Clinical Neuropsychologist

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Neuropsychologist to join a large Neuropsychology department at Southmead Hospital with links to the University of Bristol Neuropsychology courses.

The post is primarily in the General Outpatients Neuropsychology service offering neuropsychological assessments for diagnostic and treatment purposes and brief interventions across a wide range of clinical populations, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, traumatic brain injury, hydrocephalus, and epilepsy, etc.

You will join a large, friendly, supportive and welcoming Neuropsychology department comprised of 13 Clinical Neuropsychologists/Psychologists and 8 Assistant Psychologists in 5 services (General Outpatients, Neurosurgery, Cognitive Disorders, Stroke and Community Head Injury). You will have access to supervision from a senior Clinical Neuropsychologist on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a comprehensive outpatient neuropsychology service (e.g., diagnosis, formulation, recommendations to patient, carer, or other professionals, intervention and recommendations)
• Communicate with service users, carers and other health professionals regarding the neuropsychological aspects of a person's care via individual sessions, discussion and formal reports, as appropriate.
• Manage, plan and prioritise a clinical caseload
• Engage in individual supervision with a senior Clinical Neuropsychologist
• Engage in peer supervision via colleagues in the Neuropsychology department and obtain the required Continuous Professional Development hours
• Work with Assistant Psychologists
• Ability to host Trainee Clinical Psychologists

About us

The postholder will be part of the Department of Neuropsychology, which is a large neuropsychology department providing an array of services within the neurosciences across a number of care pathways.

As part of a friendly, supportive and highly experienced team the postholder will be well supported in their role and have opportunities to develop their practice and undertake service relevant research.

The department works in partnership with the University of Bristol in the delivery of Clinical Neuropsychology training.

The department adopts a scientist-practitioner approach to clinical practice and we strive to provide the most patient-centred care possible.