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Job Description
Apply theories and principles of neuropsychology to diagnose and treat disorders of higher cerebral functioning.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-3039.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Neuropsychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists”.
Also Known As…
- Neuropsychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists
- Professor
- Pediatric Neuropsychologist
- Neuropsychology Service Director
- Neuropsychologist
- Clinical Neuropsychologist
- Adult Neuropsychologist
Tasks for “Clinical Neuropsychologist”
- Participate in educational programs, in-service training, or workshops to remain current in methods and techniques.
- Interview patients to obtain comprehensive medical histories.
- Compare patients' progress before and after pharmacologic, surgical, or behavioral interventions.
- Conduct neuropsychological evaluations such as assessments of intelligence, academic ability, attention, concentration, sensorimotor function, language, learning, and memory.
- Establish neurobehavioral baseline measures for monitoring progressive cerebral disease or recovery.
- Design or implement rehabilitation plans for patients with cognitive dysfunction.
- Diagnose and treat pediatric populations for conditions such as learning disabilities with developmental or organic bases.
- Identify and communicate risks associated with specific neurological surgical procedures, such as epilepsy surgery.
- Educate and supervise practicum students, psychology interns, or hospital staff.
- Distinguish between psychogenic and neurogenic syndromes, two or more suspected etiologies of cerebral dysfunction, or between disorders involving complex seizures.
- Diagnose and treat conditions involving injury to the central nervous system, such as cerebrovascular accidents, neoplasms, infectious or inflammatory diseases, degenerative diseases, head traumas, demyelinating diseases, and various forms of dementing illnesses.
- Diagnose and treat conditions such as chemical dependency, alcohol dependency, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) dementia, and environmental toxin exposure.
- Diagnose and treat neural and psychological conditions in medical and surgical populations, such as patients with early dementing illness or chronic pain with a neurological basis.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in neuropsychology.
- Write or prepare detailed clinical neuropsychological reports, using data from psychological or neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct observations, or interviews.
- Provide psychotherapy, behavior therapy, or other counseling interventions to patients with neurological disorders.
- Provide education or counseling to individuals and families.
- Diagnose and treat psychiatric populations for conditions such as somatoform disorder, dementias, and psychoses.
Related Technology & Tools
- Desktop computers
- Auditory stimulation equipment
- Personal computers
- Block pattern sets
- Respiration measurement equipment
- Skin conductance testing equipment
- Photocopying equipment
- Laser facsimile machines
- Facial electromyography equipment
- Visual stimulation test equipment
- Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
- Pegboards
- Laptop computers
- Grip testing devices
- Computer laser printers
- Pocket smell tests
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Email software
- BrainMetric The Category Test
- MicroCog Assessment of Cognitive Functioning
- Statistical software
- The Tova Company Test of Variables of Attention
- Web browser software
- CogniSyst Computerized Assessment of Response Bias CARB
- Microsoft Office
- Automated Neuropsychological Metric Assessments Battery
- Scheduling software
- Database software
- Noldus Information Technology The Observer
- Behavioral Assessment and Research System BARS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Conners' Continuous Performance Test II
- BrainTrain Captain's Log
- Patient electronic medical record EMR software
- Psychological testing software
- SPSS
- Interactive psychological evaluation software