Dr Jasvinder Singh is a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist with over twenty-five years of clinical experience across the United Kingdom and Australia, holding Fellowship of the RANZCP and Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Principal areas of expertise are acquired and traumatic brain injury and neuropsychiatry, supported by training across psychiatry, neuropsychiatry and geriatric psychiatry. Dr Singh has extensive experience assessing complex neuropsychiatric presentations, questions of causation, diagnosis and prognosis, mental capacity and mental health law, and the interface between neurological disease and psychiatric symptomatology.
Dr Singh is currently serving as a tribunal member for the Office of Industrial Relations. He is experienced in preparing expert reports and in the psychological assessment of claimants for litigation purposes, as well as for fitness-for-duty assessments.
Accreditation
AMA 5th Edition
PIRS (Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale)
Type of Cases
Workers’ Compensation
Public Liability
Permanent Impairment Assessments
CTP
Income Protection
TPD
Fitness for Duty
Return to Work
Superannuation Claims
Areas of Expertise
Neuropsychiatry of Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury
Neuropsychiatry related to neurological disorders like MS, Parkinson’s, Epilepsy, Dementia etc
Functional Neurological Disorder
General Adult Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Neurodevelopmental Disorders – Tourette’s, ASD and ADHD.
Professional Associations
Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) 2019
Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 2001
Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK 2008
Master of Medical Science (MMedSc) in Clinical Psychiatry, UK 2010
Registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency & MedicalBoard of Australia (AHPRA)
Experience
Current
Tribunal member, specialist medical assessment Psychiatric tribunals (current) – assessment of claimants and determination of medical questions in a statutory tribunal setting
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Omni Mind Clinics; QNeurology, VMO, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Brisbane
Previous
Staff Specialist West Moreton Mental
Health, 2021-2023
Staff Specialist Psychiatry, Mackay Base
Hospital, QLD 2021 – 2023
Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland Consultant Neuropsychiatrist MBBS FRANZCP MRCPsych MMedSc (Clinical Psychiatry)
Honorary Senior Consultant – Neurosciences, Newcastle University and Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham 2018 – 2021
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Walkergate Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2013 – 2018
Specialty Registrar (ST5–ST7) — Old Age, Liaison and Community Psychiatry, Yorkshire, UK 2010 – 2012