Job Description

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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:

$23.36 - $42.04

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday

Scheduled Hours:

8a-5p

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

0

Cost Center:

10020 - 4280 Neurology Clinic

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Job Profile Summary:

Responsible for psychological/neuropsychological assessment of patients, timely preparation of results and draft reports, records management, and maintaining all equipment and supplies needed for services. Works closely with and supervised by faculty neuropsychologists and lead psychometrist (if available).

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Plan formal neuropsychological assessments and implement intervention strategies for both inpatient and outpatient individuals referred for neuropsychological services.
2. Administer and score standardized psychological/neuropsychological tests to adults.
3. Review electronic medical record and other records of referred patients for evaluation.
4. Interview, record appropriate information, and evaluate all patients for neuropsychological functioning and testing.
5. Assist the faculty neurologists in clinical examination of patients.
6. Analyze assessment findings to the degree specified to complete preliminary consultation reports, clinical progress notes, outpatient reports and drafts of scientific reports.
7. Receive and record consultation requests from services; coordinate with the faculty for examination procedures.
8. Present clinical findings and impression from in-patient assessments and other specialty procedures to faculty neuropsychologists/neurologists, and/or lead psychometrist.
9. May provide effort in clinical research and present research results at scientific meetings, seminars and journal clubs.
10. Inventory and maintain adequate testing supplies, forms, and related materials at practice sites; maintain sites in orderly fashion.
11. Maintain patient records file system as per established procedures and as required by law.
12. Coordinate any equipment and material orders with the clinic director and department secretary.
13. Perform other duties as assigned.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:
1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
5. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:

Required:
1. Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or a related field

Preferred:
1. Active Certification by the Board of Certified Psychometrists.

Experience/Skills:

Required:
1. 3 years clinical experience in related area.
2. Relevant employment within the past 5 years.

3. The candidate must have excellent interpersonal and computer skills; ability to communicate effectively and to work with patients of all levels.
4. Excellent communication skills to impart complex test results to other professionals.
5. Incumbent must be able to pay meticulous attention to detail for accurate test instrument completion, scoring and data entry.
6. Candidate must possess interpersonal skills to work effectively with patients and staff.
7. The incumbent must be able to work comfortably with computer software for testing and reporting, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Preferred:
1. Previous experience in the psychometrist role.
2. Previous experience with patients having cognitive and neurological disorders.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies, including age-specific competencies and their measurements, will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions

Position requires work indoors most often in an office environment. This includes standing, walking, running, reaching, bending, lifting, and stooping.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.