Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

Cognitive Coach - Home Based Self-Management and Cognitive Training Changes Lives

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics  •  Lebanon, NH (Remote)  •  5 days ago
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Job Description

Assists program team at the Home Based Self-Management and Cognitive Training Changes Lives (HOBSCOTCH) Institute with the delivery of the HOBSCOTCH self-management and cognitive training program.

Responsibilities

  • Participates in the prescreening of participants for the HOBSCOTCH self-management and cognitive training intervention.
  • Ensures completion of pre- and post-program evaluation in conjunction with the HOBSCOTCH Institute program coordinator.
  • Works with study investigators to deliver the HOBSCOTCH intervention to study participants who are referred or self-referred to the program who meet inclusion criteria for research studies conducted by the HOBSCOTCH Institute.
  • Carries out study visit tasks and procedures as instructed. Arranges required tests and other appointments. May interview study participants about their medical history, medications, adverse events, demographics, and quality of life issues.
  • Uses problem solving therapy to provide the participant with skills to systematically work through memory related difficulties and other cognitive problems.
  • Applies compensatory memory strategies and skills training to help participants feel more in control of the cognitive challenges that may accompany epilepsy.
  • Teaches basics of epilepsy and memory function, common memory problems, and factors related to seizures or epilepsy that may impact cognition.
  • Emphasizes awareness of the multiple influences that affect memory and attention.
  • Communicates with participants throughout the course of the study.
  • Travels to investigator meetings or protocol specific training.
  • Assists with community delivered epilepsy and self-management education and the HOBSCOTCH Cognitive Coach training program delivery as needed.
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned.

    • Qualifications

    • Health professional degree, or a bachelor's degree with 3 years of healthcare, epilepsy education and individual (one-to-one) counseling experience; or the equivalent in education and experience, required.
    • Prior clinical or research experience preferred.
    • Excellent organizational, writing, and office software skills required.
    • Bilingual preferred.

    Required Licensure/Certifications

    • Certification through the HOBSCOTCH Institute, 2 half days of training totaling 8 hours.
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

    About Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

    How can the lifestyle in New Hampshire and Vermont compliment your career? You can have amazing 4-season living with a career at one of the top health systems in the country. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth-Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. We are close to the urban centers of Boston, New York and Montreal, but also offer proximity to the seacoast and multiple top-tier ski mountains within a short driving distance. Throughout New Hampshire, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make our area the ideal place to work and play.

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

    Industry
    Healthcare & Social Services
    Company Size
    5,001-10,000 employees
    Headquarters
    Lebanon, New Hampshire
    Year Founded
    Unknown
    Website
    dartmouth-hitchcock.org
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