Preceptorship Band 8b to 8C Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology
| Posting date: | 02 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 Per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 01 January 2026 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B13 8JL |
| Company: | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7634379/820-7634379-ASR |
Summary
A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Preceptorship Opportunity: 8B to 8C in Clinical Neuropsychology
Those seeking to work less than 37.5 hours per week may be considered and are encouraged to contact us for an informal discussion.
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a experienced and dynamic Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our neuropsychology and rehabilitation services based at Moseley Hall Hospital in Birmingham.
This is a preceptorship opportunity, with suitable candidates joining the organisation as an 8B Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology, with a supported preceptorship into an 8C Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist position once appropriate competencies have been achieved.
The successful applicant will have substantial experience in Neuropsychology, have completed the underpinning knowledge component of training towards eligibility for the Specialist Register for Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN), and have demonstrable leadership and management experience relevant to this Band 8b level position. They will also have a drive and willingness to achieve clinical, managerial and leadership competencies to enable progression to an 8C post within an agreed timeframe. This will include obtaining qualifications which confer eligibility for the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists
Our services include Level 1 Inpatient Neurorehabilitation, Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation, Community and Outpatient rehabilitation services, and a specialist vocational pathway. It is an exciting time to join our growing services as we further develop our teams and the model of Clinical Neuropsychology within the Trust.
The postholder will join a friendly and dynamic team of psychological professionals, working alongside other psychologist colleagues to support the systematic governance and effective development and delivery of neuropsychology services. Leadership, supervision and management in the Neuropsychology service are key aspects of this role alongside provision of clinical services.
Duties Include
To deliver a Clinical Psychology Service commensurate with a post graduate doctoral level of training and further specialist training and experience.
To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to adults with acquired brain injuries and other neurological conditions.
To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
To support proposals and implementation policy changes within the area served by the service. To be accountable for the direct delivery of clinical services to clients, their families and carers.
Line management of Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.
Birmingham is a vibrant, rich, ethnically diverse city, with a large population of young people. Join Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) where more than 5000 members of staff work across Birmingham and the West Midlands to deliver a wide range of community and specialist healthcare services. BCHC delivers over a hundred clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. This includes services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
Our range of healthcare service provision within the ASR Division also offers opportunities to develop clinical leadership skills and be involved with clinical projects and pathway development. The Psychology Service offers support and close links with other psychologists through facilitated reflective practice groups, CPD events and team meetings. There are good links with the local DClinPsy training courses and the MSCi pathway at Birmingham and Coventry Universities.
For full details please see attached job description.
To provide specialist highly complex psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests which require complex manipulation and timing skills, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
Todevelop highly complex formulations and implement plans for the formal neuropsychological treatment and/or management of a clients’ highly complex psychological problems, including family breakdown, serious mental illness, vulnerable adults and aggressive and violent behaviour, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, using advanced and practical knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices across the full range of care settings, where frequent and intense concentration is required.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological and neuropsychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. Expert opinions may differ and a full range of options will need to be considered.
To provide line management where agreed and required for clinical psychologists. This will be in agreement with the Divisional Lead Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist.
To participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing
To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025
Preceptorship Opportunity: 8B to 8C in Clinical Neuropsychology
Those seeking to work less than 37.5 hours per week may be considered and are encouraged to contact us for an informal discussion.
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a experienced and dynamic Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our neuropsychology and rehabilitation services based at Moseley Hall Hospital in Birmingham.
This is a preceptorship opportunity, with suitable candidates joining the organisation as an 8B Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology, with a supported preceptorship into an 8C Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist position once appropriate competencies have been achieved.
The successful applicant will have substantial experience in Neuropsychology, have completed the underpinning knowledge component of training towards eligibility for the Specialist Register for Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN), and have demonstrable leadership and management experience relevant to this Band 8b level position. They will also have a drive and willingness to achieve clinical, managerial and leadership competencies to enable progression to an 8C post within an agreed timeframe. This will include obtaining qualifications which confer eligibility for the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists
Our services include Level 1 Inpatient Neurorehabilitation, Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation, Community and Outpatient rehabilitation services, and a specialist vocational pathway. It is an exciting time to join our growing services as we further develop our teams and the model of Clinical Neuropsychology within the Trust.
The postholder will join a friendly and dynamic team of psychological professionals, working alongside other psychologist colleagues to support the systematic governance and effective development and delivery of neuropsychology services. Leadership, supervision and management in the Neuropsychology service are key aspects of this role alongside provision of clinical services.
Duties Include
To deliver a Clinical Psychology Service commensurate with a post graduate doctoral level of training and further specialist training and experience.
To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to adults with acquired brain injuries and other neurological conditions.
To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
To support proposals and implementation policy changes within the area served by the service. To be accountable for the direct delivery of clinical services to clients, their families and carers.
Line management of Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.
Birmingham is a vibrant, rich, ethnically diverse city, with a large population of young people. Join Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) where more than 5000 members of staff work across Birmingham and the West Midlands to deliver a wide range of community and specialist healthcare services. BCHC delivers over a hundred clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. This includes services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
Our range of healthcare service provision within the ASR Division also offers opportunities to develop clinical leadership skills and be involved with clinical projects and pathway development. The Psychology Service offers support and close links with other psychologists through facilitated reflective practice groups, CPD events and team meetings. There are good links with the local DClinPsy training courses and the MSCi pathway at Birmingham and Coventry Universities.
For full details please see attached job description.
To provide specialist highly complex psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests which require complex manipulation and timing skills, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
Todevelop highly complex formulations and implement plans for the formal neuropsychological treatment and/or management of a clients’ highly complex psychological problems, including family breakdown, serious mental illness, vulnerable adults and aggressive and violent behaviour, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, using advanced and practical knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices across the full range of care settings, where frequent and intense concentration is required.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological and neuropsychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. Expert opinions may differ and a full range of options will need to be considered.
To provide line management where agreed and required for clinical psychologists. This will be in agreement with the Divisional Lead Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist.
To participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing
To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025