October 15, 2008

REVISED JOB POSTING

POSITION:	Research Support Assistant Level III-NL Grade 13
	Salary: $36,346.00 ($29,076.80) 80%
DEPARTMENT:	MOLECULAR IMAGING AND NEUROPATHOLOGY
DUTIES:	Administer neuropsychological tests and social stress tasks, and coordinate testing protocols. Will be trained to administer a set of standard neuropsychological tests, specialized computer tasks, and social stress procedures in studies of impulsiveness, aggression, and suicidal behavior in patients with psychiatric disease. Responsibilities include scheduling, data collection, database management, and elementary analysis. Opportunities exist to participate in publications and to develop own research interests.
EDUCATION:	Master's Degree in Psychology or equivalent or Bachelor's Degree and one year experience in psychological research setting preferred
TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:	Experience in the administration of neuropsychological tests in psychiatric settings is preferred. Familiarity with computers is required. Must be mature and sensitive to the clinical needs of patients who participate in research.
CONTACT:	Phone: 212-543-6774 Fax: 212-543-6070
Interested persons should respond, in writing, to the Research Foundation Personnel office, NYS Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive - Unit 33, New York, NY 10032. Telephone (212) 543-1414. The Research Foundation, an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits.
Posting ref.#: RF20080179/1019