Job Description
Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida, is seeking a to add a full-time Pediatric Neuropsychologist to our growing team in the Division of Neurology in Orlando. Training is available for a Neuropsychologist with an interest in epilepsy.
The Neuropsychologist will spend the major part of their time completing epilepsy surgical work up including:
- Epilepsy presurgical work up
- Epilepsy post-surgical follow up
- Functional MRI testing
- Cortical mapping for localization of eloquent areas of the brain
The remaining time will be spent on patients with epilepsy, neuromuscular, developmental delay, neuroimmunology issues and other common neurological conditions.
We are currently developing an ambitious, multidisciplinary pediatric neurosciences program for Florida. Our epilepsy surgery program is rapidly growing. We have a great epilepsy team with 4 epileptologists, one functional neurosurgeon, 2 APPs, experienced EEG technologists and nurses. We have a 6 bed EMU and ROSA. We expect to be testing around 50 phase 1 patients a year.
At least 50% of the Neuropsychologist's time will be devoted to this work. Additionally, this position will support other clinical programs like neuromuscular, neuroimmunology and headache. The bulk of the current need is for general neurology patients with cognitive dysfunction and decline.
We have a busy outpatient practice with strong ancillary support including a dedicated Psychometrist, advanced practice providers (APP), nurses, certified EEG technicians, occupational and physical therapists, and social workers. Faculty is expected to cover the inpatient service in rotation. The inpatient team includes adult neurology resident, pediatric resident and medical students and APPs in the EMU.
Required qualifications include:
- Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)
- Completion of 1- 2 Year Neuropsychology Fellowship
- ABPP & EPPP Certification, special expertise in epilepsy surgical evaluation
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About Us Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
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