Remote Testing Psychologist jobs

About the Testing Psychologist role

What the work looks like

• Conduct clinical interviews with the client and, for children, gather history from parents and teachers.
• Administer and score standardized measures of cognition, attention, achievement, personality and behavior.
• Integrate test scores, history and behavioral observations into a diagnostic formulation that answers the referral question.
• Write a comprehensive evaluation report with diagnoses and concrete recommendations for treatment or school accommodations.
• Hold feedback sessions to explain the results to clients, families and referring providers.

What employers ask for

• Doctoral degree in psychology, PhD or PsyD
• State licensure as a psychologist
• Wechsler scales, MMPI and similar instruments
• ADHD and autism diagnostic evaluation
• Integrated psychological report writing
• Familiarity with digital test administration platforms

Doing this job remotely

Interviews, rating scales, scoring, report writing and feedback all transfer to telehealth, and several test publishers support remote administration. Some instruments still require in-person administration, so remote roles tend to focus on the evaluations that do not. The psychologist generally must be licensed where the client is located, though an interstate compact covers telepsychology across participating states.

Where it comes from and where it leads

The route is a doctoral program with assessment training, a predoctoral internship, usually a postdoctoral year, and the licensing exam. From there psychologists specialize, for example in neuropsychology or pediatric assessment, supervise trainees and psychometrists, or lead an assessment service.