Job Introduction
We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join our team at St Martins Hospital in Bath!
This full-time post involves providing neuropsychology input into three Services:
- The Early Supported Discharge Team is a community-based multidisciplinary team that provides specialist neuro-rehabilitation for adults who have had a stroke.
- The Sulis Ward provides inpatient stroke rehabilitation.
- The Movement Disorders Clinic is a consultant led multidisciplinary service that provides outpatient support for people with a diagnosed movement disorder.
- All Services are well established and provide treatment and rehabilitation for patients who live within the area of Bath & North East Somerset.
- The post is 37.5 hours per week and based at St Matins Hospital in Bath. Two and a half days are in stroke services and two and half days in the movement disorders clinic. Working hours are expected to between Monday to Friday 08:00 – 18:00. However, core business hours are between 6am and 8pm across 5 days out of 7 days per week and whilst not all services operate within these hours, there may be future requirements for services to move to this arrangement.
For more information contact Dr Leon Dysch Clinical Neuropsychologist on 01225 831544
Main Responsibility
- Provide psychological assessment, formulation and interventions for patients, family members and carers
- Conduct neuropsychological assessment and provide cognitive rehabilitation
- Inform & implement the model of delivery that will achieve the most cohesive and effective pathway for service users.
- Provide neuropsychologically informed advice, consultation, supervision and training for qualified staff and Assistant Psychologists.
- Attend and facilitate MDT meetings.
- Run psychologically informed groups for Service-Users and carers
- Provide teaching, training and participate in research as directed by the Clinical Neuropsychologist and Service Lead
The Ideal Candidate
- To hold at least Doctorate level training or equivalent in Clinical Psychology, recognised by The British Psychological Society
- Be HCPC registered.
- Experience in neuropsychology / neuro-rehabilitation and in working with neurological conditions.
- Knowledge and skills in the understanding of neurological conditions, their associated problems and specialised psychology interventions.
- Experience of undertaking specialist assessments using investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised management and treatment plans.
- Experience of interpreting and analysing clinical and non-clinical information to inform psychological formulation & recommend the best course of intervention.
- Good levels of IT literacy.
- Experience of co-ordinating and ensuring effective delivery of clinical services and providing specialist advice as appropriate through clinical supervision, PDP’s and training.
- Experience of ensuring integration of evidence-based practice, evaluating the effectiveness through the use of audit, outcome measures, research and stakeholder feedback.
- Good problem solving and decision making skills as well as the ability to resolve complex service problems.
Package Description
As a Clinical Psychologist, you’ll be part of our valued team at Clara Cross Centre and Early Supportive Discharge Team at St. Martin's Hospital.
You will feel valued as a Clinical Psychologist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £41,659 to £47,672 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Interview date potentially third week of July 2023
For more information contact Dr Leon Dysch Clinical Neuropsychologist on 01225 831544
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
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