Clinical Interviewer Job

Employer Name: Medical Services Organization	SpiderID: 2935878
Location: Los Angeles area, California	Date Posted: 11/3/2009
Wage: 70K to 80K+ D.O.E.	Category: Medical/Health
Job Code: EGBMV
Number Of Openings: Several

Job Description:
New Jersey based nationwide company, privately-owned pharmaceutical services organization, seeking full time Clinical Interviewers both Bi-Lingual-Spanish and Non-Bilingual to work in the following locations: Hamilton, New Jersey, Los Angeles, California. Successful candidates will evaluate a wide range of psychiatric patients using various diagnostic and symptom rating scales. Specific experience with mood/anxiety and psychosis is required. Requirements: Minimum of a four-year RN/ BSN Degrees Master's Degree a BIG+, conferred by a clinically-focused program in a mental health discipline such as Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or Psychiatric Nursing. Minimum three years of clinical experience with psychiatric patients, Minimum two years administering psychiatric symptom rating scales EVERYONE MUST HAVE SCALE EXPERIENCE: in the HAMD, HAMA, SCID and PANSS structured diagnostic interviews (SCID). Clinical and scale experience with mood/anxiety and psychosis. Our mission is to address the pharmaceutical industry's need to reduce the number of failed CNS clinical drug trials and time to market by providing high quality clinical assessments. We do this by connecting sites to a centralized team of highly experienced and well-trained clinicians for improved quality, less variability and reduced bias in interviews. You will be part of an expert rating team, conducting assessments as part of a study protocol via videoconference or telephone. All Clinical Interviewers will undergo rigorous training on the various rating scales to be administered. Training will be conducted by leading experts in the field and authors of the assessment scales. If you are a Clinical Interviewer with experience working with psychiatric patients and are looking to work in one of the above areas, For detailed information: Contact Ed Blake, 609.645.3330 or send resume to: recruiting@blakeandassociates.net Salary base: 70K to 80K+ D.O.E first year compensation. Relocation Package Excellent Benefit Package. Fully Paid. PLEASE: Specify what position you are responding to as we have several positions in the medical industry posted. The company, which started with a handful of visionaries, has grown to over 70 employees today and is headquartered in Hamilton, NJ. Their mission is to bring better and safer CNS drugs to market faster by delivering high quality assessments for clinical trials. Our Client is a company whose commitment and passion is to improve the science of psychiatric drug trials. The cornerstone of their success is Centralized Expert Ratings Services through which highly trained interviewers administer clinical assessments for research studies via videoconference and telephone. Centralizing the assessments increases the precision, accuracy, reliability, and quality of the administration of psychiatric diagnostic and symptom assessments

Job Requirements:
EVERYONE MUST HAVE SCALE EXPERIENCE: in the HAMD, HAMA, SCID and PANSS structured diagnostic interviews (SCID). Clinical and scale experience with mood/anxiety and psychosis.

Job Criteria:
Start Date: ASAP
Position Type: Full-Time Permanent
Years of Experience Required: 2
Education Required: Bachelors
Overnight Travel: None
Vacation Time: 3 weeks / year

Job Benefits:
Health/Dental Benefits, Retirement Benefits, Paid Holidays, Vacations, and Sick Leave, Life and/or Disability Insurance, Relocation Assistance, Tuition Reimbursement, Other Benefits

Company Profile:
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Contact Information:

Contact Name: Ed Blake	Company Type: Recruiter
Company: Blake & Associates Executive Search	Phone: 609-645-3330
Street: 927 N. Main St, Suite B2	Fax: 609-383-0320
City: Pleasantville
State: New Jersey
Zip: 08232

Web Site: http://www.blakeandassociates.net