Clinical Neuro Psychologist

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Clinical Neuropsychologist (Band 8a) to join a multidisciplinary team within the stroke rehabilitation services in the London Borough of Barnet. The successful candidate will provide specialized psychological services to individuals living with stroke and other long-term health conditions, helping them manage the complex physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges that arise following a stroke.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting neuropsychological assessments and providing therapeutic interventions for patients within the Edgware Community Rehabilitation Unit and community stroke services (including Early Stroke Discharge Team & Barnet Stroke Support Service).
• Supporting patients with a range of complex needs—physical, psychological, cognitive, and social—ensuring their care is holistic and tailored to enhance their recovery and long-term wellbeing.
• Leading community-based psychological and neuropsychological interventions, including assessment, formulation, therapy, and discharge planning.
• Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to integrate psychological care within broader treatment plans, promoting health, independence, and optimal recovery outcomes for stroke patients.
• Providing consultation, advice, and supervision to other professionals in the team, enhancing the psychological care approach within the wider service.

Main duties of the job:

• Work as part of the integrated team for Barnet Inpatients and Stroke Services.
• Work independently and autonomously as a professional within the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) guidelines and local Trust policies.
• Select and administer specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessments.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management, providing specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultations to patients, their families and carers, and other multidisciplinary professionals.
• Formulate and deliver evidence-based psychological treatments within the service.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive documentation, ensuring documents are updated to reflect changes in clinical needs in line with trust policy.
• Motivate/ negotiate with patients to change their lifestyle/ behaviour using psychological knowledge of behaviour change.
• Dedicate at least 80% of your time to direct clinical care.

About us:

We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

Job responsibilities:

• Collaborate and communicate using various methods to coordinate patient care and maintain effective working relationships.
• Produce annual reports and audits on psychological services, offering recommendations for practice development.
• Manage workloads of assistant and trainee psychologists, support volunteer involvement, and deliver psycho-educational training.
• Engage in CPD, research, and quality improvement projects.

Education/Qualification:

• MSc/Doctoral level training, or equivalent, in Clinical Psychology as recognized by the British Psychological Society.
• Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council and British Psychological Society (HCPC/ BPS) or eligible for registration.

Experience:

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across various care settings.
• Providing teaching and training to other professional groups.
• Working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Demonstration of ability to develop new initiatives and manage change.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and formulation.
• Knowledge of cognitive behavioural therapy and at least one other model of psychological therapy appropriate to adults.
• Ability to work as an independent practitioner with appropriate clinical and managerial supervision.
• Well-developed IT skills.

Key Attributes:

• Ability to teach and train others.
• Commitment to life-long learning and service development.
• Ability to engage effectively with the patient group and their caregivers.
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car for business purposes.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Salary: £53,751 to £68,623 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata).