Job summary
We are excited to be able to offer this newly developed permanent post working on an inpatient basis on the Stroke Unit (also treating other neurological conditions) at Airedale General Hospital. This position is part of a strategic development to expand the Therapies team offer for both the patients and MDT of the ward. This is the ideal post for an enthusiastic and inventive Psychologist, with skills in establishing new service provisions, and is interested in working alongside other professionals in order to support patients and their families.
The postholder will primarily work on the inpatient ward at Airedale Hospital,but will have key relationships with established psychology posts within the community stroke team and neuropsychology outpatients.The post holder will be expected to deliver compassionate and skilled psychological care to patients on the neurology ward. In addition to direct therapy work, there will be the need to work closely with nurses, rehab assistants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech language therapists and medical staff, supporting the development of psychological care within the specialties. The role will involve some supervision, teaching, training, and consultation to the team. Service-evaluation and audit will also be an important and valued element of the role. The role could be offered as a Band 8a / 8b preceptorship.
Main duties of the job
This is a very exciting opportunity for an experienced Neuropsychologist to implement a high-quality specialist clinical neuropsychology service on the Stroke Unit at Airedale General Hospital. The post holder will take a specialist lead clinical role in continuing the development of the Stroke Psychology Service, with the post-holder's equivalent in the Community Stroke Service.
The post-holder will work closely with the stroke multidisciplinary team to provide highly specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment, formulation and therapy, taking full professional responsibility and exercising completely autonomous judgement, in matters of professional practice.
In addition, the post-holder will have strategic oversight of the implementation, evaluation and measurement of the development of the inpatient stroke psychology service & will offer consultation, advice and disseminate psychological ideas to the wider stroke MDT.
Additionally, the post holder will contribute to the general management, governance and supervision of the wider Clinical Health Psychology Service as agreed. The post-holder will work autonomously in the execution of these duties and within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Clinical Health Psychology Department and Trust policies and procedures
About us
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification
The post holder will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of Adult Neuropsychology, and will also have considerable scope to develop the role in response to changing demands and opportunities as they arise. The post holder will be very well supported through clinical and professional supervision, ongoing relationships with counterparts in other neuropsychology specialties and will be a valued member of the wider Healthcare Psychology team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification
The post holder will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of Adult Neuropsychology, and will also have considerable scope to develop the role in response to changing demands and opportunities as they arise. The post holder will be very well supported through clinical and professional supervision, ongoing relationships with counterparts in other neuropsychology specialties and will be a valued member of the wider Healthcare Psychology team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate Doctoral level training in clinical psychologsychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapy (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of ps and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Further specialist training in the assessment and treatment of neurological disorders presenting with the full range of clinical severity through formal post - doctoral training (diploma or equivalent) or a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice based learning as assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equivalent level to a postgraduate diploma
- Completion of formal training in clinical supervision.
- HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Substantial experience working in an inpatient setting
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
- Substantial experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist, with experience at senior psychologist level and substantial experience in Neuropsychology
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment
- Experience of teaching, training and of providing clinical supervision to psychologists and other healthcare professionals
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients who have had a stoke
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
- Experience of contributing directly to the processes of service development and policy implementation
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate Doctoral level training in clinical psychologsychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapy (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of ps and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Further specialist training in the assessment and treatment of neurological disorders presenting with the full range of clinical severity through formal post - doctoral training (diploma or equivalent) or a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice based learning as assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equivalent level to a postgraduate diploma
- Completion of formal training in clinical supervision.
- HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Substantial experience working in an inpatient setting
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
- Substantial experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist, with experience at senior psychologist level and substantial experience in Neuropsychology
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment
- Experience of teaching, training and of providing clinical supervision to psychologists and other healthcare professionals
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients who have had a stoke
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
- Experience of contributing directly to the processes of service development and policy implementation
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
