Clinical Neuropsychologist

**Reference Number**:3664

**Category**:Mental Health

**Department**:Adult & Older Adult Services

**_Are you a current Austin Health employee?_**
- **Make an impact in supporting the mental health of adults, their families and carers in the Secure Extended Care Unit**:

- **Grade 3 Neuropsychologist, part time opportunity (15.2 hours per week)**:

- **Heidelberg location, with multiple public transport options available**:

- **Competitive base salary + generous salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time)**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the Mental Health Division**

The Mental Health Division provides mental health assessment and interventions for people experiencing mental illness, and their family and carers. Working from a recovery-orientated model, the Mental Health Division provides an array of hospital-based, community and specialist services for infants, children, young people, adults and aged people throughout Victoria. All mental health services work within a clinical framework that promotes recovery-orientated practice and supported decision-making.

The Mental Health Division has a highly supportive and collaborative team culture, based on the foundations of the Austin Health values.

The Secure Extended Care Unit (SECU) is a 25-bed facility providing secure inpatient treatment and care for people with severe symptomatology and associated behavioural disturbance who require an extended period of sustained treatment and rehabilitation in a contained environment. Potential SECU clients are typically difficult to engage in treatment with behaviours that, in the absence of a stable, structured environment, can put themselves and/or the community at risk.

**About the role**

As the Clinical Neuropsychologist, you will provide clinical services to patients of the (SECU) at Austin Health, supporting people with complex emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties.

A regular day will see you:

- Provide comprehensive neuropsychological assessment, treatment and consultation services with relevant others to support the patient’s mental health and wellbeing
- Provide specialist neuropsychological knowledge and skills to the multidisciplinary team and give advice to staff on specialist assessment outcomes and strategies.
- Initiate, plan, implement and evaluate neuropsychological services, in consultation with patients and the multidisciplinary team.
- Contribute to the efficient and effective operations of the service by providing a specialist clinical neuropsychology resource within the Adult Directorate.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, training, education and supervision of staff and students on higher degree placements.

**About you**

You will be someone who has excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.

You’ll further bring with you:

- Master’s degree in clinical Neuropsychology, as well as current registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
- A minimum of 5 years clinical experience.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide neuropsychological assessments and interventions for adults with complex emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties who may also have co-morbid medical and neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to be able to liaise and consult with a wide range of individuals, agencies and service providers
- Keen interest, endorsement and experience in providing clinical supervision
- High level self-management skills - time management, diligence and reliability

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
- Psychologists across the Mental Health Division are provided with support and professional management and are overseen from a discipline perspective by the Grade 4 Neuropsychologist and Director of Psychology.

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description**for further details.**

**Application closing date: Wednesday 20 August 2025