The incumbent will work as a Psychometrist for UCSD Health Center for Brain Health and Memory Disorders in the Department of Neuroscience. Position has five major components: (1) Independent administration of psychometric measures; (2) Scoring of data generated by testing procedures; (3) Behavioral observation; and (4) Data management that includes data entry and running of various psychometric software scoring programs and (5) assisting in other administrative duties as assigned

• Graduation from college with a major inpsychology or a closely related fieldincluding training in administering andscoring individual and group psychologicaltests; or an equivalent combination ofeducation and experience.

• Demonstrated experience in performingindependent administration of variouspsychometric measures, following strictlystandardized procedures.

• Demonstratedexperience in clinical rating skills andability to strictly adhere to standardizedscoring procedures on multiple tests.

• Demonstrated experience in keeping carefuland thorough behavioral notes of patientdemeanor during interviews and testing,sufficient for use in making conclusionsregarding patient's posture and efforttowards test taking.

• Training in administering and scoringindividual and group psychological tests.

• Proven ability to summarize and score testdata, following specific scoring rules.

• Demonstrated good clinical judgment in instances where proper scoring proceduresare liberal or responses are borderline inquality.

• Proven ability to thoroughly andaccurately score all test responses and togive proper weight to all relevant responses.

• Skill in extracting relevant items from arandom, inexact patient response duringrelatively unstructured interview situation.

• Demonstrated ability in interviewingcomplex patients and the ability toaccurately hear and record patient responsesto test stimuli.

• Demonstrated perseverancein obtaining needed information frompatients who are noncommittal oruncooperative to some degree.

• Ability toexercise considerable independent judgmentand skill in managing patient scheduling,training of others, scoring, and other dutiesso that referrals to the neurospychologicallab are handled efficiently.

• Proficient inusing computer to run software scoringprograms, type behavioral notes, and printneeded items.

• Proven ability to relateprofessionally and maintain an appropriateclinical demeanor toward a wide variety ofpatients, over an extensive (several-hour)period.

• Ability to maintain friendly, helpful,non-obtrusive attitude towards all patients,employing patience and flexibility as neededto successfully conclude all tests scheduled.

• Diligence in planning workload, so thatscoring takes place as promptly after testadministration as possible.

• Bilingual skills; ability to administer andscore individual and group psychologicaltests both in English and Spanish as needed.

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based onbusiness needs.
• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.
• Must have CA driver's license and be ableto drive.