The post holder will work within our Neuropsychology Service providing Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation to patients after Stroke and Acquired Brain Injury.

The post-holder will work as a Senior Clinical Psychologist four days per week with another Principal Clinical Psychologist.

The team is well-established and works in partnership with the Community Neurorehabilitation Team

The post is being advertised for a one-year fixed-term contract as maternity leave cover.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

To participate in the provision of Clinical Neuropsychology Services to stroke survivors and adults with acquired brain injury within the localities served by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.

T o be responsible for the systematic provision of specialist Clinical Neuropsychology services to stroke survivors and adults with acquired brain injury in the Sevenoaks and Maidstone localities

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To undertake high-quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychological & neuropsychological assessments and interventions of patients referred to the neuropsychology service taking substantial professional responsibility and exercising autonomous judgement in professional practice . Please see detailed Job description included with this advert

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Post graduate doctorate training in Clinical Psychology
• HCPC Registration Practioner Psychologist

Desirable

• Evidence of other training in Neuropsychology or a related field

Clinical Skills and Experience

Essential

• Evidence of having worked as Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology or related field

Desirable

• Evidence of having worked as Clinical Psychologist in Neurorehabilitation Services

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Darent House

Hospital Road

Sevenoaks

TN13 3PG

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