Clinical Neuropsychologist

Position Title: 

Clinical Neuropsychologist 

Overall Position Summary and Objectives: 

Under this delivery order, the contractor will independently provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives of the National Institute of Mental Health. The primary objective is to provide services and deliverables through performance of support services. 

Work Location: 

NIMH - Rockville, MD

Work Hours: 

29 hours/week 

Workdays: 

Monday - Friday, day shift, no work on Holidays, teleworking elegible 

Statement of Work Details: 

• Provides screening and recruitment of patients for research protocols.
  
  • Perform neuropsychological assessment of adults and children under the direction of Government staff. Contractor will be responsible to conduct interviews (of research subjects and family informants) and administer and score tests accurately.
• Coordinates scheduling and evaluations of patients within each protocol.
  
  • Testing shall include standard and customized tests of intelligence and other neuropsy-chological domains, including but not limited to learning/memory, personality, mood in support of the NIH intramural research program.
• Provides clinical support to patients and their families throughout the time they are participating in research protocols.
  
  • Conduct analysis and interpretation of test results consistent with best practices in the field of neuropsychology.
• Conducts psychological testing of patients and healthy control subjects.
  
  • Prepare and provide written and verbal feedback and reports for the referral source and to research subjects (upon request). Contractor will document reports on the patient’s electronic medical record. Reports shall include deliverables documenting all neuropsy-chological and psychological tests administered, individual performance on the tests as compared with normative data, interpretation of the data based on best practices in the neuropsychology field, and numerical test data for individual patients.
• Administers and interprets psychological assessments to probands and family members as part of the research protocol.
  
  • Conduct pre and post-operative neuropsychological assessment of patients undergoing various medical procedures.
  • Assess the cognitive status of potential candidates for neu-rosurgical procedures such as deep brain stimulation or ablation.
• Participates in the planning and execution of clinical research.
  
  • Carry out standardized assessments for phenotype classification of participants in re-search studies.
• Educates research staff regarding the use, strengths and limitation of psychological testing.
  
  • Provide expert consultation regarding study design and analysis and use of psychological instruments.
  • Develop new protocol-specific tests related to protocol(s) under study in consultation with Government staff. Customized testing may include computerized batteries de-signed to address specific patient abilities, such as reaction tim. Customized testing may include computerized batteries de-signed to address specific patient abilities, such as reaction time testing, smell testing, or speech measures. The Contractor will utilize knowledge of a broad range of neuro-psychological testing and current literature to advise Government staff on appropriate testing options for achieving the protocol goals.
  • Assist in collation of research results for publication according to the timeline requested by the Government staff.

Deliverables: 

• Work products, reports, and documents related to clinical and research neuropsychological testing of medically ill and healthy research participants. - Daily 
• Work products and documents related to administering neuropsychological, intellectual and psychological assessment instruments (tests) for inclusion in protocol research reports.
• Summary documents of evaluations carried out for different protocols. - Daily
• Work products and documents related to maintaining electronic records and computerized research databases containing participant information and test results. - Daily
• Work products and documents related to education of patients, families and staff and individualized teaching of trainees. - Daily

Minimum education: 

• PhD

Field of Study: 

• Clinical Psychology 

Certifications and Licenses: 

• American Board of Clinical Psychology (ABCP)

Software: 

• Computer skills to include MS Office Suite 

Skills: 

• Clinical trial management, work with special populations (children, adolescents, adult, elderly)
• Family intervention, clinical assessments, recommendations for appropriate referrals
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Interpersonal therapy (IPT)