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 epileptology surgical function at Rigshospitalet.

About the position

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

In the epilerosurgical team, patients are evaluated who cannot achieve seizure freedom on medication, with a view to surgery. As a neuropsychologist you contribute with assessment of the patient’s cognitive functioning level before and after surgery. Your assessment will form an important part of the team’s overall evaluation of localization and lateralization of the epileptogenic area.

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

You will also be referred other epilepsy patients from the clinic for neuropsychological examination when there is suspicion of 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 detection of cognitive dysfunction and advising patients from the time of diagnosis. The area is a new national development and prioritization area within epilepsy treatment, where the long-term goal is broader implementation in clinical practice.

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

Your duties will include, among others

• Neuropsychological pre-operative outpatient assessments for focal diagnosis and counseling regarding cognitive outcomes after epilepsy surgeries.
• Post-operative follow-up, including preparation of rehabilitation plans and supportive conversations as needed.
• Advising and psychoeducation of patients and relatives.
• Participation in interdisciplinary epilepsia-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 preparation of rehabilitation plan.
• Tutoring, supervision and professional development according to 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 the Epilepsy Clinic

The Epilepsy Clinic is an outpatient unit in the Department of Brain and Nerve Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej. The clinic is led by a chief physician and clinic manager together with a head nurse. We have 7 permanent specialists and work interdisciplinary with nurses, secretaries and 2 neuropsychologists.

We are part of the Danish epilepsia surgical team, which is the only one in Denmark that handles highly specialized epileptogenic diagnostics in collaboration with Epilepsy Hospital Filadelfia.

We diagnose and treat adults 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 and share scientific work.

We offer

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

We are seeking 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 interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Meets patients and relatives with respect, empathy and attentiveness
• Involves the patient and relatives in decisions involving the individual.

Practical information

The position is a permanent full-time position with expected start on 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, chief physician, clinic leader 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 Medical Officer in Brain and Nerve Diseases, Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej at tel. 28961866 or by email [email protected]

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

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

We very much look forward to hearing from you.

Your salary and employment terms: Authorized healthcare professionals with patient contact who are trained in another EU/EEA country than Denmark, upon employment in Region Hovedstaden, must meet the language competence requirement in Danish. *Authorized healthcare professionals with patient contact trained in another EU/EEA country than Denmark must have passed a Danish exam (Danish education 3, corresponding to the completion of 9th grade) or at minimum be able to pass the exam no later than 1 year after employment, or have obtained equivalent Danish language skills in another way.

The Danish exam must be passed with at least the following grades:

• oral communication with grade 10 • reading comprehension with grade 7 • written expression with grade 7

~ Application deadline: Oct 22, 2026

Location: Rigshospitalet