Senior Neuropsychologist -Team Leader Neonatal Neurodevelopment Clinic

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Senior Neuropsychologist (Grade 4) – Team Leader Neonatal Neurodevelopment Clinic

• Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
• Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital
• Permanent, Part-time role

About the Role

This is a Permanent, Part Time position at 60.8 per fortnight within Neonatal Medicine.

You will be responsible for undertaking comprehensive assessments of children aged two and five years old who were cared for on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or affiliated units with high-risk infant admissions at RCH (e.g. PICU). The Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist will provide leadership within the psychology discipline in the Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Clinic. You will work closely with other team members to achieve family-centred care for children cared for at RCH as infants.

Classification for this position will range from PL1-PL4.

What you’ll achieve:

• The successful applicant will be responsible for undertaking comprehensive assessments of children aged two and five years old who were cared for on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or affiliated units with high-risk infant admissions at RCH.
• The Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist will provide leadership within the psychology discipline in the High-Risk Infant Neurodevelopmental Follow up Clinic.
• You will contribute to the Neonatal Medicine Greater Care initiative by engaging in quality and research initiatives

Your skills and experience

• Hold an accredited Master or Doctoral qualification in clinical neuropsychology, recognised by Psychology Board of Australia. (Note - Master of Professional Psychology qualification does not meet this criterion)
• Hold an Area of Practice Endorsement with the Psychology Board of Australia in clinical neuropsychology
• Have significant (at least 8 years) post-qualification (higher-degree) experience as a psychologist, and specialised skills in clinical practice in paediatric clinical neuropsychology

Demonstrated experience as a manager of clinical staff in a health setting

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Department

The Department of Neonatal Medicine specialises in the management of newborn infants with surgical and complex medical conditions. We have in excess of 800 admissions per year. We recognise the importance of structured, targeted neurodevelopmental follow‐up and to this end have developed a dedicated multi‐disciplinary High Risk Infant Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic in which targeted sub‐groups of our patients will be assessed at key time points in their development.

What we offer:

Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
Employee Assistance Program
Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
Culture of continuous improvement

Other requirements:

Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
Valid Working with Children Check
Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain
Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

For more information about this position please contact Dr Leah Hickey, Director Neonatal Medicine, Ph:03 93455008 Email: nicu.administration@rch.org.au

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 18 June 2025