Consultant Psychologist - Neuropsychology | Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £78,163 - £88,884 Per annum including HCAS (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW1 0PE |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6179032/455-CANDI-893 |
Summary
To act as the strategic neuropsychology lead for North London MH Partnership. To oversee the teams providing neuropsychology services to service users, and their families and carers. To have strategic responsibility for the development, provision, and management of neuropsychology input to these services and related teams.
To act as the Neuropsychology training and education lead providing strategic leadership and governance of neuropsychology across the partnership.
To work as a senior clinician in the service, providing an advanced level of psychological expertise in assessment, advice and treatment and offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care.
The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
• Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
• Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
• Generous Annual Leave Allowance
• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
To work as a senior clinician in the service, providing an advanced level of psychological expertise in assessment, advice and treatment and offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to referrers, non-psychologist colleagues and other, non-professional carers.
To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, using interview, formal psychometric and other assessment methods as appropriate, for clients referred.
To formulate and provide highly specialist psychological treatment and management plans for clients referred, based on NICE guidelines and other frameworks; working autonomously and using the full range of clinical judgement where there is complexity that requires interpretation of standard guidance.
To make final clinical decisions for highly challenging and complex clients, taking into account the wider system.
To provide advice and information to people referred to the Psychology service to support them with adjustment to their health condition and to help them develop coping strategies to manage the impact of this condition.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of clients.
To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients, including working with people with high levels of emotional distress and complex physical health conditions, interacting with their psychological presentation.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Apr 2024