Senior Clinical Psychologist – Dementia & Memory Care Lead

CNTW Community Interest Company; Carleton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

CNTW NHS Foundation Trust in North Cumbria is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join the Memory and Later Life Psychology Service. The post focuses on highly specialist psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessment to aid dementia diagnosis, and delivering evidence-based therapy for related mental health needs in older adults.

You will work in a supportive multidisciplinary team and provide supervision to trainee clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists,

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, and multiple therapies as HCPC accredited.
• HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.
• Additional qualification in a therapeutic model, evidence-based for use with older adults.
• Pre-qualification training in research methodology and applied psychology.

Responsibilities

• Neuropsychological assessment to aid differential diagnosis of dementia and post diagnostic support.
• Provision of evidence-based therapies to individuals with mental health difficulties and/or cognitive impairment.
• Indirect work including formulation and MDT (multidisciplinary team) consultation.
• Supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists.

Skills

Neuropsychological assessment

Evidence-based therapies

Clinical supervision

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

HCPC registered practitioner

Therapeutic model qualification

Research methodology training

Job description

CNTW NHS Foundation Trust in North Cumbria is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join the Memory and Later Life Psychology Service. The post focuses on highly specialist psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessment to aid dementia diagnosis, and delivering evidence-based therapy for related mental health needs in older adults.

You will work in a supportive multidisciplinary team and provide supervision to trainee clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists,