Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist - Preston, United Kingdom - Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Preston, United Kingdom

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Are you passionate about neurosciences and the neuroscience population?

Do you have the strategic vision and leadership skills to support our neuropsychology specialism in delivering an excellent service for our stakeholders and service users?

Do you share our core values of delivering psychologically informed healthcare for all?


We are looking for an experienced, compassionate and motivated QICN registered consultant clinical/applied neuropsychologist to lead our neuropsychology service provision here at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust.


Neuropsychology at LTHTR provides input across a diverse range of neurological conditions and works across both inpatient and outpatient settings alongside our MDT colleagues.


The post-holder would have line management responsibilities for the clinical (neuro)psychologists and psychology practitioners / assistants who work within the neuropsychology specialism in the psychology service.


We hope that in joining our senior team you will think strategically, creatively and compassionately to about how we can develop and deliver our service to best support the neurosciences population, as well as working to ensure the clinical health psychology service continues to be a great place to work for our team members.


The neuropsychology service is dedicated to providing a range of input for the neuroscience population at LTHTr, across inpatient and outpatient pathways, to support the Trust priorities and identified KPIs.


The consultant neuropsychologist will have a key role in providing strategic oversight and management across the referral pathways for service provision within neuropsychology services; working with the neuropsychology staff team and stakeholders to optimise the provision, in line with national guidelines and best practice.

The post would suit a clinical/applied neuropsychologist with substantial operational, strategic and management experience.

The diverse nature of the clinical work and commensurate leadership required is also such that this post requires the post-holder to hold the QICN and be on the register of qualified clinical neuropsychologists.

Experience of working across both inpatient and outpatient neurology settings is also desirable.


We are looking for a dynamic individual who can drive the service forward through innovative developments and provide ideas for continuous improvement.

We have 9000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients.

Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.


Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.


You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done.

You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things.

Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.


Our Psychology Service delivers a range of highly specialised evidence based psychological assessments and interventions for patients with chronic and acute physical health problems in line with NSFs, NICE Guidance and DH recommendations.

As a team we make a unique contribution to the psychological care of adult patients across a number of Divisions and Clinical Business Units within the Trust and to the training and support of staff including undergraduate medical students.

The service has an excellent reputation with patients, staff, local universities and we strive to align regionally and nationally as a provider of highly specialist clinical and professional services.

We are well placed for effective integrated working with acute clinical teams supporting patient care, service development and delivery.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To be an experienced and capable clinician, clinical leader and professionally responsible for the daytoday management and leadership of neuropsychology services and, where necessary, to support the clinical health psychology service.
  • To be a highly effective consultant practitioner. Being professionally responsible for the leadership, management and development of neuropsychology within the Clinical Health Psychology Service in collaboration with key stakeholders and the Head of Psychology
  • To undertake and oversee the delivery of specialist teaching, training, supervision and communication skills work as required within the speciality and wider service. Being professionally responsible for the quality of this aspect professional practice in
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