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Job Description
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West Tennessee Healthcare is seeking a third full-time Neuropsychologist to join the West Tennessee Neuroscience and Spine Center in Jackson, Tennessee. This established practice is part of the West Tennessee Medical Group, a large multi-specialty employed provider group affiliated with Jackson-Madison Co. General Hospital. We currently employ almost 200 physicians and 95 advanced practice providers throughout a 19-country service area. This position will provide outpatient focused neuropsychological assessment of adult patients with a broad spectrum of neurological disorders. This well-established service line has a large internal and community-based referral network. The successful candidate will work alongside our team of 4 neurologists, 3 neurosurgeons and 10 advanced practice providers.
Job Summary
This busy service line provides diagnostic assessment, diagnosis, rehabilitation and neurobehavioral treatment and family education for a wide variety of neurological and medical conditions related to acquired or developmental disorders of the central nervous system.
Proficiency in adult neuropsychology, neurodegenerative disorders and the ability to establish oneself as an independent practitioner in our practice are baseline expectations.
Job Highlights
- Outpatient focused
- Opportunity to expand hospital consults and specialty area if desired
- No call or weekends
- Established practice with large built-in referral network
- Collaborative environment working directly with our team of neuropsychologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and advanced practice providers
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Increasing income potential after first year
- Relocation allowance
- Generous continuing education support
- Clinic EMR is EPIC and hospital EMR is Cerner
Qualifications and Experience
- Successful candidates will be Ph.D. or Psy.D. from an accredited APA graduate program and completion of a postdoctoral program in Neuropsychology
- Board certification is encouraged
- Tennessee License/eligibility in psychology
- Able to perform comprehensive neuropsychological assessments and develop and implement appropriate care plans independently
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to consult with other medical professionals at a peer to peer level
As a public, not-for-profit healthcare system, West Tennessee Healthcare is trusted with the health and well-being of more than 550,000 Tennesseans across a 19-county service area. Jackson-Madison County General Hospital is our flagship hospital. Our 642-bed tertiary care facility sits right in the heart of West Tennessee.
We are proud to offer Big City medicine without the high cost of living, long commutes and heavy traffic. Jackson is conveniently located 1 hour from Memphis and 2 hours from Nashville. Also, TN has no state income tax!
- Jackson-Madison County General Hospital is one of the top 10 largest public not-for-profit healthcare systems in the U.S. with over 350 physicians on active staff
- West Tennessee Medical Group employs 200 physicians and 95 advanced practice providers
- Our community is around 100,000 people with a large medical footprint. We serve over 500,000 covered lives in a 19-county service area.
- Visit www.jacksontn.com to explore our city and www.WTH.org for more details about our organization
For more information, contact Meredith Johnson, physician recruiter for West Tennessee Healthcare.
Email: Meredith.Johnson@WTH.org
Phone: 731-431-4467
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