children preferably those with special needs
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Psychometrist Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a psychometrist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for psychometrist
- Reports adverse events to Supervising Psychologist and/or PI per protocol and UR-RSRB policies
- May perform scheduling, insurance verification, coding, billing, and reimbursement/collection activities
- Administers a broad spectrum of psychometric assessments to include highly technical individually administered neuropsychological batteries and individually administered psychological batteries and computer based tests under the general supervision of a psychologist or neuropsychologist
- Assists with quality control
- Under the supervision of a licensed psychologist, functions relatively autonomously in administering, scoring, and compiling the results of batteries of neuropsychological, psychological and achievement tests and contributes to the documentation of testing encounters
- Provides a written summary of the patient’s behavior during testing, including any interactions with the participant’s parents that may be observed incidentally
- Helps to recruit, on board and train junior psychometrists, and other trainees working within the research lab
- Performs other duties as assigned, including telephone contacts with patients and families, entry of information including scores and behavioral observations into computer systems, organization of test supplies and storage areas, making photocopies and contacting schools/outside agencies to get participant records at the direction of the supervising psychologist
- Demonstrates awareness of ethical considerations and potential clinical issues that may arise during research participant contacts and appropriately seeks supervision from licensed provider when situations arise
- Serves as a consultant to parents, teachers, other school personnel, and community agencies for planning and implementing methods/interventions to maximize learning and adjustment of students
Qualifications for psychometrist
- Master’s degree in psychology or child development
- Experience in testing or experience in doing behavioral observation (further training and supervised administration of tests will be provided for the qualified person)
- Two years of related testing
- Administration of children’s psychological testing
- Ability to score test results
- BA/BS Degree in Psychology or related field