Benefits:

Competitive salary

Flexible schedule

Opportunity for advancement

Forensic psychiatry practice specializing in children’s psychological trauma provides expert witness services such as records review, evaluations, and expert opinions concerning psychological damages, sexual abuse, and institutional negligence claims with focus on foster care, school administration, residential treatment, churches, and juvenile delinquency facilities.

In search of an experienced forensic child psychiatrist, psychologist, and social worker. Desired candidate is Board-certified and psychoanalytically oriented with experience taking careful histories, performing diagnostic interview evaluations, interpreting and utilizing psychometric data, reviewing large quantities of background records, and be able to produce written quality forensic expert opinions regarding psychological trauma damages and means of rehabilitation. Experience giving testimony is a plus. Salary range is $100-$350 an hour based on experience and type of licensure.

Please submit a short paragraph as to why you feel you are qualified for the position. What does your forensic experience entail?

Applicant:

Must be detail-oriented, an excellent writer, reporter, able to meet often pressing deadlines, comfortable speaking in adversarial situations such as giving testimony in depositions and trials, open to learning, quick about absorbing scientific literature rapidly when it is relevant to the particular case, and follow complex instructions. Must be proficient with WORD, proofreading, Zoom, and be able to work with PDF files.

Must hold Board certification in Child Psychiatry or psychology, licensed, and be psychoanalytically oriented. This is a remarkable opportunity to enhance the societal results of litigation by providing a voice to children and adults who were victims of negligence. In addition, you will have an opportunity to learn from and train with one of the most highly skilled and experienced expert witnesses in the field. Compensation based upon experience, quality of work, and productivity. Some training will be given.

Must be able to dedicate time to meet deadlines.

Minimum 5 yr experience in forensic work (perhaps add this to the title)?

expert witness report preparation

excellent writing skills

attention to detail

court testimony

deposition testimony

forensic examiner experience

Remote work. Contract work. Compensation based on experience.

Please contact: Jessie Rios, Director, Social Service Division, Harlem Family Services.

jessie.rios@expertchildpsychiatry.org

This is a remote position.