Job Title: Clinical Neuropsychologist
Contact: Alex Coopes - Registered Nurse Psych G4
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to work with our state-wide neuropsychiatry service. The successful candidate will be working 32 hours per week for a 12-month period, covering service leave from January 13th, 2025. Job share arrangements may also be considered.
The role involves providing clinical expertise and case consultations to external service providers, consumers, families, and/or carers referred to the service. This includes coordinating assessments and follow-up on a caseload of clients, as well as providing discipline-specific expertise to the multidisciplinary team and other stakeholders.
Responsibilities
* Working as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team to see clients in a range of settings, both in person and via telehealth.
* Coordinating and contributing to assessment of clients with complex neuropsychiatric presentations across both metropolitan and regional areas.
* Regular consultation and education to consumers and stakeholders regarding the management of neurobehavioural and psychiatric symptoms.
* Scope for the provision of neuropsychological assessment and counselling, as well as behavioural assessment, development of positive behaviour support plans, and other short-term therapeutic interventions.
* Providing clinical supervision of neuropsychologists, neuropsychology registrars, and students on higher degree placements within the Brain Disorders Program.
Requirements
* A minimum of a Master's degree in Clinical Neuropsychology and current registration as a psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), with area of practice endorsement in Clinical Neuropsychology.
* A minimum of 5 years post-graduate qualification experience as a fully registered psychologist.
* Highly developed interpersonal skills and proven ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
* Pyschology Board of Australia approved supervisor status for higher degree placement students and Clinical Neuropsychology Registrars.
* Possession of a valid Victorian driver's licence.
About Austin Health
Austin Health is a major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education, and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse, and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+, and people of all ages and cultures.