Consultant Clinical NeuroPsychologist - Leeds

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical / Professional Practise

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 multifactorial 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.

To contribute expert highly specialist psychological advice to the multidisciplinary formulation of appropriate therapeutic approaches or rehabilitation plans, and to be involved in, or oversee specialist neuropsychological aspects of their implementation in collaboration with other staff.

To assess the suitability of service users for BIRT services and to undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant service users and provide advice on the neuropsychological and behavioural aspects of risk to the multidisciplinary team.

To undertake neuropsychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant service users and provide advice on the neuropsychological aspects of risk to other professionals.

To consult with and provide specialist neuropsychological guidance to carers and families of service users within BIRT.

To oversee the Clinical Governance of the interdisciplinary team at the service

To be responsible for relevant data collection on work activities, as required, and to maintain a high standard of clinical record keeping. Leadership

To interpret the policies and guidelines concerning professional good practice for the provision of neuropsychological services in the area of brain injury in order to ensure the highest standards of service to the service user group.

To support the Service Manager in all aspects of managing the service. To function as a member of the Clinical Executive within BIRT. To provide clinical consultancy and practice guidance to the other clinicians working in the BIRT services.

To work in close liaison with both Director of Clinical Services and Director of Operations, who are both responsible for intellectual property rights in relation to BIRT services.

To liaise effectively with referrers and purchasers of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust services.

To have effective working relationships with key individuals in the field of neurological disorder and rehabilitation. Evidence, Research and Development

To be responsible for promoting and implementing agreed developments in brain injury rehabilitation service provision on behalf of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust.

To take a leading role, in collaboration with other senior staff, in the planning and development of services for our service users with acquired brain injury.

To take a major role in the enhancement of the functioning of the network of services for people with acquired brain injury.

To take a leading role in the evaluation of the BIRT services by initiating, designing and implementing service-related research and evaluation projects in accordance with the Trusts processes.

To provide leadership and management with regards to the selection and design of complex audit projects, guiding and supporting colleagues to develop service provision.

To remain informed of and critically evaluate current research to support evidence-based practice in own professional work and to contribute this perspective in BIRT services.

To provide advice to members of other professions as required on research design and method

To maintain a high profile in the field of neuropsychological rehabilitation through regular publication in high quality peer-reviewed journals, presenting at national and international conferences, convening and teaching on post qualification clinical neuropsychology courses and training days as agreed by the Director of Clinical Services.

To maintain a high profile at a local and national level through engaging in relevant professional activities.

To participate fully in supporting the activities of the clinical neuropsychology profession within the Trust, including attending relevant meetings.

To keep abreast of developments in Clinical Neuropsychology, particularly in the field of acquired brain injury and rehabilitation. Facilitation of Learning

To support the culture where everyone is encouraged to learn from their mistakes through giving and receiving constructive feedback.

To facilitate and co-ordinate the efficient use of supervisory and training resources for the development of psychological practitioners within the BIRT services.

To regularly provide clinical training placements for trainee clinical psychologists from appropriate courses, undertaking clinical supervision, teaching on placement, organising and monitoring workload and assessing clinical competence with the agreement of the Director of Clinical Services and the Service Manager.

To supervise the research projects of trainee clinical psychologists from appropriate doctoral clinical psychology training courses.

To supervise clinical psychologists who are pursuing the qualification for Practitioner Full Membership of the QICN.

To take a significant role in the specialist training of other psychologists.

To provide specialist consultant neuropsychological advice to colleagues within the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust.

To teach psychology to other professions and trainees of other professions in collaboration with other professional tutors and teachers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• About You
• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent) accredited by the BPS.
• Qualification as Practitioner Full Member of the BPS QICN qualification in Neuropsychology; or within 12 months of completion of Qualification; or substantial experience as a Clinical Psychologist working in Neuropsychology
• Registered as a clinical psychologist with HCPC
• Any other relevant advanced specialist training/qualifications in the skills relevant to the specialty area judged to meet the BPS standards for Consultant grade by National External Assessment.
• Clinical supervision training for Doctoral trainees.
• Breakaway training or equivalent.

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

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Disabilities Trust

Address

Daniel Yorath House

1 Shaw Close

Garforth

Leeds

LS25 2HA

Employer's website

https://www.thedtgroup.org/ (Opens in a new tab)