Neuropsychological Testing Manager

Ellie Mental Health•Deerfield, IL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Ellie Mental Health is seeking an experienced, licensed clinical psychologist to lead and grow its psychological and neuropsychological testing program in the northern Chicago suburbs. The role combines direct clinical care with program leadership. The manager oversees day-to-day testing operations, develops referral relationships, supports future hiring, and collaborates with the Director of Clinical Services and billing, marketing, and administrative teams. The manager oversees testing from referral intake through feedback and report completion, establishes standards for test selection, scoring, report quality, turnaround time, and patient experience, and monitors program performance. The position also provides psychological and neuropsychological assessment and clinical care, mentors and consults with evaluators and clinicians, and partners with clinical leadership on training and quality assurance. Once fully ramped, the role includes approximately four comprehensive evaluations per month and a therapy caseload building toward approximately 15 sessions per week. Therapy expectations may evolve as management responsibilities grow. The position is full-time, hybrid, and based in Bannockburn, Illinois, and the surrounding northern Chicago suburbs.

Requirements

PsyD or PhD in Clinical Psychology or a related field.
Active Illinois Clinical Psychologist license.
Experience conducting psychological, neuropsychological, and/or psychoeducational evaluations.
Strong assessment, interpretation, and integrated report-writing skills.
Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience building or managing a testing program.
Supervisory or mentoring experience.
Familiarity with testing authorization, billing, and payer requirements.
Experience with children, adolescents, adults, ADHD, autism, and/or neurodivergent populations.

Responsibilities

Lead the testing program and oversee testing workflow from referral intake through feedback and report completion.
Establish standards for test selection, scoring, report quality, turnaround time, and patient experience.
Monitor referrals, wait times, completion rates, reimbursement, and program performance.
Improve intake, scheduling, authorization, and documentation processes.
Support referral development with therapists, physicians, schools, and community partners.
Help recruit, onboard, mentor, and oversee additional evaluators as the program grows.
Partner with leadership on staffing and service expansion.
Conduct approximately four comprehensive evaluations per month once fully ramped, including interviews, testing, scoring, interpretation, report writing, and feedback sessions.
Provide psychological, neuropsychological, psychoeducational, ADHD, autism, and related assessments based on training and competency.
Build toward a therapy caseload of approximately 15 sessions per week; expectations may change as management duties grow.
Provide consultation and supervision to evaluators and clinicians as appropriate.
Partner with clinical leadership on training and quality assurance.
Participate in team and leadership meetings.