Virtual Substance Use, Adolescent Addiction Specialist — Applied Research & QA

Advance frontier AI capabilities from home as a Virtual Substance Use, Adolescent Addiction Specialist — Applied Research & QA at TopChoice Recruiting (paying $45 - $95/hour). Our cognitive talent team works directly on post-training alignment, reinforcement learning feedback, and domain verification across Clinical reasoning, Child/Adolescent Clinical Safety expertise, Clinical risk assessment, Severity staging.

Key Contributions

• Demonstrated professional or academic background in Clinical reasoning, Child/Adolescent Clinical Safety expertise, Clinical risk assessment, Severity staging, Intervention judgment.
• Strong analytical reasoning and ability to articulate complex concepts clearly in written English.
• High attention to detail when reviewing technical or domain-specific documentation.
• Self-motivated and reliable within an asynchronous remote work environment.
• 3–5+ years of post-certification experience working directly with adolescents impacted by substance use.
• Review clinical case material describing adolescent substance use and document thorough assessments of risk, severity, and intervention urgency.
• Apply established frameworks such as DSM-5 SUD and ASAM to stage severity and recommend an appropriate level of care.

Minimum Qualifications

• Compensation Band: $45 - $95/hour
• Work Location: Remote (100% Remote / Asynchronous Flexibility)
• Available Openings: 3 open positions
• Core Competencies: Clinical reasoning, Child/Adolescent Clinical Safety expertise, Clinical risk assessment, Severity staging, Intervention judgment
• Clinical specialty in addiction medicine, or child/adolescent psychiatry or psychology with a primary focus on substance use disorders.
• Active clinical license/registration in good standing, with recent (<2 years) adolescent caseload experience.
• Proficiency with adolescent substance use screening and severity staging tools (e.g., CRAFFT, S2BI, DSM-5, ASAM criteria).

Contract Rate & Schedule

• Compensation Rate: $45 - $95/hour (contract specialist remuneration)
• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote / Work From Home
• Eligible Remote Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Core Competencies: Clinical reasoning, Child/Adolescent Clinical Safety expertise, Clinical risk assessment, Severity staging, Intervention judgment
• Hiring Agency: TopChoice Recruiting

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