Band 8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology in Cardiff

Band 8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist, experienced in Neuropsychology and rehabilitation, to join our Neuropsychology team. It is a great time to be joining our team as we further develop our services across inpatient, outpatient and community settings.

Job Summary

The role will involve neuropsychological assessment and intervention within multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation teams through direct work with patients, families and carers, and through supporting the work of multidisciplinary colleagues. The post holder will be part of neurorehabilitation services as well as joining a team of Psychologists working within physical health and rehabilitation services.

They will supervise and support the psychological assessments and therapy provided by other psychology staff and others who provide psychologically based care and treatment. They will support a culture of research and utilise research skills for audit, policy and service developments and propose and implement policy changes within the service and the broader multidisciplinary team. They will also be highly visible and, accessible and a figure to whom staff, patients and their families can turn for assistance, advice and support.

Main Duties

• Neuropsychological assessment, formulation and intervention within neurorehabilitation services with patients, families and carers.
• Interdisciplinary working with colleagues to support the progression of rehabilitation interventions.
• Supporting the development of psychologically‑informed practice in services.
• Assessment and management of risk.
• Research, audit and evaluation of services.
• Teaching, training and supervision.
• Providing supervision within the team for those seeking to pursue further training in Neuropsychology to gain eligibility for the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.

About Us

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) aims to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands. We have over 5,000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands to deliver a wide range of community and specialist healthcare services. The Psychology Service offers support and close links with other psychologists through facilitated reflective practice groups, CPD events and team meetings.

Qualifications / Training

• Postgraduate Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• HCPC Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.

Desirable

• Post‑doctoral qualification, training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
• Training in the supervision of doctoral‑level trainee psychologists.

Experience

• Significant post‑qualification experience in specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with neurological conditions.
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group‑based treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including primary and secondary/specialist care and inpatient/residential, outpatient and community team settings.
• Experience of liaison work with other professionals and agencies.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Skills / Knowledge

• Highly specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management including specialist clinical interviewing, behavioural observation, complex psychometric testing and specialist neuropsychological assessment.
• Knowledge of the presentation, assessment of and intervention with people with complex mental health, neurological and neuropsychological difficulties.
• Well developed skills in communicating effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills and experience in providing consultation to other professionals and on professional groups, across agencies.

Desirable Skills / Knowledge

• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to manage under pressure; work to tight deadlines, evidencing excellent time management.
• Able to work independently or as part of a team.

Desirable Personal Qualities

• Evidence of strong leadership skills, the ability to negotiate, persuade and influence at a senior level with a supportive style whilst also able to take difficult decisions and act assertively.
• Keen to develop services in line with service, educational and research priorities.

Other Role Requirements

• Ability to work within a multicultural framework.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to reach scheduled appointments across the city in a timely fashion and to travel independently within the Trust wide.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi‑media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Legal / Disclosure

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 to check for any previous convictions. A Certificate of Sponsorship will be provided for suitable candidates requiring UK Skilled Worker sponsorship.