[Hiring] Cognitive Coach @Dartmouth Health

Role Description

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.

• Participates in the prescreening of participants for the HOBSCOTCH self-management and cognitive training intervention.
• Ensures completion of pre- and post-program evaluation in conjunction with the HOBSCOTCH Institute program coordinator.
• 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.
• 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.
• Uses problem solving therapy to provide the participant with skills to systematically work through memory related difficulties and other cognitive problems.
• Applies compensatory memory strategies and skills training to help participants feel more in control of the cognitive challenges that may accompany epilepsy.
• Teaches basics of epilepsy and memory function, common memory problems, and factors related to seizures or epilepsy that may impact cognition.
• Emphasizes awareness of the multiple influences that affect memory and attention.
• Communicates with participants throughout the course of the study.
• Travels to investigator meetings or protocol specific training.
• Assists with community delivered epilepsy and self-management education and the HOBSCOTCH Cognitive Coach training program delivery as needed.
• 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.
• Bilingual preferred.

Requirements

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