Clinical Psychologist

HCRG Care Group; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

My Reward Hub

Wage access on demand

Wellbeing support

Learning & development

Innovation funding

Good clinical ratings

Job summary

HCRG Care Group seeks an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join its neuro-rehabilitation services across Bath and North East Somerset. The role combines stroke rehabilitation and movement disorder work to deliver specialist neuropsychology input and improve patient outcomes.

Featuring a varied caseload, collaborative multidisciplinary teamwork, and opportunities for professional development, the post supports patients’ rehabilitation, wellbeing and quality of life.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with HCPC registration.
• Experience in neuropsychology and neurorehabilitation services.
• Knowledge of neurological conditions and evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychological assessments and interventions for adults with neurological conditions.
• Provide cognitive rehabilitation and support for families and carers.
• Lead MDT meetings and contribute to service development and audits.

Skills

Clinical empathy

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

HCPC registered

Postgraduate Neuropsychology qualification

Experience in neuropsychology/neurorehabilitation

Community-based services experience

Job description

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£49,387 - £56,515 FTE with Afc terms and conditions and NHS Pension

Weekly contracted hours:

37.5

Location:

Bath

Closing Date:

07/09/2026

Job Category:

HCRG - Additional Clinical Services

Business Unit:

HCRG - BSW - Specialist

Job Introduction

Help people rebuild their lives after stroke and neurological illness.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Clinical Psychologist to join our established multidisciplinary neuro-rehabilitation services across Bath and North East Somerset.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide specialist neuropsychology input across three well-established services supporting adults with neurological conditions. The role offers a varied caseload, collaborative multidisciplinary working, and the opportunity to make a significant difference to patients' rehabilitation, wellbeing, and quality of life.

The post is split equally across stroke rehabilitation services and movement disorder services, providing a diverse and rewarding clinical experience.

Location

Clara Cross Centre, St Martin’s Hospital, Bath, with opportunities for home working.

Hours

37.5 hours per week (full-time), typically worked Monday to Friday between 8:00am and 6:00pm; however, core business hours operate between 6:00am and 8:00pm across 5 days out of 7, and there may be future service requirements to support this wider working pattern.

Package Description

As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £49,387 - £56,515 (Band 7 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Key Responsibilties

• Deliver specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessments, formulations and evidence-based interventions for patients with neurological conditions, as well as support for families and carers.
• Conduct neuropsychological assessments and provide cognitive rehabilitation to support recovery, independence and quality of life.
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement effective, patient-centred rehabilitation pathways.
• Provide specialist consultation, supervision, training and support to qualified staff, Assistant Psychologists and wider healthcare teams.
• Lead and contribute to MDT meetings, offering expert psychological input to assessment, treatment and care planning.
• Develop and facilitate psychologically informed groups for patients, families and carers.
• Contribute to service development, audit, research, teaching and quality improvement activities in partnership with the Clinical Neuropsychologist and Service Lead.

For a comprehensive overview of the role, key responsibilities and person specification, please see the attached Job Description.

• Doctorate-level qualification (or equivalent) in Clinical Psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society, with current HCPC registration.
• Experience working within neuropsychology, neuro-rehabilitation and/or neurological services.
• Strong knowledge of neurological conditions and evidence-based psychological interventions.
• Proven experience conducting specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessments, formulating treatment plans and delivering tailored interventions.
• Ability to analyse complex clinical information and apply sound clinical judgement to support effective decision-making.
• Experience providing clinical supervision, specialist advice, training and support to colleagues.
• A commitment to service development, quality improvement and delivering evidence-based practice through audit, research and outcome evaluation.
• Excellent problem-solving, organisational and IT skills, with the ability to manage complex clinical situations effectively.
• A postgraduate qualification in Neuropsychology (e.g. Diploma or MSc) recognised by the British Psychological Society.
• Experience of working within community-based services.
• Expertise in delivering highly specialised neuropsychological interventions and developing complex management plans for people with neurological conditions.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do .

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.

We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone .

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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