Main area: Clinical Psychologist/ Neuropsychologist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 393-NMUH-2129
Employer: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Michael's Site
Town: Enfield
Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 Pro rata inclusive of outer London HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/03/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 8a
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas.
Job overview
You will be responsible for the provision of highly specialist neuropsychological assessments and brief interventions with patients following stroke, assessing mood, adjustment, behavioural and cognitive functioning using clinical interview, structured observations, and psychometric measures. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will advise patients, their relatives/carers, and non-psychologist colleagues about supporting and managing mood, behaviour, and cognitive difficulties. There will be opportunities to develop individual and group intervention pathways in collaboration with the MDT.
Main duties of the job
Whilst working autonomously within the stroke team, the post holder will join an expanding neuropsychology team. Supervision will be provided by the Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist (or nominated senior colleague), which can be used to progress eligibility towards the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN). The post holder will also join regular journal clubs and complex case discussions, as well as Psychological Therapies, Neuropsychology & Counselling (PTNC) network meetings across the Royal Free.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, leading to eligibility for Chartered Status by the British Psychological Society.
* Entered (or eligible to be) on the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists, or willing to work towards this.
* Enrolled on a course of study and supervision leading to eligibility for the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN).
Experience
* Post-doctoral experience in neuropsychological assessment/interventions.
* Experience in the use and interpretation of psychometric neuropsychological tests.
* Experience of working with adult and older adult patients with neurological conditions.
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
* Experience of working with behaviours that challenge others.
* Experience of teaching and training other psychologists and MDT colleagues.
* Experience of supervising and line managing others.
* Experience of service development and evaluation.
Skills and aptitudes
* Well-developed skills in psychological assessment, intervention and management.
* Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex and clinically sensitive information.
* Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and NHS.
Personal Qualities & attributes
* Ability to work constructively under pressure.
* Demonstrable commitment to multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency work.
Other
* Able to travel within the community and to Trust sites for meetings and patient care.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please check your e-mail account regularly.
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