Band 7/8a Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology in Romford

Band 7/8a Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology

Band 7/8a

Main area Neuropsychology Grade Band 7/8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 26.25 hours per week Job ref 162-7910-MED

Site Queen's Hospital Town Romford Salary £38,866 - £49,620 Per Annum Inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 13/09/2026 23:59

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 8a Clinical Neuropsychologist to join our expanding Neuropsychology Department within a well-regarded regional Neurosciences service. This post offers a varied caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings, providing neuropsychological assessment and brief intervention for adults with a wide range of neurological and neurosurgical conditions, including stroke, brain injury and tumour.

You will join a supportive team of Clinical Neuropsychologists and work closely with neurology, neurosurgery, stroke medicine, and allied health colleagues as part of a multidisciplinary service. The department is committed to high-quality, evidence-based care and offers supervision, CPD, and opportunities for teaching and training.

We welcome applications from those meeting Band 8a criteria and from suitably qualified Band 7 applicants under a preceptorship arrangement, subject to usual progression processes.

You must have experience administering and interpreting neuropsychological assessments. Experience in diagnostic neuropsychology and/or neurorehabilitation is desirable. Candidates should hold doctoral-level Clinical Psychology training (or equivalent pre-1996) accredited by the BPS, with strong neuropsychological theory and practice. This post suits those pursuing or undertaking the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN).

Main duties of the job

• To work as a highly specialist Clinical Neuropsychologist providing high-quality neuropsychological assessment and, where appropriate, intervention to patients with neurological conditions and their families across outpatient and inpatient settings.
• To provide advice, consultation, supervision, teaching and training to other professionals and non-professional carers as appropriate.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework, policies and procedures of the Neuropsychology Department and the Essex Neurosciences Service.
• To actively support and collaborate with the Consultant Clinical Neuropsychology in development of the service, and to utilise research skills for audit, policy development and research within the area served by the team.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology / neuropsychology, as accredited by the Neuropsychology Section of British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.

Experience/ Knowledge

• Experience of working with neurological and/or neurosurgical conditions.
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive neuropsychological assessments.
• Experience of undertaking diagnostic neuropsychological assessment within a regional neurosciences setting.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.

Skills/ Abilities

• Commenced or intending to enroll onto the Qualification in Neuropsychology (QiCN)

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Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or job sharing where service needs allow.

Pre-employment checks
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Certificate of Sponsorship
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Recruitment process
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Inclusion
BHRUT is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applicants who declare a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or identify as a Care Leaver and choose to be considered under our Disability Confident or Care Leaver schemes will be guaranteed an interview where they meet the essential criteria.

Safeguarding
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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