Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist

3 weeks ago


Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom PJ Care Full time

Milton Keynes - Part time (flexible on number of working days)

Band 7 pro-rata - depending on experience

PJ Care has been rated as the "Best Care Home to Work for in the UK" in the annual ‘Best Companies’ awards, which have also ranked us in the top five best health and social care providers to work for.

PJ Care is an award-winning provider of Specialist Neurological services, with residential sites in Milton Keynes and Peterborough. We provide a full range of services to adults living with neurological conditions including the range of:

  • Huntington’s disease
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • In addition to providing rehabilitation services for adults after brain injury, spinal injury and stroke

Our large multidisciplinary team is comprised of a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Speech and Language Therapist, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Assistant Psychologists, assisted by Therapy Technicians, Therapy Assistants and Activities Coordinators to enable our residents to maximise their social, emotional, functional and cognitive experience each day.

We are a Platinum ‘Investors In People’ awarded service and also a ‘Sunday Times Top 100 Company’ to work for in the UK. Our core values are Compassion , Commitment and Care . Our staff embody these values in their daily work to maintain and support dignity and respect, choice and diversity and individuality. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks a highly motivated and high calibre Clinical Psychologist to join our dedicated team. If this sounds like you, then we would like to hear from you.

This post will provide an exciting opportunity to gain a range of experience in our flagship centre in Peterborough. We specialise in supporting adults with a range of neurological conditions including Early Onset Dementia, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Korsakoff’s syndrome, functional neurological disorders, and acquired neurological problems including traumatic brain injury, stroke, hypoxia and spinal injuries. Residents can be short, medium or long-term and we have a neurorehabilitation unit within our Peterborough site

The role will include involvement in multi-disciplinary team meetings, providing neuropsychological assessment, formulation and interventions, meeting face to face with residents to provide a range of treatments, working with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, adjustment, insight and awareness work. Cognitive skills and compensatory skills are also areas we support. Development and implementation of behavioural approaches are other areas we work with. Working closely and often jointly with the rest of the multi-disciplinary team is also a feature of the role. Report writing and attendance at care reviews will be needed. Supervision of Assistant Psychologists may be required, depending on experience.

The successful candidate will work alongside the Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist who will provide direct clinical supervision. Experience of working with adults living with dementia or other neurological conditions is required. The role requires having knowledge of safeguarding procedures and of carrying out assessments under the Mental Capacity Act and being involved in Best Interest meetings and decision making.

We work closely with various national support organisations and the opportunity to be involved in presenting at seminars and conferences will be available. Research is also an important aspect to the service and we are currently partnering with exciting research organisations and involvement with this will therefore be possible.

The salary will dependant on experience with flexible working hours (negotiable).

As an award winning, independent provider of neurological care, PJ Care only look to recruit individuals who share in our mission to deliver the highest standards of care.

All staff employed by PJ Care are individually responsible and expected to safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of all individuals who access PJ Care services to ensure everyone is protected from actual or potential harm.

PJ Care Ltd strongly believes in the promotion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in all areas of life, but particularly in the workspace and is proactive in supporting every member of our team and residents to reach their true potential.

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