Cognitive Coach - Home Based Self-Management and Cognitive Training Changes Lives Job Listing at Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, NH (Job ID 3299426-2024-05-01)

Description

Overview

Assists program team at the Home Based Self-Management and Cognitive Training Changes Lives (HOBSCOTCH) Institute with the delivery of the HOBSCOTCH self-management and cognitive training program.

Responsibilities

1. Participates in the prescreening of participants for the HOBSCOTCH self-management and cognitive training intervention.
2. Ensures completion of pre- and post-program evaluation in conjunction with the HOBSCOTCH Institute program coordinator.
3. Works with study investigators to deliver the HOBSCOTCH intervention to study participants who are referred or self-referred to the program who meet inclusion criteria for research studies conducted by the HOBSCOTCH Institute.
4. Carries out study visit tasks and procedures as instructed. Arranges required tests and other appointments. May interview study participants about their medical history, medications, adverse events, demographics, and quality of life issues.
5. Uses problem solving therapy to provide the participant with skills to systematically work through memory related difficulties and other cognitive problems.
6. Applies compensatory memory strategies and skills training to help participants feel more in control of the cognitive challenges that may accompany epilepsy.
7. Teaches basics of epilepsy and memory function, common memory problems, and factors related to seizures or epilepsy that may impact cognition.
8. Emphasizes awareness of the multiple influences that affect memory and attention.
9. Communicates with participants throughout the course of the study.
10. Travels to investigator meetings or protocol specific training.
11. Assists with community delivered epilepsy and self-management education and the HOBSCOTCH Cognitive Coach training program delivery as needed.
12. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Health professional degree, or a bachelor's degree with 3 years of healthcare, epilepsy education and individual (one-to-one) counseling experience; or the equivalent in education and experience, required.
• Prior clinical or research experience preferred.
• Excellent organizational, writing, and office software skills required.

Required Licensure/Certifications

- Certification through the HOBSCOTCH Institute, 2 half days of training totaling 8 hours.

Don't meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

• Remote: Fully Remote;
• Area of Interest: Professional/Management;
• FTE/Hours per pay period: .01 hrs/per week (per diem/temp);
• Shift: Day;
• Job ID: 21538;

Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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