Assistant Psychologist

Oxford University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust operates the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE) within the Department of Clinical Neuropsychology. The post involves neuropsychological assessments, individual interventions and group work for adults with acquired brain injury and complex neurological conditions.

You will work in-patient and occasional out-patient settings, with supervision, CPD opportunities and involvement in teaching, research and audits.

Qualifications

• Experience in administering and scoring a wide range of neuropsychological assessments.
• Honours degree in Psychology (2:1 or above) and eligible for graduate membership of the BPS.
• Prior paid experience as an Assistant Psychologist in a neuropsychological setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Carry out neuropsychological assessments and deliver individual interventions.
• Provide group work and contribute to staff teaching, service development and audits.
• Support patients, families and carers with supervision and CPD opportunities.

Skills

Neuropsychology assessments

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Psychology degree (2:1+ men)

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Psychologist to join the Department of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE). The Clinical Neuropsychology service is part of the Trust wide Psychological medicine service. You will support the work of the Clinical Neuropsychology department in the Neurorehabilitation service at the OCE, working with adults with acquired brain injury and a wide range of long term and complex neurological conditions, their families and carers. You will be carrying out neuropsychological assessments and delivering individual interventions and group work.

Main duties of the job

You will be working with in-patients, with opportunities to work with out-patients and families. You will also contribute to staff teaching and training, departmental and service development projects, research and clinical audit as opportunities arise. You will receive regular supervision and opportunities for CPD. We are seeking applications from people who have prior paid experience as an Assistant Psychologist in a neuropsychological setting (as such it is essential that you are proficient in administering and scoring a wide range of neuropsychological assessments). This post will offer you the opportunity to expand your existing experience of neuropsychological assessment with the chance to be involved in the supervised design and implementation of a range of Neurorehabilitation interventions. You will be organised, enthusiastic, hardworking and efficient; you will be able to work independently (with supervision) but also enjoy working within a team. You will also have good organisational and administrative skills alongside your clinical experience. You will have a honours degree in Psychology (2:1 or above) and be eligible for graduate membership of the BPS.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Job responsibilities

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POST: To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, their families and carers, across all sectors of care; providing psychological / neuropsychological assessment and neurorehabilitation / psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional clinical psychologist, working independently and with initiative according to a plan agreed with a qualified clinical psychologist and within the overall framework of departmental and occupational guidelines and the OCE teams policies and procedures. To support the department in undertaking clinically and service related administration, clinical audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and