Locum Principal / Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
| Posting date: | 22 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £88,682 Per Annum, Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7568452/438-PB3752 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This locum post provides an exciting opportunity to temporarily join a developing Neuropsychology service, with a specific focus on providing temporary clinical cover for the outpatient cognitive assessment pathway. Extensive previous experience of providing outpatient neuropsychological assessment within Neurosciences settings is required.
The banding and hours available are dependent on previous clinical experience, and are available at a maximum of 0.6 WTE if appointed at 8c, or a maximum of 0.8 WTE if appointed at 8b.
This locum post will initially be to cover a period of four months, with the potential for this to be extended.
The outpatient work will cover a wide range of neurological and neurosurgical presentations, including MS, acquired brain injury, brain tumours, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, and neurodegenerative conditions, as well as functional neurological disorders.
The locum post holder will also work alongside the existing Consultant Clinical Psychologist within Neuropsychology to provide supervision to staff within the outpatient cognitive assessment service.
The Neuropsychology team is a friendly and supportive service, and is situated as part of a dynamic and motivated wider Clinical Health Psychology Service (CHPS).
This is a principal or consultant level locum post (dependent on level of previous experience) that requires a range of key clinical and professional skills and extensive specialist clinical experience in Neuropsychology and broader physical health outpatient settings.
The post holder will work alongside the existing consultant clinical psychologist within Neuropsychology, taking a lead on provision of the outpatient neuropsychological assessment services supported by the Neuropsychology service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. They will ensure the delivery of high quality patient care and experience in line with the Trust’s strategic objectives. The post holder may also provide clinical supervision to other members of the Neuropsychology team.
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
To be an experienced and capable clinician, and professionally responsible for the day-to-day operating of the neuropsychological assessment outpatient services in the Clinical Health Psychology Service.
To be a highly effective practitioner.
To work flexibly and responsively to the demands of a dynamic and evolving service, adapting to change as required within the profession, speciality, wider service and organisation.
This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026
This locum post provides an exciting opportunity to temporarily join a developing Neuropsychology service, with a specific focus on providing temporary clinical cover for the outpatient cognitive assessment pathway. Extensive previous experience of providing outpatient neuropsychological assessment within Neurosciences settings is required.
The banding and hours available are dependent on previous clinical experience, and are available at a maximum of 0.6 WTE if appointed at 8c, or a maximum of 0.8 WTE if appointed at 8b.
This locum post will initially be to cover a period of four months, with the potential for this to be extended.
The outpatient work will cover a wide range of neurological and neurosurgical presentations, including MS, acquired brain injury, brain tumours, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, and neurodegenerative conditions, as well as functional neurological disorders.
The locum post holder will also work alongside the existing Consultant Clinical Psychologist within Neuropsychology to provide supervision to staff within the outpatient cognitive assessment service.
The Neuropsychology team is a friendly and supportive service, and is situated as part of a dynamic and motivated wider Clinical Health Psychology Service (CHPS).
This is a principal or consultant level locum post (dependent on level of previous experience) that requires a range of key clinical and professional skills and extensive specialist clinical experience in Neuropsychology and broader physical health outpatient settings.
The post holder will work alongside the existing consultant clinical psychologist within Neuropsychology, taking a lead on provision of the outpatient neuropsychological assessment services supported by the Neuropsychology service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. They will ensure the delivery of high quality patient care and experience in line with the Trust’s strategic objectives. The post holder may also provide clinical supervision to other members of the Neuropsychology team.
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
To be an experienced and capable clinician, and professionally responsible for the day-to-day operating of the neuropsychological assessment outpatient services in the Clinical Health Psychology Service.
To be a highly effective practitioner.
To work flexibly and responsively to the demands of a dynamic and evolving service, adapting to change as required within the profession, speciality, wider service and organisation.
This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026