Clinical Neuropsychologist / Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology
Hobbs Rehabilitation 'South East' are looking to recruit a senior Clinical Neuropsychologist to work on-site and closely alongside the experienced AHP team in their modern, purpose-designed rehabilitation base at Liss. The team has an excellent reputation for cutting edge rehabilitation, especially in the field of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and have extensive experience of working with Clinical Neuropsychologists. The post would suit someone with highly developed team-working skills with a proven track record in this, who is wishing to branch out from an NHS post for a proportion of the working week or someone working privately but who wishes to remain in contact with Neuropsychologists and an established and experienced AHP MDT day-to-day. The successful applicant will have access to regular clinical and professional supervision from a Hobbs Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and benefit from being part of the Hobbs-wide Clinical Neuropsychology service. The role is 0.4WTE.
Main duties of the job
To work as an autonomous practitioner within the outpatient facility at Hobbs South East. Responsible for psychological aspects of neurological rehabilitation including specialist neuropsychological assessment and intervention. To work at the base with clients with complex health, social and psychological needs, their therapists, and other stakeholders (e.g. funders, case managers etc). To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality clinical psychology service to clients referred to the Hobbs South East service.
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To provide complex psychological assessment and therapy, offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and other non-professional carers while working autonomously within professional guidelines.
2. To gather and integrate complex data and information to deliver specialist psychological interventions in various formats (1:1, couple, family and group interventions).
3. To utilise research skills to contribute to audit, policy and service development and research within areas specified by Hobbs Rehabilitation.
4. To work as an autonomous practitioner in intensive outpatient rehabilitation service and occasionally in clients' homes.
5. To provide supervision within the department, for example, to any Assistant Psychologists and/or Student Psychologists as required.
6. To contribute to developing, delivering and evaluating formal and informal teaching and training given to healthcare staff in psychological skills.
Person Specification
Experience
* Supervised experience of specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment and intervention with clients across a range of care settings.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
* Experience of regular multidisciplinary working.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of adult client groups with acute and chronic neurological conditions.
* Experience of delivering tailored psychological and neuropsychological interventions.
* Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology as recognised by the BPS/HCPC.
* Further specialist training and experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision.
* Experience of working with those with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury as a Clinical Psychologist.
Qualifications
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS.
* Registered as an Applied Psychology Practitioner member of the HCPC.
* Post-doctoral training in additional specialised area of psychological practice.
Skills and abilities
* Competent in the administration and interpretation of the full range of psychological assessment instruments.
* Ability to manage potentially aggressive or violent clients/relatives.
* A high level of ability to communicate effectively, both written and orally, complex, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£63,000 to £67,000 a year depending on experience
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