Psychometrist

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada SickKids Full time

**About SickKids**:
Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

**Position Description**:
We are currently recruiting for a Psychometrist who, under the direction and supervision of a registered psychologist, will carry out the administration, scoring, and data management of all psychometric testing and clinical assessments of children and adolescents (ages 3-18). Specifically, the role requires the Psychometrist’s time be shared between two busy clinics, with 0.5 FTE dedicated to patients seen through Neurology and the other 0.5 FTE dedicated to patients in Haematology/Oncology. The Psychometrist may become involved with on-going research projects, including managing the clinical database, and other duties as required.

**Here’s What You’ll Get to Do**
- Scheduling, tracking, administering and scoring developmental, cognitive, and neuropsychological assessments for patients and families
- Observes and reports on relevant patient behaviour during test sessions and adapts interactions as necessary to work successfully with patient
- Scoring and summarizes psychological test data based on accurate and efficient scoring procedures as delineated in test manuals
- Manages clinical services by maintaining accurate wait lists, contacting families to make clinical appointments, gathering initial referral data and history
- Manages psychological and clinical databases ensuring complete and accurate records are kept for future reference, program evaluation and quality assurance.
- Supports departmental education and contributes to departmental function by serving on committees, mentoring new employees, attending departmental meetings
- Works with practicum, post-doctoral, and resident students to provide training on test administration
- Participating in ongoing and emerging clinical projects as required
- Ensuring that hospital administrative policy and privacy requirements are adhered to

**Here’s What You’ll Need**
- Bachelor or Master Degree in Psychology Previous psychological testing and assessment experience with children/adolescents with cognitive, developmental and/or behavioral disorders is essential
- Superior critical thinking, organizational and time management skills
- Demonstrated competency in written and verbal communications
- Exercises sound judgement and diplomacy
- Highly attentive to detail
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve, work independently and collaboratively with members of a large interdisciplinary healthcare team
- Excellent interpersonal and decision making skills
- Solid experience with database and statistical analysis software (e.g. SPSS, Excel, REDCap)
- Social sensitivity, diplomacy and relationship-building / management
- Knowledge of child & adolescent psychosocial development and psychopathology; ability to manage challenging behavior and motivate children and adolescents.
- Ability to multi-task, be flexible and adaptable to changing program demands

**Employment Type**

Full-time (1.0 FTE) Permanent, with full benefits. Position will start in June 2023.

**Our Commitment to Diversity**:
The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.

Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital’s receipt of all necessary documentation.

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