[Hiring] Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinical Advisor @Mercor

Role Description

The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinical Advisor will be responsible for the following:

• Author fictionalized adolescent mental health case scenarios based on real-world clinical expertise.
• Review scenarios for clinical realism, developmental appropriateness, and ethical considerations.
• Help develop and refine clinician-informed evaluation rubrics for AI chatbot responses.
• Review a subset of AI-generated conversations and provide expert judgment to calibrate automated evaluation systems.
• Advise on best practices for assessing AI behavior across key mental health domains, including suicide risk, therapeutic guidance, and emotional dependency.

Qualifications

• Must-Have:
  • MD, DO, PhD, PsyD, or equivalent qualification in Psychiatry, Psychology, or a related mental health field.
  • Clinical or research experience focused on children and adolescents.
  • Expertise in suicide prevention, self-harm assessment, child & adolescent psychiatry, clinical child psychology, digital mental health, or evidence-based therapies such as DBT or CBT.
  • Strong written communication skills and ability to provide structured clinical feedback.
  • Comfortable reviewing fictional clinical scenarios and evaluating AI-generated conversations.
• Preferred:
  • Experience conducting suicide risk assessments or crisis intervention.
  • Academic or published research in adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, or digital therapeutics.
  • Experience developing clinical guidelines, assessment frameworks, or educational materials.
  • Prior work involving AI, digital health technologies, or mental health product evaluation.
  • Experience supervising trainees or participating in multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Company Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include:

• Benchmark
• General Catalyst
• Peter Thiel
• Adam D'Angelo
• Larry Summers
• Jack Dorsey

Application Process

The application process takes 20–30 minutes to complete:

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: Interview Process

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