Clinical Neuropsychologist

Job summary

Post: Clinical Neuropsychologist (WOCRS)

Grade: Band 8a

Hours: 37.5 hours 1.0 WTE (12 month fixed term contract)

Based at: St George's Hospital & Queen Mary's Hospital

A great opportunity has arisen to gain experience working at the Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre's tier 4 specialised day patient service for people with cognitive and neurobehavioural needs. The Clinical Neuropsychologist within the Wolfson Outpatient Cognitive Rehabilitation Services (WOCRS) is a key and highly valued member of the interdisciplinary Team. WOCRS delivers holistic comprehensive neuropsychological rehabilitation via day-patient group and individual/systemic outreach/community-based interventions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to conduct neuropsychological diagnostic assessments, cognitive and neurobehavioural rehabilitation, and work effectively as an interdisciplinary team member to design and deliver bespoke rehabilitation plans. With the supervision and guidance from a consultant clinical neuropsychologist the postholder will be responsible for supervising a band 7 clinical psychologist and assistant psychologists to deliver neuropsychology input to the cognitive and vocational rehabilitation programmes. The post will be based at the Wolfson Centre, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton but the post-holder may be required to treat patients in their workplace, own homes, or any relevant community setting, which could be anywhere in the greater London region.

About us

The postholder will be a member of the Department of Psychological Professions, which includes all psychologists working for the Trust in neuropsychology services across the whole pathway from acute care to the community. Clinical Health Psychology services are also provided to chronic pain, renal, haematology, trauma and orthopaedics. Collectively there is access to guidance and consultation with experts in most areas that impact neuropsychological well-being. The Department is committed to research, continuing professional development (e.g., candidates working towards QiCN will be actively supported to obtain it during this post) and career progression. Therefore, we offer rotational opportunities to all our 8a staff group to enable them to gain the breadth of experience necessary to obtain the QiCN. The Department has excellent links with St George's Hospital Medical School and the University of Surrey. As a teaching hospital we actively support all staff to contribute to teaching and training in their field of expertise both nationally and internationally.