Lead Neuropsychologist

ROLE DESCRIPTION

The Lead Neuropsychologist is a key clinical expert at Blackbird Health, providing direct care to children and families and helping build our service line offering. This position is responsible for providing advanced neuropsychological assessment and consultation services for children and families. This leader drives clinical excellence and standardization, maintains the highest levels of clinical quality and compliance, and contributes to truly integrated care within Blackbird Health's multidisciplinary team. This role reports to the Senior Director, Specialty Services and collaborates closely with Clinical Leadership.

This is a Remote role, with opportunity to be Hybrid at any of our clinic locations

Key areas of responsibility

• Lead the development and standardization of Blackbird’s Neuropsychology assessment protocols and standards.
• Conduct comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations for children with neurodevelopmental and school-related cases.
• Spearhead the expansion of diagnostic pathways for complex behavioral profiles, ensuring the service line is equipped to address a broad spectrum of developmental presentation types.
• Provide expert consultation to all members of treatment teams (Masters-level clinicians, social workers, Licensed counselors) on diagnostic formulation and therapeutic issues related to neurodevelopmental and cognitive profiles.
• Develop and implement Blackbird programs, protocols and standards related to the Neuropsychology service line.
• Help set and execute on key performance indicators for the Neuropsychology service.
• Maintain a consistent clinical presence, providing 24 hours of direct patient-facing clinical care per week focused on comprehensive evaluations.
• Consult on clinical issues as needed; and other duties as assigned.

Clinical Service Performance & Mentorship

• Own the clinical effectiveness and diagnostic quality of the Neuropsychological testing service line.
• Provide clinical direction and strategy for the evolution of specialized assessment tools used to identify cognitive differences and atypical developmental trajectories.
• As the service line grows, provide clinical supervision and mentorship to Ne