Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

The Neuropsychology Department at the National Hospital, one of the UK's largest and internationally renowned for its clinical services and research, is seeking passionate graduates to join our team. We specialise in providing advanced diagnostic, management, and rehabilitation services for both inpatients and outpatients with various neurological, neurosurgical, and neuropsychiatric conditions.

This post is suitable for graduates with a strong degree in psychology, a demonstrated interest in neuropsychology and preferably relevant experience in adult neuropsychology assessment and intervention. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

If you're a motivated psychology graduate eager to advance your career in neuropsychology and gain valuable hands-on experience, apply now to join our esteemed team at the National Hospital!

Main duties of the job

interpersonal skills are essential.

In this role, you will assist in evaluating neurological patients with cognitive impairments due to brain damage, help standardise and validate new neuropsychological tests, and collect, analyse, and manage clinical data. You will also prepare neuropsychological tests for clinical activities, participate in case demonstrations, and contribute to clinical audits and studies, with supervised clinical experience in neuropsychological assessment.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.