Clinical Neuropsychologist – Outpatient Neuropsychology Service [Req#: 876805, Position#: 48746]

UT Southwestern•Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Division of Psychology is seeking an outstanding clinical neuropsychologist with assessment expertise and research interest in epilepsy and functional neurological disorders. The position is primarily clinical with opportunities to participate in research activities through the O’Donnell Brain institute. UT Southwestern is a large, cutting-edge medical system which includes the William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital and Zale Lipshy Pavilion, and partners with other major teaching hospitals in the Southwestern Medical District, including Children's Health℠ Children's Medical Center Dallas, and Parkland Health and Hospital Systems. With over 25 adult and pediatric neuropsychologists on campus, there is a large professional community with whom to collaborate. This position is located in the Outpatient Neuropsychology Service within the primary University Hospital system, with opportunities for inpatient consultation. As part of the UT Southwestern Medical Center clinical team in Psychiatry/Neuropsychology, you will join in an evolving effort to contribute to advances in behavioral and brain health, transform patient care, and expand knowledge and implications of brain-behavior relationships. In our growing downtown Dallas campus, we have neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, neuroscientists and many varied students advancing the development of assessments and neurotherapeutic interventions for challenging brain disorders, discovering advanced understanding of the causes of psychiatric illnesses and cures. At UT Southwestern, your ideas and skills will be put to work in ways that serve you, our patients, our community, and the world. Our 3,000+ UT Southwestern faculty foster teamwork and teach the skills that best reflect the changing landscape of therapeutics and health care delivery. Our research environment is one of the most advanced in the world, and the day-to-day quest for discovery will inspire your best work. The Department of Psychiatry’s vision is to meet the behavioral health needs of diverse communities across North Texas and beyond by increasing equitable access to psychiatric care and the latest advancements in neuroscience and psychiatry and preparing an effective workforce to achieve these objectives. Our department offers expertise in broad specialty and subspecialty areas of psychiatry and neuropsychology with opportunities to collaborate with experts in our field. To serve the diverse communities of North Texas and maintain the excellence of our institution, we welcome faculty candidates who will bring additional dimensions to our research, teaching, and clinical mission, including underrepresented groups.

Requirements

Completion of APA approved internship and PhD or PsyD in Psychology, with subsequent 2-year postdoctoral training in clinical neuropsychology
ABPP/CN-eligible.
While Texas licensure is not required for consideration or selection for the position, it is a pre-requisite for starting in the position.

Nice To Haves

Preference will be given to board certified clinicians experienced with the above patient populations.

Responsibilities

Provision of clinical neuropsychological assessment and consultation services
Opportunities consultation on pre-surgical evaluations with the Epilepsy Surgical Team and Neuromodulation Movement Disorder group
Supervision of pre- and post-doctoral trainees
Development and implementation of outpatient consultation services
Participation in the overall academic mission, with opportunities for involvement in our APA accredited doctoral program in Clinical Psychology.
Primary patient populations include movement disorders, dementia, multiple sclerosis, brain injury, stroke, and epilepsy, as well as neuropsychiatric presentations and a broad range of complex medical disorders.
We are seeking a candidate who espouses a flexible approach to assessment and is experienced in working with adults with a range of neurocognitive disorders.

Benefits

Generous compensation with a guaranteed salary and wRVU productivity incentive
Time to attend professional conferences
Excellent comprehensive, low-cost health insurance (effective on start state), dental, vision, retirement plan, life insurance, and disability benefits.
As employees of a public, State of Texas organization, faculty are entitled to $1 million in identity theft protection and many employee discounts
No need for malpractice tail insurance: med/mal is occurrence based
Eligible site for public student loan forgiveness program and NIH loan repayment program
Opportunities to engage in our APA doctoral Clinical Psychology program and internship
Yearly professional allowance for development activities

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