Clinical Diagnostician

Job Title: Clinical Diagnostician - Autism Evaluator

Blackbird Health is seeking a highly skilled Clinical Diagnostician - Autism Evaluator to join our team. As a Clinical Diagnostician, you will conduct diagnostic evaluations, develop diagnostic reports, and provide diagnostic feedback to individuals and/or their caregivers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct autism spectrum diagnostic evaluations (ADOS 2, ASRS, CARS), analyze and interpret data, and write evaluation reports.
• Provide feedback to clients after evaluations.
• Communicate with team members during the evaluation process as needed.
• Provide written requests for outside services (such as applied behavior analysis and/or MA) as needed.
• Communicate the findings of the evaluation to all team members.
• Participate in weekly department and team meetings, communicating any client needs with the treatment team as well as providing feedback and/or consultation to any treatment member as needed.
• Complete documentation for evaluations within 24 hours of services.
• Manage your schedule, including scheduling assessments and feedback appointments, maintaining report writing time, and rescheduling any cancellations or make-up appointments.
• Report weekly productivity.

Requirements:

• Hold at least a Master's degree as CRNP.
• Trained and certified to administer the ADOS 2 assessment.
• At least 1 year of experience providing ASD evaluations.
• Hold a valid license to practice in your state of employment, which includes maintaining all necessary continuing education requirements.
• Meet dress code standards; appearance is neat and clean.
• Report to work on time and as scheduled.
• Complete work within designated time.
• Attend all necessary staff meetings.
• Ensure confidentiality of patients' records.
• Consistently reliable internet access for any telehealth provisions.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Early Childhood Development: The diagnostician will have ample knowledge of both typical and atypical development in early childhood.
• Evidence-Based Practices: The diagnostician will be able to utilize and implement evidence-based practices related to the field of assessment and diagnosis.
• Empathy: As a diagnostician, you need to display empathy, or the ability to look at the client/family's situation from their perspective to understand their experience.
• Trustworthiness: The client needs to trust that the diagnostician will maintain confidentiality, respect their experiences, and withhold judgment.
• Active listening and responsiveness: As a diagnostician, a vital part of your job is to help clients feel heard, respected, and validated.
• Flexibility: As a diagnostician, it is essential that you be flexible in your thoughts and actions in order to meet the individualized needs of each client/family.
• Time Management: The ability to organize your time intelligently – so that you use it more effectively.
• Organization: Organizational skills are skills that allow you to use your resources efficiently and effectively.
• Documentation: The ability to formulate, create, and maintain clinical documentation, such as diagnostic reports and notes for each encounter using an electronic medical record.
• Professionalism: The ability to maintain a sense of competence and behavior in accordance with professional ethics and licensure requirements.

Salary Range:

$125,000 - $140,000 USD

Fostering an Inclusive Environment:

Blackbird Health is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and belonging. We are able to grow and learn better together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs. Blackbird provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.

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