Clinical Neuropsychologist / Clinical Psychologist in NeuropsychologyHobbs Rehabilitation 'South East' are looking to recruit a senior Clinical Neuropsychologist to work closely alongside the experienced AHP team in their modern, purpose-designed rehabilitation base at Liss with its good commuter links with the south coast and South London.
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 jobTo 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 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 responsibilitiesKEY RESPONSIBILITIES To provide complex psychological assessment and therapy, at the same time offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers whilst working autonomously within professional guidelines.
To gather and integrate complex data and information in order to deliver specialist psychological interventions in a range of formats (1:1, couple, family, and group interventions).
To utilise research skills in order to contribute to audit, policy and service development and research within areas specified by Hobbs Rehabilitation, undertaking agreed personal research and development that fits within the ethos of the company.
To evaluate outcomes and develop individual interventions accordingly.
To work as an autonomous practitioner in intensive outpatient rehabilitation service and occasionally in people's homes.
To be individually accountable for all clinical decisions within professional guidelines whilst consulting appropriately with peers and receiving clinical supervision as per British Psychological Society and HCPC guidelines.
To provide supervision within the department, for example, to any Assistant Psychologists and/or Student Psychologists as required.
To contribute to developing, delivering, and evaluating formal and informal teaching and training given to healthcare staff in psychological skills to enhance the efficiency and dissemination of psychological knowledge and practice.
Person SpecificationExperienceSupervised experience of specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment and intervention with clients across a range of care settings, including community and hospital.Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.Experience of regular and effective multidisciplinary working.Experience of working with a wide variety of adult client groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
Experience of working with patients with acute and chronic neurological conditions, including of the spinal cord, with complex needs.
Experience of working with people with Functional Neurological Symptoms.Experience of delivering tailored psychological and neuropsychological interventions (i.e.
1:1, couple, group and systemic interventions) and drawing on a range of therapeutic approaches.Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology as recognised by the BPS/HCPC including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology.Registered as an Applied Psychology Practitioner member of the HCPC.QualificationsPost-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.Completion of supervisor training so job holder is able to supervise trainee clinical psychologists undertaking doctoral training.Completed or currently undertaking the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN) BPS.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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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