Principal Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology (XR09)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist to join the Paediatric Neuropsychology team. This role involves providing specialized assessments and therapy for children and young people, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and contributing to service development. The position offers opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Child-care voucher scheme

Cycle-to-work scheme

Healthcare-fund program

On-site facilities (day care nurseries and gyms)

Qualifications

• Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology required.
• Completion of Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Paediatric Neuropsychology essential.
• Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council required.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessments and therapy.
• Offer advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other disciplines.

Skills

Clinical responsibility

Neuropsychological assessment

Consultation

Research skills

Communication

Education

Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Paediatric Neuropsychology

Job description

Principal Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology (XR09)

Job summary

LeedsChildrens Hospital is seeking to recruit a substantive Principal ClinicalPsychologist to work within the Paediatric Neuropsychology. The LeedsChildrens Hospital (LCH) is one of the largest paediatric centres in thecountry, providing a range of high profile and specialty clinical services.

Expected Shortlisting Date

05/06/2025

Planned Interview Date

12/06/2025

Main duties of the job

PaediatricPsychology has a well-established relationship with the Paediatric NeurologyTeam and works closely with the Medical Consultants, Specialist Nurses andtherapists. The post-holder will offer predominantly out-patientneuropsychological assessment and intervention although may include someinpatient work on the neurology ward. In addition to direct clinical work therewill be opportunities for consultation, MDT liaison and teaching and training.A job plan will help organise the delivery of the post and there will beregular meetings with line-managers and supervisors.

About us

This post is hosted in the Department of Paediatric Psychology (DPP), which currently has over 30 clinicians working in specialty teams, who have been at the forefront of digital developments (digital clinics, short courses and record keeping). The DPP is academically ambitious with links to the expanding DClinPsych Programme and Schools of Psychology, Medicine and Healthcare at the University of Leeds. Many staff have ring-fenced academic time in their job plan, as scholarly activity is an important part of what we do.

Where we can, we support flexible, agile working which can include, for example, partial home-working, compressed hours and varied start/finish times. The Trust offers child-care voucher and cycle-to-work schemes, a salary-sacrifice, lease car arrangement and a healthcare-fund program, as well as on-site facilities (such as day care nurseries and gyms).

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOBPURPOSE/SUMMARY

Toprovide a qualified, specialist, clinical psychology/ neuropsychology serviceto children and young people who are seen within paediatric neuropsychologyservices, across all sites and sectors of care by:

a) Providing specialist psychological andneuropsychological assessments and therapy

b) Offering advice and consultation onpatients psychological and neuropsychological care to non-psychologistcolleagues and to other non-professional carers

c) Developing, supporting and maintainingeffective working relationships with other disciplines within the serviceareas, including attending Team meetings.

d) Using research skills for audit, policyand service development and leading on research projects within the area servedby the team/service

e) Proposing and implementing policychanges within the specialist area served

f) Making a contribution to the generalmanagement, governance and supervision of the clinical neuropsychology serviceas agreed

Workingautonomously in the delivery of these duties within professional guidelines,the evidence-based literature and the overall framework of the Team, Departmentof Paediatric Psychology and Trust policies and procedures

Job description
Job responsibilities

JOBPURPOSE/SUMMARY

Toprovide a qualified, specialist, clinical psychology/ neuropsychology serviceto children and young people who are seen within paediatric neuropsychologyservices, across all sites and sectors of care by:

a) Providing specialist psychological andneuropsychological assessments and therapy

b) Offering advice and consultation onpatients psychological and neuropsychological care to non-psychologistcolleagues and to other non-professional carers

c) Developing, supporting and maintainingeffective working relationships with other disciplines within the serviceareas, including attending Team meetings.

d) Using research skills for audit, policyand service development and leading on research projects within the area servedby the team/service

e) Proposing and implementing policychanges within the specialist area served

f) Making a contribution to the generalmanagement, governance and supervision of the clinical neuropsychology serviceas agreed

Workingautonomously in the delivery of these duties within professional guidelines,the evidence-based literature and the overall framework of the Team, Departmentof Paediatric Psychology and Trust policies and procedures

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Completion of Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Paediatric Neuropsychology, as accredited by the BPS Division of Neuropsychology
• Further training in a specialised area of clinical practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent)
• Completion of formal clinical supervision or training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees and registration as a Clinical Psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council

Desirable

• a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological and neuropsychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological and neuropsychological care and treatment within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
• Experience of teaching, training and provision of professional and clinical supervision.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and behaviour
• Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological and psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Desirable

• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for specific difficult to treat groups
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health

Experience

Essential

• Assessed significant experience and competencies from working as a qualified clinical psychologist including significant post qualification experience within the designated specialty
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including
• maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of specialist neuropsychological and psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings

Desirable

• Qualified experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams and supervising healthcare staff.
• Experience of working in medical multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care.
• Experience of representing psychology in meetings with service planners/commissioners to plan the patient pathway across community and acute services

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Completion of Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Paediatric Neuropsychology, as accredited by the BPS Division of Neuropsychology
• Further training in a specialised area of clinical practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent)
• Completion of formal clinical supervision or training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees and registration as a Clinical Psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council

Desirable

• a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological and neuropsychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological and neuropsychological care and treatment within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
• Experience of teaching, training and provision of professional and clinical supervision.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and behaviour
• Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological and psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Desirable

• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for specific difficult to treat groups
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health

Experience

Essential

• Assessed significant experience and competencies from working as a qualified clinical psychologist including significant post qualification experience within the designated specialty
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including
• maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of specialist neuropsychological and psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings

Desirable

• Qualified experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams and supervising healthcare staff.
• Experience of working in medical multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care.
• Experience of representing psychology in meetings with service planners/commissioners to plan the patient pathway across community and acute services

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

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