Preceptorship Band 8b to 8C Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Birmingham is offering a preceptorship opportunity for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join their neuropsychology services. Candidates should possess substantial experience in Neuropsychology and have completed relevant training. This role involves delivering high-quality psychological services and managing clinical psychologists. The organization is committed to developing its neuropsychology services, making it an exciting time to join. Applications are due by December 9, 2025.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in Neuropsychology.
• Completed training towards Specialist Register eligibility.
• Demonstrable leadership and management experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service.
• Supervise assessment and therapy by other psychologists.
• Implement psychological interventions for complex cases.

Skills

Experience in Neuropsychology

Leadership qualities

Clinical assessment skills

Education

Postgraduate doctoral level training

Eligibility for Specialist Register for Clinical Neuropsychologists

Job description

Preceptorship Opportunity: 8B to 8C in Clinical Neuropsychology

A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Those seeking to work less than 37.5 hours per week may be considered and are encouraged to contact us for an informal discussion.

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our neuropsychology and rehabilitation services based at Moseley Hall Hospital in Birmingham.

This is a preceptorship opportunity, with suitable candidates joining the organisation as an 8B Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology, with a supported preceptorship into an 8C Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist position once appropriate competencies have been achieved.

The successful applicant will have substantial experience in Neuropsychology, have completed the underpinning knowledge component of training towards eligibility for the Specialist Register for Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN), and have demonstrable leadership and management experience relevant to this Band 8b level position. They will also have a drive and willingness to achieve clinical, managerial and leadership competencies to enable progression to an 8C post within an agreed timeframe. This will include obtaining qualifications which confer eligibility for the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.

Our services include Level 1 Inpatient Neurorehabilitation, Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation, Community and Outpatient rehabilitation services, and a specialist vocational pathway. It is an exciting time to join our growing services as we further develop our teams and the model of Clinical Neuropsychology within the Trust.

The postholder will join a friendly and dynamic team of psychological professionals, working alongside other psychologist colleagues to support the systematic governance and effective development and delivery of neuropsychology services. Leadership, supervision and management in the Neuropsychology service are key aspects of this role alongside provision of clinical services.

Duties Include

• To deliver a Clinical Psychology Service commensurate with a post graduate doctoral level of training and further specialist training and experience.
• To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to adults with acquired brain injuries and other neurological conditions.
• To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
• To support proposals and implementation policy changes within the area served by the service, and to be accountable for the direct delivery of clinical services to clients, their families and carers.
• Line management of Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.
• To provide specialist highly complex psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests which require complex manipulation and timing skills, 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 develop highly complex formulations and implement plans for the formal neuropsychological treatment and/or management of a client’s highly complex psychological problems, including family breakdown, serious mental illness, vulnerable adults and aggressive and violent behaviour, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, using advanced and practical knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices across the full range of care settings, where frequent and intense concentration is required.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological and neuropsychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• To provide line management where agreed and required for clinical psychologists, in agreement with the Divisional Lead Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist.
• To participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
• To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.

This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025.