Start your Neuropsychology Career at Alfred Health – complete your registrar program with us!

• Fixed Term (2 Years) Full Time (1.0 EFT / 80 Hours) + ADO
• Psychologists Grade 2
• Located at The Alfred
• Great Staff Benefits, Including 5 Weeks Leave & Salary Packaging

About the role

• This exciting position for an early-career psychologist is designed to support your transition into the workforce after completing your university-based training, while you undertake your clinical neuropsychology registrar program.
• One position is available for a new-graduate psychologist seeking clinical neuropsychology endorsement, commencing February 2025
• During your two-year registrar period, you will have the opportunity to complete two 12-month rotations across four sites at Alfred Health.  Rotation One:  Older Persons Mental Health, St Kilda Road Clinic adult mental health programs, and Inpatient Psychiatric Unit.  Rotation Two:  Alfred Brain Program (including Neurology, Neurosurgery, Epilepsy, inpatients and outpatients) and Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service.
• You will provide a range of neuropsychology services to consumers of each service that you rotate through, including but not limited to:  conducting comprehensive neuropsychological assessments, formulate diagnoses, prepare clinical reports, provide feedback on assessment and recommendations to the treating team, client, and their families/carers, and identify consumers suitable for individual cognitive rehabilitation and/or group-based cognitive remediation programs.
• You will be supported by highly experienced supervisors in each rotation, receive supervision provided by a dedicated Psychology Educator throughout your two-year program, and attend regular peer group supervision.
• We are seeking applications from current final year Clinical Neuropsychology Masters/ Doctoral candidates who currently hold provisional registration and expect to attain General Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia by no later than end of January 2025.
• Please specify the date that you anticipate attaining General Registration in your cover letter.

What We Offer:

• You will be supported through your registrar program to gain endorsement in Clinical Neuropsychology
• You will be enrolled in Alfred Health’s Psychology Registrar Learning and Development Program.  You will learn and network with peers at a similar stage of development, as well as learn from guest speakers from specialist areas
• Four hours of protected time per week for reflective practice in your first year
• Discovery Days, providing you with the opportunity to have observational learning days at sites across Alfred Mental and Addiction Health
• Access to a diverse range of professional development opportunities through the psychology department as well as Alfred Mental and Addiction Health

Benefits:

• Generous salary packaging and novated leasing are available through Maxxia
• Onsite child care services, a payroll deductible expense
• Onsite staff gym, a payroll deductible expense
• Modern onsite library facilities, exclusive to Alfred Health staff
• Access to staff health and wellbeing incentives
• Discounted health insurance

Applications Close: 11pm AEST, Sunday 3rd November 2024

If you are intersted apply through the following link.

https://www.livehire.com/job/alfredhealth/D9K43