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    Senior Clinical Psychologist - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

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    Job summary

    We are delighted to advertise two, full time, 8a Clinical Psychologist posts to work in Neuropsychology. We are a supportive and innovative team, deliveringneuropsychological intervention and psychological therapies to people with neurological injury or illness.

    You will be make a valued contribution to goal focused, multi-disciplinary neuro-rehabilitation in a range of settings. Both posts will be job planned to provide clinical neuropsychology to our services in two of the following settings:

  • Inpatient neuro-rehabilitation wards, based at Walkergate Park
  • Neuropsychology outpatient services, based at Walkergate Park
  • Northumberland Head Injuries Service, based at St Georges Park and involving community visits in and around Northumberland.
  • You will have opportunities to be involved in and/or lead on service innovations, audit and research. You will be involved in the monitoring and evaluation of neuropsychological, psychological and neuro-rehabilitation outcomes and draw upon national guidelines for best practice.

    You will take an active role in multi-disciplinary teamwork (MDT), often chairing or leading on MDT case reviews, capacity assessments, best-interests' meetings, safeguarding and risk management strategies.

    There are opportunities to provide elective placements and teaching for the

    The successful applicant(s) will have substantial experience in clinical neuropsychology and will be keen to pursue a career in neuropsychology.

    Main duties of the job

  • Assessment of neuropsychological impact of neurological illness or injury including selection, administration and interpretation of appropriate psychometric measures
  • Working with service users and MDT members to develop neuropsychological formulation in relation to acquired brain injury
  • To provide clinical neuropsychology services in a range of settings in line with neuropsychological formulation and neuro-rehabilitation goals
  • To provide community neuro-rehabilitation requiring travel in and around Northumberland.
  • To communicate complex and sensitive information to MDT colleagues, service users, carers, relatives and other professionals to support neurorehabilitation, safeguarding, risk assessments, capacity assessments and best interests' decision making.
  • To work flexible and responsively to prioritise clinical demand and high-quality neuropsychological services.
  • To offer psychological therapies, adapting psychological models and intervention to accommodate the cognitive, physical and sensory needs of service users.
  • To make an active contribution to the neuropsychology service's aims and objectives in relation to service innovation, audit and research
  • To undertake and offer teaching and training in clinical neuropsychology
  • To provide clinical supervision to qualified and non-qualified staff
  • To work in accordance with the job description (attached) and in line with the needs of the service.
  • About us

    At Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to developing services of the highest quality that consequently enable and empower our service users to optimise their quality of life.

    We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please find attached job description for full details.

    Advertising date : 21st May 2024

    Closing date : 4th June 2024

    We welcome your application.

    Person Specification

    Education

    Essential

  • Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the HCPC and British Psychological Society.
  • Desirable

  • Completed or working towards completion of the Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Further training in clinical supervision (to be enrolled on the Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors: RAPPS)
  • Qualification

    Essential

  • HCPC registered
  • Knowledge and Experience

    Essential

  • Experience of working in clinical neuropsychology services as a qualified clinical psychologist
  • Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups relevant to the client group
  • Knowledge and experience of working with adults with acquired brain injury and of the clinical profile associated with different neurological conditions
  • Experience of risk assessment and risk management where there is high clinical complexity
  • Experience of administering, scoring and interpreting complex neuropsychological assessments
  • Desirable

  • Experience of supervising trainee clinical psychologists and/or trainee clinical psychologists

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