Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SimplePractice is improving access to quality care by providing health and wellness clinicians with essential tools for private practice. They are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to drive innovation in mental health clinical research, focusing on translating research findings into impactful academic publications and practical tools for clinicians.
Responsibilities
- Drive Clinical Innovation: Design and execute rigorous research studies focused on mental health outcomes, utilizing large-scale datasets to identify trends and clinical best practices
- Translate Insights: Move fluidly between writing for peer-reviewed academic journals and collaborating with product teams to build evidence-based tools for practitioners
- Research at Scale: Lead initiatives that demonstrate the real-world impact of independent practice, helping to shape the narrative of the mental health field through data
- Bridge Partnerships: Act as a key liaison between internal clinical research teams and external academic collaborators to ensure scientific validity and cross-pollination of ideas
- Impact Development: Identify opportunities to integrate AI-forward methodologies into research workflows and product features to enhance provider efficiency and patient outcomes
Skills
- PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology, Counseling, Social Work, Public Health, or a related behavioral health field
- Proven experience in mental health outcome and impact research, with strong experience in research design and execution
- Mastery of both qualitative and quantitative analysis skills; you should be as comfortable with thematic coding as you are with longitudinal data modeling
- Deep experience handling complex datasets and translating them into clear, evidence-based narratives
- Ability to present findings to diverse audiences, from academic researchers to product managers and executive leadership
- Direct experience providing clinical care, offering a 'practitioner-first' lens to your research questions
- Experience with, or a strong interest in, the integration of AI and machine learning into clinical research development
- Specific experience in clinical outcomes research within a healthcare or health-tech environment
- A track record of publishing in high-impact, peer-reviewed mental health journals
Benefits
- Employees may also be eligible for an annual bonus or commission.
- Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay.
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