Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool seeks a permanent Band 8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to support patients within the rehabilitation network. Responsibilities include psychological assessments and delivering evidence-based interventions while working in a multidisciplinary team. Candidates must hold a Doctor of Clinical Psychology and have significant experience in neuropsychological assessments. This permanent role offers a competitive salary and an opportunity for further training.

Qualifications

• Registration with The Health & Care Professions Council as a 'Practitioner Psychologist'.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of Neuropsychological assessment and intervention with neurological conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist clinical and neuropsychological input for patients.
• Conduct specialist neuropsychological and psychological assessments.
• Engage in effective MDT working and provide consultation to other clinical members.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical judgement

Neurospsychological assessment

Advanced psychological theories

Education

Doctor of Clinical Psychology

Post-doctoral training in neuropsychology

Job description

The Walton Centre is seeking a permanent Band 8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to provide psychological support to patients and families within the Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network. The CMRN holds an outstanding reputation for the delivery of specialist rehabilitation services across a pathway from hyper-acute to community services. The CMRN uniquely provides support to a diverse range of individuals with complex physical and/or brain injuries, based upon patient need, rather than diagnosis.

The post holder would join an established, warm and supportive network-wide Psychology team, led by a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist with QiCN registration. The post holder will be based at the Hub, comprising of Lipton Hyperacute unit and the Complex Rehabilitation Unit (CRU).

Psychological input is extremely varied and can include direct work with patients and families, including therapeutic work, complex neuropsychological assessment and working as part of a highly skilled clinical team. There is the opportunity to draw from a number of psychological models. There is a strong emphasis on person centred approaches and MDT consultation/systemic work.

The Trust will support the post holder to engage in further post-graduate level training in Clinical Neuropsychology, with access to supervision with a QCiN registered Consultant Neuropsychologist, where required.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist clinical and neuropsychological input for patients on Lipton Hyperacute unit/Complex Rehabilitation Unit (CRU) at The Walton Centre. To support patients with complex physical injury, neurological and/or functional disorder referred to the Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network (CMRN). To conduct specialist neuropsychological and psychological assessments with patients and manage own specialist caseload. To deliver evidence-based interventions based upon clinical formulation.To engage in effective MDT working and provide consultation and support to other clinical members of the team, where required. To work autonomously within the professional guideline and undertake regular supervision, with the opportunity for clinical supervision of others.

About us

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctor of Clinical Psychology as accredited by HCPC including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology.
• Competence in two or more distinct psychological approaches to assessment, formulation and treatment.
• Registration with The Health & Care Professions Council as a 'Practitioner Psychologist'.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Post-doctoral training &/or qualification (QICN) in neuropsychology or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience of Neuropsychological assessment and intervention with neurological conditions/acquired brain injury (minimum 18 months).
• Possess communication skills to convey sensitive information.
• Significant experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
• Experience of teaching and/or and facilitating clinical supervision.
• Experience of inpatient rehabilitation, in a neuropsychological or health setting
• Experience of working with patients who may be experiencing a Prolonged Disorder of Consciousness (PDOC)
• Experience of working with patients who have a diagnosis of a functional neurological disorder.

Skills & Attributes

• Ability to work cohesively with a wider MDT.
• Able to use clinical judgement to assess clinical risk and patient safety.
• Possess and apply advanced range of psychological theories in the areas of health psychology, clinical psychology counselling psychology and Neuropsychology.
• Ability to identify and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and nonprofessional groups
• Skills in providing leadership to the MDT in complex psychological/neuropsychological cases

Other

• Experience of audit and research.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to undertake frequent episodes of intense concentration.
• Able to facilitate the integrations of psychological techniques within a neurological environment and identify areas for service development.
• Able to organise and facilitate patient care within a flexible framework using interpersonal skills.
• Facilitate and manage change in a clinical environment effectively.
• Experience of service development/quality improvement

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.

Lipton Hyper-Acute ward/Complex Rehabilitation Unit (CRU), The Walton Centre

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

160-7309385-A

Job locations

Lipton Hyper-Acute ward/Complex Rehabilitation Unit (CRU), The Walton Centre