Inpatient Rehabilitation Neuropsychologi

Position Details
Reference Number 64437
Position Title Inpatient Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist(s)
Employment Type Part Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department RACS Psychology
Location Kingston Centre, Cheltenham Vic
Position Summary

• Join a large team of psychologists committed to improving professional practice
• Diverse, short-term neuropsychology rehabilitation on medical wards
• Be part of one of the largest employers of psychologist in Victoria

Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful
About Psychology and Specialist Services - RACS
Monash Health is a leading employers of psychologists in Victoria with psychologists employed in a variety of areas and diverse teams. Psychology careers are supported by offering regular professional supervision, peer support and opportunity for career development. The RACS psychology department comprises of Clinical, Neuro, Health and Education and Developmental Psychologists who work across the sub-acute and aged mental health network of Kingston Centre, Dandenong and Casey Hospital. RACS psychologists work from a patient-care perspective, delivering high quality, evidence based assessment and treatment. The department values itself with key initiatives and portfolios to improve service provision and quality of psychological practice.
About the Role
RACS psychologists deliver evidenced based treatment to a variety of patients and have key roles working within the multidisciplinary teams across the sub-acute wards using a patient-centred care perspective. The Grade 2 Clinical Neuropsychologist will undertake a diverse role in investigating, identifying, documenting and providing psychological assessment and brief intervention to rehabilitation and aged mental health patients with cognitive, behavioural, psychological, and/or personality factors that are impacting on engagement and discharge planning. In addition to direct bed-based patient work, psychologists also provide secondary consultation to the teams and a broad range of relevant stakeholders. The Grade 2 role receives clinical support and triage, along with supervision from experienced Grade 3 neuropsychologists.
The role is a permanent P2 neuropsychology position located at Kingston Centre. The position is 0.8 EFT (or 4 days per week) but can be split into 2 positions if there are suitable candidates who only want to work 0.4 EFT (or 2 days per week). Flexible, family-friendly hours are supported.
About you
You enjoy working within a team environment and have a keen focus on fostering relationships to improve service provision and deliver patient-centred care. Your ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbally, to a wide audience is a core competency for this position, along with excellent time-management skills and knowledge in working with patients with chronic and/or complex neuropsychological issues and strong assessment and report writing skills. You deliver evidence based psychological assessment that can be measured for effectiveness. You are dynamic and flexible and enjoy the diverse nature of ward based work.
Monash Health is a great place to work
In 2022 Monash Health was nominated by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 organisations in Australia to grow your career.
Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

• salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
• a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
• free vaccinations
• private health insurance at discounted rates
• health imaging services
• + more

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne.
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.
Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.
Existing Monash Health Employees should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services at .
Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

• reference checks;
• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
• proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.
As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview.
Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.
All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement which can be accessed via myGov.
Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status.
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