Psychometrist - Brain Injury Rehab Team, Inpatient

Psychometrist - Brain Injury Rehab Team, Inpatient

Salary band Band G ($46.98 - $58.71/hr)

Work type Regular Full-time

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada's hospital for children and youth with disabilities and developmental differences. Serving more than 9,000 families annually through inpatient and outpatient programs and services, our teams are helping to shape the future of pediatric disability care.

As a top 40 Canadian research hospital and academic hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Holland Bloorview integrates care, teaching, research and scholarship to advance practice and improve the lives of children and youth with disabilities and developmental differences. All clinical staff are expected to contribute to the academic agenda through one or more of the following activities: supervising students, teaching, academic service, scholarship and/or research.

Holland Bloorview has achieved 100 per cent in four successive surveys by Accreditation Canada, an unprecedented achievement in safety. We are also proud to be recognized among Greater Toronto’s Top Employers, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People and Canada’s Best Diversity Employers.

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The Psychometrist provides comprehensive neuropsychological assessment services for children and adolescents with acquired brain injury. This role directly supports the Brain Injury Rehab Team (BIRT), an specialized inpatient program that partners with clients and families to rebuild skills and support a meaningful transition back to home, school, and community life following a brain injury.

Working within aclient-family centred framework under supervision from a member of the College of Psychologists of Ontario. Within the framework of the Vision, Mandate, And Core Values of the organization, they support the development of partnerships with clients, families and other health professionals to ensure optimal psychological services.

• Conducts psycho educational or neuropsychological assessments, including test administration, scoring, norming of tests, and aspects of report-writing.
• Provides perceptive behavioural and/or test setting observations.
• Obtains necessary background information to inform the assessment and to provide information to clients/families about the testing process.
• Documents as necessary according to professional standards and hospital policy with respect for the client’s right to confidentiality.
• Works with the interdisciplinary team to provide client and family-centred care which is goal directed, evidence based and outcome oriented.
• Keeping up-to-date of new test measures or versions of tests as they become available.
• Maintains the test library by managing test orders and inventory.
• Supports the triage and management of referrals.

• Participates in quality improvement initiatives, supports the maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment and advances a culture of client/patient safety through work and daily practices.
• Delivers care based on established policies and procedures.
• Documents on client charts as required, according to organizational charting guidelines.
• Enters accurate workload statistics.
• Involvement in psychology and inter-professional education.
• Participates on committees, in…