Testing Psychologist with focus in Autism Evaluations

Lumiere Children's Therapy Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established therapy center in Chicago is seeking a licensed Psychologist to provide psychological evaluations focusing primarily on autism, with some work on ADHD and other disorders. You'll conduct evaluations for clients of varying ages, engage with treatment providers, and maintain comprehensive documentation. Ideal candidates will have an APA-accredited PhD or PsyD and relevant licensure in Illinois. This full-time role offers entry-level opportunities in health care.

Qualifications

• Completion of an APA-accredited PhD or PsyD program.
• Obtain licensure in Illinois.
• Experience with early child development.

Responsibilities

• Complete evaluations.
• Communicate with clients’ family and treatment providers.
• Create and maintain documentation.

Skills

Identification of symptoms

Test administration

Communication skills

Education

PhD or PsyD in psychology

Illinois licensure

Tools

WISC-V

ADOS-2

WAIS-IV

Job description

Overview

Lumiere Children's Therapy Chicago is seeking applications for a Psychologist. The focus of this position is to provide psychological evaluations and diagnosis of autism, with a small amount of ADHD, Learning Disorder, Trauma, and other social-emotional issues to children and adults.

You will provide diagnostic autism evaluations for clients 24-months old through adulthood.

Responsibilities

• Complete evaluations
• Communicate with clients’ family members and previous/ongoing treatment providers to gain data for evaluations
• Coordinate care with and hand-off to treatment providers for future care (ABA therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, play therapists, psychiatrists, mental health therapists, etc.)
• Create, update, and maintain documentation, note-taking, and additional administrative duties as needed

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Completion of an APA-accredited PhD or PsyD degree program in psychology
• Obtained licensure in Illinois
• Experience with and understanding of early child development
• Completed clinical ADOS-2 training and obtained certification to administer ADOS-2
• Recent (within past 6 months) experience providing multiple testing measures including cognitive, or development assessment measures, Such as the WISC-V, WAIS-IV, WJ-IV, Mullen Scales of Early Learning
• Focused study and/or clinical experience with autistic individuals

Preferred Qualifications

• Training in the following additional assessment measures: ABAS-3, SRS-2, Mullen Scales of Early Learning, CPT-3, CATA, K-CPT, CVLT-3, Stroop Test, Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement

Skills and evaluation process

• Identification of symptoms and symptom categories
• Collection of background information
• Considerations for differential diagnoses
• Selecting test measures that are age-appropriate and relevant to the specific inquiry
• Test administration and data collection
• Scoring, interpreting, and analyzing data
• Diagnosis formulation
• Formulating and customizing specific treatment recommendations
• Writing comprehensive psychological reports
• Providing feedback to client and/or family
• Hand-off to treatment providers

Additional services and duties may include

• ADHD evaluation (ages 6 through adulthood)
• Specific Learning Disorder evaluation (ages 6 through adulthood)
• Outreach & partnership management of treatment providers in the autism community
• Contribution and organization of autism resource page

Job Responsibilities

• Complete evaluations
• Communicate with clients’ family members and previous/ongoing treatment providers to gain data for evaluations
• Coordinate care with and hand-off to treatment providers for future care (ABA therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, play therapists, psychiatrists, mental health therapists, etc.)
• Create, update, and maintain documentation, note-taking, and additional administrative duties as needed

Next Steps

• Please apply for the position
• Please prepare two redacted/HIPPA compliant examples of psychological reports
• Please prepare two letters of recommendation

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care