Senior Practitioner Psychologist

MT Consulting Group; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a passionate neuropsychologist to join their dynamic team at Northwick Park Hospital. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide specialized psychological services to stroke patients while developing your skills in a supportive environment. With a strong commitment to professional development and diverse community representation, this position allows you to make a significant impact on the lives of stroke survivors and their families. If you're eager to enhance your neuropsychological expertise and contribute to innovative healthcare solutions, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Support for Clinical Qualifications

Diverse Work Environment

Qualifications

• Specialist in neuropsychology with experience in stroke patient care.
• Ability to provide clinical supervision and training.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychology services to stroke patients.
• Collaborate in service evaluation, audit, and research.
• Function autonomously within professional guidelines.

Skills

Neuropsychology

Clinical Assessment

Treatment Planning

Clinical Supervision

Research and Audit

Service Development

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Professional qualifications in Clinical Neuropsychology

Job description

An opportunity has arisen in a thriving neuropsychology team offering excellent support and professional development within our Psychological Services Network in the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Stroke team at Northwick Park Hospital. The post includes providing assessment and support to patients and families using Brent and Harrow ESD Stroke team.

The role includes opportunities to develop teaching, service development, supervision skills and benefit from internal and external CPD. We support clinical psychologists to gain professional qualifications in clinical neuropsychology.

As a Trust, we aspire to ensure our workforce represents the diverse communities we serve and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME and LGBT+ communities. Applications from these groups are welcomed.

For Informal enquiries / visits, contact: Vidya Rajbhoj Lead Principal Practitioner Psychologist for Stroke Services on 07970307598.

• Provide a highly specialist psychology service to stroke patients including specialist assessment, treatment planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• Contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe and informed environment.
• Initiate and collaborate in service evaluation, audit, and research.
• Provide clinical supervision, consultation, and training, functioning as a lead specialist in neuropsychological assessment of stroke patients.
• Work as an autonomous professional within the guidelines and policies of the BPS, HCPC and LNWH, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
• Agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Are you keen to use and develop your neuropsychological skills to help stroke survivors and their families in the community? If so, you might also be keen on joining a Trust making significant investments in developing its psychology services.

This opportunity sits within a thriving neuropsychology team at Northwick Park Hospital. As a centre of excellence, it provides hyper-acute and rehabilitation care to stroke survivors in North-West London on a 50 bedded unit and in home-based settings. The role will include opportunities to further develop teaching, service development and supervision skills and benefit from internal and external CPD.

This position is offered at either Band 8a or within a Band 7 to 8a preceptorship, dependent upon experience. The developmental post is aimed at supporting band 7 and newly qualified clinical psychologists to develop a career in neuropsychology, with a view to progressing to band 8a on the acquisition of suitable skills and experience. LNWH supports clinical psychologists to gain further professional qualifications in clinical neuropsychology.

As a Trust, we aspire to ensure our workforce represents the diverse communities we serve and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME and LGBT+ communities. Applications from these groups are welcomed.