Position Details
Reference Number 160266
Position Title Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist
Employment Status Permanent Part Time
Program Community Health Rehab & Palliative Care
Location McKellar Centre
Salary $0.00
Hours Per Fortnight 56
Position Summary
  • Permanent part-time (28 hrs p/week) senior role based at the McKellar Centre in North Geelong.
  • Provide neuropsychological assessment and client-centred intervention
  • Work within an inpatient rehabilitation team environment with the aim of maximizing the efficacy of rehabilitation interventions

About the facility

Barwon Health’s McKellar Centre is a recently upgraded facility located only minutes from the centre of Geelong. The centre is a 100 bed inpatient facility offering rehabilitation in Palliative care, Geriatric evaluation and management, Stroke, Trauma, orthopaedic and amputee service. The McKellar Centre offers a range of professional aged care services. It is situated on a vibrant community asset with parkland surrounds and incorporates state of the art equipment.

About the role

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing neuropsychological assessment and client-centred intervention within the inpatient rehabilitation programs.  This senior role is responsible for ensuring contemporary evidence-based psychology services for rehabilitation clients within the clinical setting.  You will provide supervision to Grade 2 staff and students on placement and will work within the rehabilitation team with the aim of maximizing the efficacy of the full range of rehabilitation interventions delivered. 

You will be well supported with 1:1 and peer supervision from our large team of Neuropsychologists and Clinical Psychologists.

About the culture

Our staff thrive in a challenging environment, get enjoyment from being part of a highly recognised and skilled team and truly believe they have the opportunities to be their best. Most importantly our dedicated staff live the Barwon Health way with our values under pinning all that we do.

Barwon Health staff benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development
  • Access to employee wellness facility
  • Salary packaging
  • Social club

Centrally located at University Hospital, only minutes from the vibrant waterfront

At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology
Essential: Registered as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency with specialist endorsement as a Clinical Neuropsychologist
Essential: Registered as a supervisor with AHPRA
Essential: Proven ability to conduct neuropsychological assessments and the capacity to confidently and effectively communicate these findings
Essential: Proven ability to provide evidence based interventions for people with neuropsychological impairments
Essential: Current Victorian Driver's licence
Contact Person Jennifer Todd 
Contact Person Job Title Team Leader Psychology 
Contact Number 0435 445 146 
Contact Email jennyt@barwonhealth.org.au 
Closing Date 12/06/2020
Position Description
File name 
Neuropsych Gr3 PD Generic September 2019.docx Open
Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on closing date. Please ensure your application is added before then as we do not accept late applications.