Clinical Neuropsychologist

Overview At Houston Methodist, the Clinical Neuropsychologist position is responsible for providing psychological expertise for the clinical, educational and consultative aspect, specializing in the diagnostic assessment and treatment of patients with brain injury or neuro-cognitive deficits. This position performs direct patient care including assessment, evaluation and education by providing individual and group therapy and counseling.

Houston Methodist Standard
PATIENT AGE GROUP(S) AND POPULATION(S) SERVED
Refer to departmental "Scope of Service" and "Provision of Care" plans, as applicable, for description of primary age groups and populations served by this job for the respective HM entity.

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY:
    We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION:
    We embrace the whole person including emotional, ethical, physical, and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY:
    We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT:
    We treat every individual as a person of worth, dignity, and value.
  • EXCELLENCE:
    We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET, Managing Up, Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees' experiential journeys to ensure strong communication, ease of access to information, and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organization's vision, fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

Responsibilities
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Performs clinical interviews, conducts diagnostic assessments and scores neuropsychological tests and writing reports to consider all variables that may impact treatment plans and outcomes for patients.

• Provides feedback to patients and family members regarding treatments and interventions.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Participates in case conferences with referring physicians and interprofessional care coordination meetings at the request of providers, patients, families or staff.

• Oversees neuropsychological evaluations and assessments and helps create a standardized level of care with interprofessional health care team.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Delivers neuropsychological treatment to patients in the brain injury or neuro-cognitive program.

• Responsible for timely documentation and communication to all members of the interprofessional care team.

• Reports all accidents promptly and corrects minor safety hazards. Communicates with peers and management regarding any hazards identified in the workplace.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Participates in business development activities to establish referral pipelines.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Helps to establish new clinical care models and treatment programs specific to brain injury or neuro-cognitive deficits.

• Maintains an awareness of current and changing trends, techniques, methods, and research in the field of neuropsychology and psychological therapy treatments by attending learning workshops and professional seminars, reading journals, attending in-service workshops, external conferences in area of specialty/clinical discipline, etc.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned.

Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

Qualifications
EDUCATION

• PH.D in clinical psychology or neuropsychology from an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited clinical psychology program

• American Psychological Association (APA) accredited 2 year internship program

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Two years post-doctoral experience as a clinical neuropsychology fellow

License/Certification
LICENS…