Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Neuro-Rehab | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greenwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Neuro-Rehabilitation. This permanent full-time role involves working within a dedicated multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist psychological assessments and therapy to adults with neurological conditions. Candidates should possess a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and relevant experience in a similar setting. Opportunities for training and development are available.

Benefits

Access to CPD and training opportunities

Specialist supervision in neuropsychology

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychological assessments and therapy.
• Ability to work within multidisciplinary teams.
• Skills in audit and policy service development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments and therapy for clients.
• Provide guidance to colleagues on clients' psychological care.
• Deliver psychological interventions and manage treatment options.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Psychological therapy

Collaboration

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Overview

Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Neuro-Rehabilitation, Permanent - FULL TIME 37.5hrs

Note: Previous applicants need not apply

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to our forward-thinking and dedicated MDT, which comprises occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, clinical neuropsychologists, rehab assistants and nurses. This is a new post and an exciting opportunity following new investment and expansion of the team.

You will be part of a dynamic team, committed to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working. We provide rehab to adults with a broad range of neurological conditions.

In terms of professional links, you will join a small, supportive team of psychologists in the Adult Community Physical Health Directorate with a shared interest in improving outcomes for patients with long-term conditions. There will be regular opportunities for collegiate support and to come together as a group, as well as access to CPD and training opportunities. The postholder will receive specialist neuropsychology supervision. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to receive training in offering reflective practice since staff support is a directorate priority.

Responsibilities

• Under supervision of senior practitioner psychologists, work collaboratively with hospital and community multidisciplinary teams to provide specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment and therapy.
• Offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the team’s policies and procedures.
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
• Provide specialist psychological assessments of Neuro-rehabilitation Service clients and other referrals based on the integration of complex data from psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, observations and interviews.
• Formulate and implement plans for formal psychological treatment and/or management of mental health problems across the full range of care settings.
• Deliver a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, refining formulations across teams and maintaining provisional hypotheses.
• Evaluate and decide on treatment options, considering theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors shaping individuals, families or groups.
• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment, treatment and discharge of clients managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and advise other professions on psychological aspects of risk management.
• Act as care coordinator where appropriate, initiating planning and review of care plans under CPA with clients, carers, referring agents and other network members.
• Receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior colleagues; pursue additional specialist experience and skills relevant to clinical psychology and/or the service as agreed with the professional psychology manager.
• Develop skills in professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and provide supervision to other MDT staff’s psychological work as appropriate.
• Provide professional and clinical supervision of trainee and assistant clinical psychologists.

About the employer

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environments. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. We work in close partnership with the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 staff work in hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes. We have over 125 sites in the South of England, including London boroughs and various hospital sites. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services across multiple regions.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. Our values are: We’re Kind, We’re Fair, We Listen, We Care.

Requirements

This section describes the role’s expectations and qualifications as stated in the advert. The post requires experience and skills relevant to clinical psychology, with the ability to work autonomously within professional guidelines and to provide supervision and teaching as appropriate.

Other information

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Sep 2025.