Psychometrist

About the role

Angel Kids Pediatrics, located in Jacksonville, FL, is a large pediatric clinic with 10 locations and serves nearly 45,000 patients. The clinic focuses on providing excellent medical and behavioral health care in a family and community-based environment, aiming to foster healthy children who grow into healthy adults. The practice is committed to equity, innovation, and inclusion, and seeks to lead efforts in culturally relevant care and reducing health disparities.

Responsibilities

• Administer Psychological Tests: Conduct standardized psychological assessments to evaluate cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning.
• Score and Interpret Results: Accurately score test results and interpret data to provide insights for diagnosis and treatment planning.
• Schedule Consultations: Organize and schedule testing sessions, ensuring the environment is conducive to accurate testing.
• Inform Clients: Explain the purpose and process of each testing session to clients, ensuring they understand what to expect.
• Document Observations: Record detailed behavioral observations during testing to aid in the interpretation of results.
• Create Comprehensive Reports: Summarize test findings and their implications for the supervising psychologist.
• Maintain Testing Standards: Ensure adherence to standardized testing protocols and make minor adaptations to tests when necessary.
• Provide Client Feedback: Debrief clients on their test results and provide feedback as required.
• Manage Administrative Tasks: Handle scheduling, billing, and coding related to psychological assessments.
• Ensure Test Security: Maintain the accuracy, security, and availability of testing materials and data.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 years experience.
• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in psychology or a related field is required, Master’s degree preferred.
• Certification as a Certified Psychometrist preferred and can substitute for years of experience.
• Experience and skill working with pediatric patients at risk for and/or diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disabilities, including Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Ability to provide mental health assessments.
• Specialized training/experience with assessment and treatment planning of diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders.
• Advanced study of mental health assessments.
• Knowledge of regulations and laws relating to clinical psychology/social work practices.
• Ability to fill out and maintain client-related paperwork, including federal and state mandated forms, client diagnostic records, and progress reports and maintains confidentiality of patient records.
• Knowledge of community mental health service delivery systems and other resources.
• Ability to work sensitively with variety of personalities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with families, colleagues (e.g. physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other team members), community agencies, etc.
• Understanding of principles of legal documentation and medical records release of information.
• Counsels with patient and family and may involve community resources.
• May make home visits as needed.
• Working knowledge of basic computer software programs: MS Office and EMR.