Job summary
Consultant Clinical NeuroPsychologist -Horsham £6,000 Golden Hello Bonus (Subject to T & C's)
We are looking for a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist / Consultant Clinical Psychologist to join the team in our highly regarded service at Kerwin Court. You would take a lead role in ensuring the planning and development of innovative clinical services, supporting, and advising clinicians and our interdisciplinary team. Kerwin Court is a unit in Horsham providing rehabilitation to people with acquired brain injury.
This post is required to further develop our holistic neuro-behavioural services in line with changing clinical and commissioning needs at Kerwin Court. This post holder will develop leadership and clinical skills in working with governance and operational management to support development of our clinical MDT team. Significant clinical neuroscience/neuro-rehabilitation experience and expertise is required with good team and leadership skills.
You would also join our Clinical Executive, an international team of clinicians, who are involved in research and new projects; they share their knowledge and provide support to fellow members, working together to ensure BIRT's services remain excellent and innovative.
Main duties of the job
To provide at a high level of
expertise specialist neuropsychological assessment of adults with neurological
injury, utilising information from a broad range of structured psychometric and
semi-structured clinical methodologies and integrating it into a
neuropsychological formulation of the service user based on a sound
understanding of neuroanatomy, neuropsychology, neuropathology and brain
behaviour relationships within the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust.
To
formulate and implement plans for brain injury rehabilitation or management of
service users brain injury problems based on a multi-factorial
neuropsychological understanding and current evidence-based best practice,
taking the lead in very complex cases within the Service/ Region the Brain
Injury Rehabilitation Trust.
To undertake at a high level of expertise a range of
neuropsychological therapeutic interventions, drawing on a range of
psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual, family
and group) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual and the context
and the ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention within the Brain
Injury Rehabilitation Trust.
To be responsible for providing a specialist neuropsychological
perspective in the interdisciplinary assessment of service users and their
families within the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust and particularly for very
complex cases with ABI.
About us
The Disabilities Trust is a leading UK charity that works alongside people with an acquired brain injury, to help them live as independently as possible. Our teams across the UK support people to move forward with their lives. We also support and undertake research, and use our experience and expertise to influence long-term, strategic change to improve the lives of those with brain injury. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do youll find a strong team spirit across our organisation and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
- Private Medical Insurance
- Golden Hello Bonus - £6,000 (terms and conditions apply)
- Employer Pension Contribution
- Group life assurance
- Eye voucher scheme
- Long service and staff awards
- Nationwide staff discounts including gym membership.
- Blue Light Card
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Providing strategic professional leadership to the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust within the service, ensuring the planning and development of a systematic response to service need, interpreting professional policies and ensuring that the service operates at the highest level of quality and current best practice, with research and development a major responsibility and taking a major role in the development and implementation of policy for the service system as a whole.
- Ensuring the development of high quality, innovative, and evidence based neuro-psychological rehabilitation practice within the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust.
- Providing clinical services at a high level of expertise, supporting and advising colleagues on all issues concerned with neuro-psychological clinical practice and providing expert clinical consultation and professional guidance to clinical neuro-psychologists, clinical psychologists and other clinicians within BIRT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Providing strategic professional leadership to the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust within the service, ensuring the planning and development of a systematic response to service need, interpreting professional policies and ensuring that the service operates at the highest level of quality and current best practice, with research and development a major responsibility and taking a major role in the development and implementation of policy for the service system as a whole.
- Ensuring the development of high quality, innovative, and evidence based neuro-psychological rehabilitation practice within the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust.
- Providing clinical services at a high level of expertise, supporting and advising colleagues on all issues concerned with neuro-psychological clinical practice and providing expert clinical consultation and professional guidance to clinical neuro-psychologists, clinical psychologists and other clinicians within BIRT.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Psychology, accepted by BPS for Graduate Basis Registration (GBR) or equivalent.
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS.
- Qualification as Practitioner Full Member of the BPS on the Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
- Any other relevant advanced specialist training/ qualification in the skills relevant to the speciality area judged to meet the BPS standards for Consultant grade by National External Assessment.
- Clinical Supervision training for Doctoral Trainees.
Desirable
- High profile in Clinical Neuropsychology/ Brain injury rehabilitation through published papers and presentations at national and international conferences.
- Evidence of developing a national or international reputation through publications and/ or through professional involvement.
- Extensive experience in a Neuropsychology setting as a consultant.
- Membership of a relevant professional body i.e. BPS or ACP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a consultant or extensive experience working as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in a relevant setting.
- Substantial experience supervising Doctoral trainees, assistant psychologists and qualified clinical and neuropsychologists.
- Substantial experience and skills in managing qualified clinical psychologist and other clinical staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Psychology, accepted by BPS for Graduate Basis Registration (GBR) or equivalent.
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS.
- Qualification as Practitioner Full Member of the BPS on the Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
- Any other relevant advanced specialist training/ qualification in the skills relevant to the speciality area judged to meet the BPS standards for Consultant grade by National External Assessment.
- Clinical Supervision training for Doctoral Trainees.
Desirable
- High profile in Clinical Neuropsychology/ Brain injury rehabilitation through published papers and presentations at national and international conferences.
- Evidence of developing a national or international reputation through publications and/ or through professional involvement.
- Extensive experience in a Neuropsychology setting as a consultant.
- Membership of a relevant professional body i.e. BPS or ACP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a consultant or extensive experience working as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in a relevant setting.
- Substantial experience supervising Doctoral trainees, assistant psychologists and qualified clinical and neuropsychologists.
- Substantial experience and skills in managing qualified clinical psychologist and other clinical staff.
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
