Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-5679648-FM-AM-Z-E
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 Pro-rata, per annum, including HCAS (outer)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
We are looking for a qualified clinical neuropsychologist with post-qualification experience to provide a service to an acute stroke unit.
You will provide a high quality clinical neuropsychology service to the inpatient Stroke Unit including expert neuropsychological assessment for people with stroke, assessment and management of emotional and behavioural difficulties, and planning rehabilitation.
You will provide support, supervision and teaching to the multidisciplinary teams and other health professionals. You will contribute to the development of services which are sensitive to and address the psychological and emotional needs of all patients referred to the services. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the services meet commissioners’ requirements and are in line with National and local guidelines through close working with the Team leads.
You will be supervised by, and work with the clinical neuropsychologist providing a service to St Helier inpatient stroke unit.
You will be part of a Clinical Health Psychology service with posts in pain management, diabetes, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome and paediatrics in addition to the post being advertised. The area is easily accessible from central London but also close to the North Downs and Surrey countryside. As we are now part of the GESH group there may be possibilities of combining this post with one at St George's Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Psychologist Band 8a
- To be responsible for providing a comprehensive specialist neuropsychological and psychological assessment service for stroke patients
- To exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the treatment of and discharge from neuropsychological care of clients, ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and interventions, communicating with the referral agent and all other professional groups in the rehabilitation team as appropriate including professionals outside the team
- To provide expertise and highly specialist neuropsychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals working onStroke
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, as accredited by the HCP
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, as accredited by the HCPC
- Recognised pre or postdoctoral training in neuropsychology.
Desirable criteria
- Training and Qualifications in research methodology, staff training, and/or other fields of psychology.
- Completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology (or prepared to undertake/commence within 24 months)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zoe Clyde
- Job title
- Lead for Clinical Health Psychology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8296 3900
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