Neuropsychology Technician

Status

Full-Time

Standard Hours per Week

40

Job Posting Category

Clinical

Job Posting Description

General summary
Under the supervision of a licensed psychologist with specialized training in clinical neuropsychology, provides direct patient care by administering and scoring psychological tests. Supports the psychological testing process as needed. Supports neuropsychologists in the prior-authorization process. Prepares patient folders and data sheets for reports; orders and maintains psychological test supplies. Manages the neuropsychology clinical database, entering patient information and providing reports as needed.
Scans neuropsychology charts for electronic storage.

Please provide a cover letter with your application. 

Key Responsibilities

•  Administers psychological tests to patients aged 1- 25, according to standardized procedures. As part of the testing process, it makes behavioral observations of patients’ motor, language, speech, social, emotional, and physical behavior and notes problem-solving style and attention regulation.
• Scores psychological tests in accordance with standardized procedures for psychologist review. Prepares tables with psychological test data for use in written reports.
• Manages web-based questionnaires/rate scales for scheduled patients obtaining parent, patient, and teacher surveys; uploads rating scale reports.
• Enters clinical neuropsychological data into clinic database. Checks test data ensuring accurate entry. Notes, anomalies and unexpected results for psychologist review.
• Maintains current inventory and organization of assessment material supply cabinets, prepares order requests, and maintains par supply levels.
• Maintains inventory of digital web-based assessment tools, prepares order requests, and maintains par supply levels.

Requirements
Bachelor’s degree preferably in psychology, neuroscience, or a closely related
Field.


Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Work requires a high level of interpersonal and communication skills that enable one to establish and maintain professional relationships with children, adolescents, & young adults with varying degrees of impairment, as well a with families, and other members of healthcare teams. Empathy in difficult interpersonal situations is important.
• Work requires the analytical skills to gather and interpret data in which the information or problems are moderately complex to complex.
• Work requires the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Work requires critical thinking skills with strong analytical abilities as well as close attention to detail.
• The ability to make observations of human behavior and document it is essential.
• Work requires the ability to rapidly learn and follow detailed standardized testing processing precisely.
• Work requires excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft tools is necessary.

Office/Site Location

Brookline

Regular, Temporary, Per Diem

Regular

Remote Eligibility

Onsite Only

Pay Range

$19.83-$29.49 Hourly