Permanent full-time position as a neuropsychologist in the Department of Brain and Nervous Diseases, the Epilepsy Clinic and the Epilepsy Surgery Team at Rigshospitalet

We are seeking a neuropsychologist for a permanent position in the Epilepsy Clinic, Department of Brain and Nerve Diseases at Rigshospitalet, with particular responsibility for the neuropsychological function in the highly specialized epilepsy surgery function at Rigshospitalet.

About the position

You will become part of the neuropsychological function in the Department of Brain and Nerve Diseases with primary attachment to the Epilepsy Clinic, where you will be part of our well-functioning multidisciplinary team with doctors, nurses, secretaries and a neuropsychologist colleague. You will be an important part of the epilepsy surgery team, which consists of more than 20 specialists in neurology, neurophysiology, neuropsychology, neuroradiology, nuclear medicine and psychiatry.

In the epilepsy surgery team, patients are assessed who cannot become seizure-free on medication, with a view to surgery. As a neuropsychologist you contribute with an assessment of the patient’s cognitive functioning level before and after surgery. Your assessment forms an important part of the team’s overall evaluation of the localization and lateralization of the epileptogenic area.

You also have a central function in meeting the patient and the relatives, where you help uncover concerns, align expectations and inform about possible cognitive consequences of the operation. Additionally, the neuropsychologist plays an important role in the postoperative follow-up, including the preparation of rehabilitation plans and supportive conversations as needed.

You will also refer other epilepsy patients from the clinic for neuropsychological examination when there is suspected cognitive difficulties as well as follow-up conversations as needed. Together with the clinic’s other neuropsychologist, you will play an important role in developing a more systematic early detection of cognitive dysfunction and counseling patients from the time of diagnosis. The area is a new national development and priority area within epilepsy treatment, with the long-term goal of broader implementation in clinical practice.

In addition to your primary attachment to the epilepsy clinic, the position will include tasks related to the department’s overall neuropsychological function.

Your tasks will include

• Neuropsychological pre-operative outpatient assessments for focal diagnostics and guidance regarding cognitive outcome after epilepsy operations.
• Post-operative follow-up, including the preparation of rehabilitation plans and supportive conversations as needed.
• Advice and psychoeducation for patients and relatives.
• Participation in multidisciplinary epilepsy surgical conferences and professional meetings in the clinic.
• Examination of other epilepsy patients and follow-up conversations as needed.
• Examination of adults with acquired brain injury including the preparation of rehabilitation plans.
• Teaching, supervision and professional development based on interest and need.
• Possibility of active participation in clinical and research projects within epilepsy and neuropsychology.
• Limited therapeutic tasks with treatment of anxiety about seizures and stress related to epilepsy as well as treatment of patients with functional dissociative seizures.

About Epilepsy Clinic

The Epilepsy Clinic is an outpatient department in the Department of Brain and Nerve Diseases, Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej. The clinic is led by a senior physician and clinic director together with a superintendent nurse. We have 7 permanent specialists and work multidisciplinary with nurses, secretaries and 2 neuropsychologists.

We are part of the Danish epilepsy surgical team, which is the only one in Denmark that handles epilepsy surgical assessment at a highly specialized level, in collaboration with Epilepsy Hospital Filadelfia.

We diagnose and treat adult patients with all types of epilepsy at all levels of specialization.

We hold weekly professional meetings in the clinic with participation of doctors and neuropsychologists where there is an opportunity to discuss patient cases, as well as share scientific work.

We offer

• A professionally stimulating position in a specialized environment.
• Multidisciplinary collaboration with doctors and nurses.
• Supervision by a specialist in neuropsychology and neuropsychological sparring.
• Participation in various research projects by interest

We seek a colleague with the following qualifications

• Cand.psych. aut. with interest and experience in clinical neuropsychology.
• Experience from neurology and possibly from neurorehabilitation.
• Specialist in clinical neuropsychology or on the way to becoming one.
• Works independently and proactively, is professionally curious, engaged and constructive and thrives in a multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Meets patients and relatives with respect, empathy and attentiveness
• Involves patient and relatives in decisions that involve the individual.

Practical information

The position is a permanent full-time position with a desired start date of December 1, 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. Salary and terms of employment according to the applicable agreement for academics employed in the regions.

If you have questions, you are very welcome to contact Noémi B. Andersen, consultant (overlæge), clinic director in the Epilepsy Clinic, at tel. 21488145 or by email: [email protected] ; neuropsychologist Kirsten Vinter at tel. 35 45 28 89 or by email: [email protected] or Line Lunde Larsen, Chief Physician in Brain and Nerve Diseases, Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej at tel. 28961866 or by email [email protected]

You can also read more about our department at rh.dk and follow us on instagram: rh_hjerne_nervesygdomme

The application deadline is Monday, October 22, 2026 at 12:00 . Interviews are expected to be held in week 44.

We are very much looking forward to hearing from you.

Your salary and employment terms Authorized health personnel with patient contact who have been trained in another EU/EEA country than Denmark must, when employed in the Capital Region, meet the language competence requirement in Danish. *Authorized health personnel with patient contact who have been trained in another EU/EEA country than Denmark must, at the time of employment in the Capital Region, have passed a Danish test (Danish course 3, corresponding to the 9th year of schooling) or at least be able to pass the test no later than 1 year after employment, or have obtained equivalent Danish language competencies in another way.

The Danish test must be passed with at least the following scores: • oral communication with a score of 10 • reading comprehension with a score of 7 • written expression with a score of 7