Clinical Neuropsychologist

Job summary

Post: Clinical Neuropsychologist

Grade: Band 8a

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

Based at: St George's Hospital

A great opportunity has arisen to gain experience working at St Georges Hospital across rehab and diagnostic services. The role is to provide highly specialist clinical neuropsychology input to patients within the diagnostics and rehabilitation pathway. This will include neuropsychological assessments, as well as providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy and offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to other health professionals and non professional carers.

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.

The post holder will exercise autonomous professional responsibility for clinical decisions, working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams' policies and procedures. In liaison with the neurorehabilitation MDT, the post holder will be expected to utilise their knowledge of evidence based psychological interventions and research skills to further develop neuropsychology and clinical psychology input to these services. The post holder will also be expected to identify and implement audit and research projects within the area served by the team/service. The post holder will be involved in the training, continuing professional development and supervision of trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists and other health professionals.

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.