Neuropsychologist Grade 2

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Grade not specified

**Occupation**:Health and allied health

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:3726

**Are you a current Austin Health employee?**
- **Make an impact supporting the mental health of patients, their families and carers in our state-wide neuropsychiatry service**:

- ** Fixed term full time (38 hours per week) opportunity until September 2026 - parental leave cover**:

- ** Based at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre, Kew**

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 Community Brain Disorders Assessment and Treatment Service**
- The Community Brain Disorders Assessment and Treatment Service (CBDATS) is state-wide mobile consultative and treatment service for consumers with dual diagnoses of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) or neurodegenerative disease and associated mental illness. CBDATS has a supportive and collaborative team culture, based on the foundations of the Austin Health values. You will be supported by a dedicated and highly skilled clinical team.

**About the role**
- As a Clinical Neuropsychologist, you will be working with a team of supportive and skilled team members to provide clinical expertise and case consultations to external service providers, consumers, families and/or carers referred to the service. You will be responsible for coordinating assessments and follow up on a caseload of clients, as well as providing discipline-specific expertise to the multidisciplinary team and other stakeholders.

A regular day will see you:

- Work as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team seeing clients in a range of settings, both in person and via telehealth.
- Coordinate and contribute to assessment of clients with complex neuropsychiatric presentations across both metropolitan and regional areas.
- Conduct regular consultation and education to consumers and stakeholders regarding the management of neurobehavioral 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
- Participate in clinical intake/triage duties

**About you**
- You will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You'll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:

- A minimum of a Masters 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 2 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.
- A valid Victorian driver's licence

**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.

**Work with us**

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

**Application closing date: Sunday 31 August 2025**

- Applications close Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 8 August 2025