Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Neuro-Rehab

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a clinical psychologist to provide specialist psychological assessments and implement treatment plans for clients within a neuro-rehabilitation service. The role requires autonomy in treatment decisions and collaboration with multiple stakeholders. Candidates must possess a Doctoral degree in psychology and relevant professional registration.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training accredited by the BPS.
• At least 18 months experience with neurological deficits.
• Skills in complex assessment and management methods.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments and treatments.
• Develop and implement care plans for clients.
• Provide supervision to assistant clinical psychologists.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Intervention methods

Complex decision making

Supervision

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology

HPC registration

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide specialist psychological assessments of Neuro-rehabilitation Service clients and other people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.

To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues. To gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to clinical psychology and/or the service (as agreed with the professional psychology manager).

To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staff's psychological work as appropriate.

To provide professional and clinical supervision of trainee and assistant clinical psychologists.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including specifically models of neuropsychology, as accredited by the BPS.
• HPC registration

Desirable criteria

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology

Experience

Essential criteria

• At least 18 months experience of of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a wide variety of neurological deficits across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community and inpatient.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional special needs, etc)
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies and group therapy.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high volume of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download

• Job description and Person Specification (PDF, 216.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)