Neuropsych - Neuropsychologist

Job Title & Specialty Area:
Neuropsychologist

Department:
Neuropsych

Location:

SPC Plano

Shift:

Job Type: (On-Site)

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

A Neuropsychologist is an individual licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists for the independent practiced of psychology who is not a member of the Medical/Dental Staff. The basic function of a clinical Neuropsychologist is to provide clinical neuropsychological services to children and families. This expertise is applied to children and families through clinical evaluation, management, and intervention services.

The services involve specialized expertise in individual testing as well as specialized expertise in the measurement of cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional factors. The Neuropsychologist possesses advanced knowledge and experience with patient populations that include infants, children, and adolescents with developmental disorders affecting behavior and cognition, genetic syndromes affecting development, and all types of acquired conditions that affect brain function.

The Neuropsychologist provides support to department and organization objectives by providing unique expertise and clinical service that is exclusive to the discipline of Neuropsychology. Further, the Neuropsychologist provides support to the physicians and clinics within CMC by providing clinical care and intervention of CMC patients. Specialized training and expertise, outstanding critical thinking skills, ability to communicate effectively, and ability to collaborate with other disciplines are all essential to the provision of quality neuropsychological services.

• Providing Neuropsychological evaluation for patients and their families. This includes comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations, scoring of data, writing reports, providing feedback to patients and families, attending meetings at the children's school if appropriate.
• Providing consultations for patients, families, and physicians. Will review the results of a child's neuropsychological evaluation thoroughly and provide additional strategies and suggestions for interventions. Will also consult with potential patients and their families to determine if neuropsychological services are appropriate. Also, this includes attending CARE conferences and/or consulting directly with other providers, when indicated.
• Supervision of postdoctoral students and interns for the purpose of meeting their training requirements and fulfilling ethical standards of supervision of unlicensed trainees.
• Attends regularly scheduled research meetings to report on progress of various projects. Other activities include reviews of relevant literature, brainstorming project ideas, data collection, IRB paperwork, writing abstracts, articles & book chapters, creating posters/presentations for research meetings/conferences, attending conferences/research meetings, and grant writing.
• Attends various classes, workshops, and presentations in order to keep licensure current and to maintain the requisite amount of continuing education credits.

Other information:

• At least 1 year internship or postdoctoral experience commensurate with area of practice Req
• Predoctoral internship accredited by the American/Psychological Association AND one of the following: a) Two (2) years of postdoctoral training in an APPCN member program, or b) documentation of two (2) years of training under the supervision of a board certified (ABPP-CN) neuropsychologist. Req

• Graduate or…