NRC Clinical Psychologist in Rehabilitation in Loughborough

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

NRC Clinical Psychologist in Rehabilitation

Band 8a

Main area Surgery Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 164-7336536

Site National Rehabilitation Centre Town Loughborough Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you ready to join a team of pioneers ready to revolutionise the future of rehabilitation? Do you have a passion for transforming the lives of people who have experienced severe injury or illness? Here at the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) you will join an innovative, forward thinking team with the collective objective of providing first class rehabilitation to our patients.

The Psychological Health team at the NRC undertakes highly specialist assessment, formulation, and intervention, with patients with musculoskeletal, spinal and/or brain injury. Whilst you will work with the whole range of conditions, it is hoped that you will develop a special interest in musculoskeletal injury, and be at the forefront in developing this new specialism in Psychology at Nottingham.

This post is entirely based at the NRC, but organisationally it sits within the Department of Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. This means that there are excellent opportunities for professional support, CPD and networking.

Why choose the NRC? You will be at the forefront of big change over the next few years. Your contribution will be vital but not only that, you will be supported to grow and learn through our many developmental programmes at the NRC as well as to engaging in research an innovation.

Main duties of the job

Your will provide highly specialist Clinical Psychology assessment, intervention and advice, working directly with patients and their families. You will also work indirectly, providing advice to other NRC staff in order to meet the psychological needs of patients.

You will contribute to the teaching and training of NRC staff in order to develop their skills and knowledge, in meeting psychological need.

You will provide direction and clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists within the team, and may be the primary supervisor for a trainee Clinical Psychologist on placement with us.

You will contribute to the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of the service.

You will contribute to, lead and/or supervise research activities.

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification documents.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

The NRC building should be ready in the summer of 2026. This role may be temporarily based at our current unit Linden Lodge at City Hospital until we move to the 70 bed NRC facility .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be a member of the Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Department, working in the NRC Psychological Health team, and/or other specialisms as directed by the Head of Department. In the first instance this will be at the Linden Lodge Unit City Hospital, then move to the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) Loughborough during the autumn of 2025.

Your role is to provide highly specialist clinical psychology assessment, intervention and advice, on the basis of advanced theoretical and practical knowledge, acquired through doctoral level qualification. This clinical activity will be direct to patients and/or their family, or working indirectly, to advise other staff (individually or as a group) how to manage highly complex cases. You will have patients allocated to you, and you will be responsible for managing their psychological needs, act independently, and be accountable for your professional actions.

Your work will be with rehabilitation patients with various conditions, including musculoskeletal injury and sometimes brain injury.

You will contribute to the teaching and training of staff within the multidisciplinary team, supervision of trainee Clinical Psychologists, and other students who are on work placement with the team. You will supervise the clinical work of Assistant Psychologist(s) within the service, in their work with your patients, and/or be their primary clinical supervisor. However, this post does not have any budgetary or line management responsibility

In collaboration with the lead for the psychology rehabilitation team, you will contribute to the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of the service. This will involve interpreting national guidelines and local policy. You will participate in clinical governance activities.

You will contribute to, lead and/or supervise research activities, under the research programme of the Clinical and Neuropsychology team, as directed by the lead of the team.

You will generally work core hours (either 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm), during which you will be expected to be on-site.

As an NUH staff member, you may be asked to assist in the event of a Major Incident.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

• BPS accredited doctoral qualification in Clinical Psychology
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Further training in a highly specialised psychological therapy or assessment methodology

Experience

• Worked with a wide diversity of patients in terms of health condition, cognitive ability, age, ethnic and social groups.
• Worked in a range of health settings, including an NHS hospital.
• Worked within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Worked in a neuro-rehabilitation setting or specialist physical disability/injury service.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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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