Neuropsychologist

About the role

Join Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People (SMHSOP) at Cumberland Hospital, North Parramatta—a leading multidisciplinary team driving innovation and practice change. Shape recovery and community transitions for older mental health consumers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist neuropsychology services for complex mental health care.
• Assess, influence and empower recovery for people with complex mental illness transitioning to community living.
• Conduct comprehensive neuropsychological assessments and prepare specialist reports to inform treatment, care planning and legal processes.
• Partner with consumers, carers, families and multidisciplinary teams to deliver collaborative, recovery-focused care.
• Provide expert consultation, education and clinical leadership to strengthen neuropsychological practice across the service.
• Champion practice improvement, research and service development to enhance consumer outcomes and quality of care.
• Build strong partnerships across inpatient, community, government and non-government organisations to support safe, least restrictive transitions.

Requirements

• Qualification: Masters or Doctoral degree in neuropsychology and current registration with AHPRA.
• Registration: Demonstrated full registration with AHPRA as a Clinical Psychologist, with practice endorsement for clinical neuropsychology.
• Experience: Extensive post-graduate experience working as a neuropsychologist with demonstrated experience in the assessment, development and delivery of successful individual and group cognitive behavioural treatments to older people, including an understanding of the principles of recovery and psychosocial rehabilitation relating to the care of older people.
• Knowledge: Demonstrated current clinical knowledge and comprehensive understanding of contemporary mental health issues affecting older people, including high level mental health interventions and services available to people with severe Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia.
• Skills: Demonstrated high level communication and negotiation skills (written, electronic & verbal) and demonstrated ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and develop and maintain effective partnerships with a range of key stakeholders, including aged care services, GP’s, Community Managed Organisations, inpatient and community mental health teams, consumers and carers.
• Leadership: Demonstrated experience and leadership in planning, implementing and evaluating clinical service delivery programs, and quality improvement activities.
• Education: Demonstrated ability to contribute to / conduct professional education related to mental health and provide staff clinical supervision.
• Consultation: Ability to provide substantial consultation to other health professionals, aged care providers, GPs and service managers across Western Sydney Local Health District, providing high level clinical, service and strategic advice in mental health and aged care.
• Licence: Current Drivers Licence valid within Australia.

Qualifications

• Masters or Doctoral degree in neuropsychology and current registration with AHPRA.

Benefits

• Funded through the Pathways to Community Living Initiative (PCLI).
• Contribute to service innovation, quality improvement and evidence-based practice.
• Thrive in a culture built on Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment (CORE Values).

Pay

• $59.59 - $72.63 per hour.

Schedule

• Hours Per Week: 16 (Job Share may be considered for part time hours).