Practitioner Psychologist, Neuropsychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

To provide neuropsychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in the brain injury and functional neurological disorder (FND) MDTs within the Lishman Unit.

To provide psychological rehabilitation using a multidisciplinary goal-setting approach, with close support from the senior psychologist.

To provide evidence-based psychological therapy appropriate for clients with brain injury and FND.

To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.

To participate in neuropsychologically-informed assessments with the MDT (such as outreach assessments), with supervision from the senior psychologist.

To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.

To act as keyworker for specific service users, taking responsibility for updating the ward round, co-ordination of family meetings, providing point of contact for service users family members and contributing to discharge planning.

KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

To contribute to the effective working of the brain injury and functional neurological disorder MDTs within the Lishman Unit and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.

To contribute to the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.

To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.

To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.

KR 3 Policy and service development

To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.

To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.

KR 4 Care or management of resources

To take care of, and use carefully, the Trusts equipment and physical resources.

To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.

KR 5 Management and supervision

To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of an assistant psychologist if required, under supervision from a more senior psychologist.

To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism after completion of the relevant Training Courses Supervision Training.

KR 6 Teaching and Training

To provide occasional specialist training in psychological approaches to care to other professions as appropriate.

To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance

To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.

KR 8 Research and development

To undertake regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs.

KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.

To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC Standards for Continuing Professional Development.

To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.

To comply with the HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency, and ensure professional development in line with these.

To adhere to the BPSs Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

KR10 General

To travel to outreach assessmentsas appropriate and across the Trust when required.

To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.

To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as challenging behaviour emerging from brain injury or trauma, or team dynamics arising from prominent maladaptive interpersonal stylesand to support others involved in such situations.

stylesand to support others involved in such situations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. (A/I)
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist. (A/I)

Desirable

• Interest in undertaking relevant additional training, such as post-doctoral training in clinical neuropsychology or in evidence-based therapeutic intervention for FND (A/I)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs. (A/I)
• Experience of neuropsychological assessment and/or intervention with individuals with brain injury, or other similar population with cognitive and behavioural needs (A/I)
• Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience. (A/I)
• Experience of developing and carrying out research projects. (A/I) Knowledge

Desirable

• Interest in and experience of working with individuals with functional neurological disorder, with supervision. (A/I)

Knowledge

Essential

• Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment for brain injury and FND respectively (A/I/R)
• Knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics. (A/I/R)
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities. (A/I/R)
• Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis. (A/I/R)
• Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care. (A/I/R)
• To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. (A/I/R)

Skills

Essential

• To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information. (A/I/R)
• To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as goal setting and formulation meetings. (A/I/R)
• To plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists. (A/I/R)
• To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials. (A/I/R)
• Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data. (A/I/R)

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lishman unit, Denis Hill Unit

Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road

Beckenham

BR3 3BY

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)