Clinical Psychologist in Neurological Rehabilitation
| Posting date: | 27 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £50,952.00 to £57,349.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £50952.00 - £57349.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2024 |
| Location: | Horsham, RH12 2DR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9150-24-0738 |
Summary
Job Summary To work as a core member of the multidisciplinary neurological rehabilitation teams To carry a clinical caseload and to ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist neuropsychology service to adults living with a neurological condition and to their carers To support the psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions provided by other clinical members of the service who provide psychologically-based care and treatments To offer specialist advice and consultation to patients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to non-professional carers To provide consultation, training, and support to the MDT and to other professionals working with people with neurological conditions, and to mainstream mental health teams. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research To propose and implement policy changes within the Community Neuro Rehab Team The post holder is expected to drive between visits using their own car and will be required to travel to other office/ hospital based locations across the Trust for meetings, training and supervision. Main Duties Assesses and treats own specialist caseload of clients and maintains associated records Provides, develops, and manages highly specialist interventions Clinically supervises assistant practitioners, graduate psychologists and doctoral trainees Contributes to the supervision of less experienced qualified psychologists Works in the community, in hospital, and in outpatient facilities with individuals, families, and other teams and services involved Co-ordinates provision of a specialist service and provides specialist advice and consultation to other professions and carers.