Neurology – Neuropsychology (Assistant Professor)

Houston, TX         ·        Full time

Title: Neurology – Neuropsychology (Assistant Professor)
Division: Neurology
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Work Location: Houston, TX
Requisition ID: 15282

Summary

The Department of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is seeking a qualified neuropsychologist to join the Section of Neuropsychology.  The successful candidate will be appointed at a faculty level commensurate with experience and achievement.

Job Duties

Clinical responsibilities: 

Responsibilities include conduct of clinical neuropsychological evaluations within the Neuropsychology Section for a wide variety of patient populations. The section provides services for the assessment of cognition and neuropsychiatric functioning in the context of dementia, movement disorders, including deep brain stimulation, cerebrovascular disease, mental health disorders, multiple sclerosis, long-COVID, traumatic brain injury, and epilepsy, amongst others.  Evaluations are conducted primarily with adults in an outpatient setting but these factors are subject to change with the addition of a hospital facility.

Research: 

The candidate’s responsibilities will also include contributing to the research mission of the section through a broad range of collaborative research opportunities.

Education responsibilities: 

The candidate will interact with learners at various levels from Baylor College of Medicine education programs participating in assigned clinical activities.  These will include graduate students, medical students, residents and postdoctoral fellows.  The successful candidate will also participate in the Department’s and the Neuropsychology section’s programs of seminars.

The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in Department and BCM faculty activities.

Department specific tasks include testing of adult patients with acute and chronic neurological disorders and access of relevant electronic medical record methods at the various BCM affiliated hospitals.  Tasks also include providing education to various learners.   The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in Department and BCM faculty activities, including multi-disciplinary team meetings.

Minimum Qualifications

•  Doctorate in clinical psychology or neuropsychology (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) from an APA/CPA-accredited program, successful completion of an APA/CPA-accredited internship, and completion of a two year clinical neuropsychology post-doctoral fellowship. 

The candidate must be board-eligible/board-certified by the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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