Location
ST. LOUIS, MO 63108
Scheduled Hours
40
Position Summary
The Kids’ Interactions, Thoughts, and Experiences (KITE) Project in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine is seeking a licensed mental health clinician to join our growing research team as a Professional Rater III. This position will play a key role in a longitudinal study examining suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in children and preteens. The Professional Rater III will conduct clinical interviews and behavioral assessments with youth and caregivers, recruit and assess research participants, monitor study data, and ensure adherence to study protocols and safety procedures. This position will also coordinate project activities and supervise research staff, including providing training, supporting staff development, and coordinating team meetings.
Additional responsibilities may include contributing to study protocols, data coding, and assistance with study tasks as needed. This position is primarily in-person, with the possibility of one remote day per week, depending on study needs. The ideal candidate will be a licensed mental health clinician with experience working with children, adolescents, and/or families and strong clinical interviewing and assessment skills. Experience with STB, NSSI, or related child and adolescent mental health research is preferred.
Job Description
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Implements and manages all phases of study/protocol; ensures compliance with protocol guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies.
Establishes record-keeping systems; makes assessments and determinations of participants’ progress in the study; analyzes, investigates and reports adverse events; makes decisions as to when to notify principal investigators with issues, when to stop participant inclusion and/or to make and/or recommend adjustment of the protocol of particular participants.
Resolves protocol management issues and recommends corrective action as appropriate; serves as liaison with funding or sponsoring agency and research sites.
Contacts/enrolls study participants; makes and/or participates in making determinations of eligibility based on diagnostic criteria and/or observations/analysis in participant interviews.
Develops informed consent packets for study participants and confers with participants to explain purpose of study and obtain completed informed consent packets; explains research procedures to address participant/family concerns.
Administers/scores assessments and/or evaluates all lab and clinical assessments to ensure they are completed in a valid manner.
Ensures timely completion of all protocol requirements (assessment, EEG testing, procedures and payments) to include scheduling and facilitating the patient’s completion of protocol requirements.
Evaluates and interprets collected clinical data as appropriate.
Prepares oral or written presentations or reports and analyses setting forth progress trends and provides recommendations or conclusions of the same.
Collects clinical and narrative interviews under clinical research protocols.
Performs other duties incidental to the work described herein, as assigned by the PI, such as running EEG lab sessions, mailing payments, and interviewing research participants.
Engages in thoughtful communication with principal investigators, other clinical team members, and research staff, fostering a spirit of teamwork in service of our research and clinical mission.
Actively participates in continuous learning and professional development initiatives to stay at the forefront of research and clinical best practices.
Upholds the highest standard of participant confidentiality, ensuring stringent adherence to HIPPA regulations and institutional research guidelines.
Prepares/edits progress reports and attends meetings.
May participate in training of Professional Rater I/II.
Monitors and orders any supplies necessary for…