Job summary
This locum post provides an exciting opportunity to temporarily join a developing Neuropsychology service, with a specific focus on providing temporary clinical cover for the outpatient cognitive assessment pathway. Extensive previous experience of providing outpatient neuropsychological assessment within Neurosciences settings is required.
The banding and hours available are dependent on previous clinical experience, and are available at a maximum of 0.6 WTE if appointed at 8c, or a maximum of 0.8 WTE if appointed at 8b.
This locum post will initially be to cover a period of four months, with the potential for this to be extended.
The outpatient work will cover a wide range of neurological and neurosurgical presentations, including MS, acquired brain injury, brain tumours, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, and neurodegenerative conditions, as well as functional neurological disorders.
The locum post holder will also work alongside the existing Consultant Clinical Psychologist within Neuropsychology to provide supervision to staff within the outpatient cognitive assessment service.
The Neuropsychology team is a friendly and supportive service, and is situated as part of a dynamic and motivated wider Clinical Health Psychology Service (CHPS).
Main duties of the job
This is a principal or consultant level locum post (dependent on level of previous experience) that requires a range of key clinical and professional skills and extensive specialist clinical experience in Neuropsychology and broader physical health outpatient settings.
The post holder will work alongside the existing consultant clinical psychologist within Neuropsychology, taking a lead on provision of the outpatient neuropsychological assessment services supported by the Neuropsychology service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. They will ensure the delivery of high quality patient care and experience in line with the Trust's strategic objectives. The post holder may also provide clinical supervision to other members of the Neuropsychology team.
About us
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be an experienced and capable clinician, and professionally responsible for the day-to-day operating of the neuropsychological assessment outpatient services in the Clinical Health Psychology Service.
To be a highly effective practitioner.
To work flexibly and responsively to the demands of a dynamic and evolving service, adapting to change as required within the profession, speciality, wider service and organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be an experienced and capable clinician, and professionally responsible for the day-to-day operating of the neuropsychological assessment outpatient services in the Clinical Health Psychology Service.
To be a highly effective practitioner.
To work flexibly and responsively to the demands of a dynamic and evolving service, adapting to change as required within the profession, speciality, wider service and organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist
- QiCN (or working towards)
- Post-graduate Diploma in Neuropsychology, accredited by the BPS/HCPC.
- Strong commitment to CPD as evidenced by post qualification training
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable
- Qualification in supervision
- Minimum of three years' experience as a senior psychologist
- History of leadership training and experience
- Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN) and related eligibility for Division of Neuropsychology Specialist Register in Clinical Neuropsychology (SRCN) via this or the grand-parenting statement of equivalence (or working towards this qualification)
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at similar grade working flexibly in extended roles.
- Knowledge and experience of working with trauma, and trauma-based therapies
- Experience of specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and of creating positive changes in practice within MDTs
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of leading on projects and / or change processes within complex organisational systems
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological and neuropsychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience in audit and evaluation of clinical services
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of Clinical Neuropsychology in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of the role of clinical leadership within the NHS
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist
- QiCN (or working towards)
- Post-graduate Diploma in Neuropsychology, accredited by the BPS/HCPC.
- Strong commitment to CPD as evidenced by post qualification training
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable
- Qualification in supervision
- Minimum of three years' experience as a senior psychologist
- History of leadership training and experience
- Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN) and related eligibility for Division of Neuropsychology Specialist Register in Clinical Neuropsychology (SRCN) via this or the grand-parenting statement of equivalence (or working towards this qualification)
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at similar grade working flexibly in extended roles.
- Knowledge and experience of working with trauma, and trauma-based therapies
- Experience of specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and of creating positive changes in practice within MDTs
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of leading on projects and / or change processes within complex organisational systems
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological and neuropsychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience in audit and evaluation of clinical services
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of Clinical Neuropsychology in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of the role of clinical leadership within the NHS
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).
