Band 8a Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology

NHS; Romford; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join its Neuropsychology Department, offering a varied caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality neuropsychological assessment and intervention for patients with neurological conditions. Ideal candidates will hold doctoral-level training and possess strong neuropsychological theory and practice. This position promotes professional development with supervision and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience administering and interpreting neuropsychological assessments.
• Successful completion of doctoral-level training accredited by the BPS.
• Experience with neurological and/or neurosurgical conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality neuropsychological assessment and intervention.
• Advise, consult, and provide supervision to other professionals.
• Support service development and utilize research skills for policy development.

Skills

Neuropsychological assessment

Diagnostic neuropsychology

Neurorehabilitation

Teaching

Training

Education

Doctoral-level Clinical Psychology training

Qualification in Neuropsychology (QiCN)

Job description

Go back Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Band 8a Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology

The closing date is 04 July 2025

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 8a Clinical Neuropsychologist to join our expanding Neuropsychology Department within a well-regarded regional Neurosciences service. This post offers a varied caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings, providing neuropsychological assessment and brief intervention for adults with neurological and neurosurgical conditions. The role also includes specialist input into acute stroke wards and rehabilitation pathways across two hospital sites.

You will join a supportive team of Clinical Neuropsychologists and work closely with neurology, neurosurgery, stroke medicine, and allied health colleagues as part of a multidisciplinary service. The department is committed to high-quality, evidence-based care and offers supervision, CPD, and opportunities for teaching and training.

We welcome applications from those meeting Band 8a criteria and from suitably qualified Band 7 applicants under a preceptorship arrangement, subject to usual progression processes.

You must have experience administering and interpreting neuropsychological assessments. Experience in diagnostic neuropsychology and/or neurorehabilitation is desirable. Candidates should hold doctoral-level Clinical Psychology training (or equivalent pre-1996) accredited by the BPS, with strong neuropsychological theory and practice. This post suits those pursuing or undertaking the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN).

Main duties of the job

To work as a highly specialist Clinical Psychologist providing high-quality neuropsychological assessment and, where appropriate, intervention to patients with neurological conditions and their families across outpatient and inpatient settings.

To provide advice, consultation, supervision, teaching and training to other professionals and non-professional carers as appropriate.To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework, policies and procedures of the Neuropsychology Department and the Essex Neurosciences Service.

To actively support and collaborate with the Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist/s in development of the service, and to utilise research skills for audit, policy development and research within the area served by the team.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Sarah Wood, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4188. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person Specification

Education / Qualification

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) or HCPC Statement of Equivalence.
• Commenced or intending to enrol onto the Qualification in Neuropsychology (QiCN)

Experience / Knowledge

• Experience of working with people with neurological and/or neurosurgical conditions.
• Experience of working with people with neurological and/or neurosurgical conditions.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.

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.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

£41,643 to £46,367 a yearper annum inclusive