Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Neuropsychology
2 months ago
Job summary
The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients within South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Within this, the neuropsychology service provides specialist neuropsychology input to the neurosciences service, including neurosurgery, neurology, neurophysiology, stroke and neurorehabilitation.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist to provide specialist clinical services within the neuropsychology team. This post will involve working across different services areas as required, which may include:
General neuropsychology Neuro-oncology Stroke Neurorehabilitation Functional neurological conditionsApplicants do not need to have had prior experience working in an acute neurosciences service but will have demonstrated an interest in neuropsychological practice. The post holder will be provided with training and supervision from the senior clinicians to support them in role. We actively encourage newly qualified psychologists to consider applying, and a development plan will be put in place to support the post holder's progress to the full role.
The post holder will be supported to pursue the post-qualification training route in clinical neuropsychology with a view to ultimately meeting the requirements for the Specialist Register in Clinical Neuropsychology (again, CPD and clinical supervision will be provided as required).
About us
The Medical Psychology service is made up of Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, Health Psychologists, CBT therapists and Counsellors. We deliver psychological assessment, intervention and support to patients with a range of medical conditions across the lifespan. We utilise third wave therapies (especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness) alongside CBT as the core therapeutic modalities, with training and supervision provided to support delivery of these approaches. We also carry out clinical audit, research and service evaluation. We have strong links with the Doctoral Training Programmes at the University of Teesside, and we provide teaching, placements and research projects for Clinical Psychology and Counselling Psychology trainees.
The Trust encourages innovation and service development, and we actively support this within the Medical Psychology service. All clinicians are expected to take on service development and service governance duties as part of their role, both within the Psychology service and within the wider MDTs in which we work. We provide mentoring and support to deliver this.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions Your Leadership Impact Leading your Team to Success Leading Into the Future Service Improvement for Beginners Developing your Service Improvement Skills Lean PractitionerThe leadership and improvement programme aims to: Explore leadership within the NHS Promote Trust values and behaviours Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Experience of specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment and treatments of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as an individual practitioner and also within the context of multidisciplinary care.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Minimum psychology degree 2:1 Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Counselling Psychology as accredited by the BPS &/or HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Post-doctoral training in the supervision of trainee Clinical Psychologists or Counselling Psychologists HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist Post-doctoral training in a therapeutic approach ( Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) relevant to the psychological needs of medical patients (at least level 1 training) Actively working towards registration with the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN).
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological & neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
Excellent verbal and written communication skills-
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