We are seeking to recruit a Clinical Psychologist with experience in neuropsychology, to provide input to a specialist Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team. The post will be based within the Community Neurological Service (CNS) which is a specialist multi professional service developed for patients with one of the following neurological conditions - Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury. The team is based within the St Mary's Community Hospital site in Portsmouth but many patients are seen within the community. The service aims to provide access to a range of coordinated, multi-professional interventions to enable patients with neurological conditions to maintain optimal independence.

The Clinical Psychologist is a key member of the MDT and will provide neuropsychological assessment, formulation and rehabilitation as well as supporting other members of the team to develop a psychological understanding of patients' difficulties.

We are a large Neuropsychology Department which consists of 9 Clinical Neuropsychologists/Psychologists in Neuropsychology working across the rehabilitation pathway. We offer regular accredited supervision and there are excellent professional development opportunities. We can provide supervision for candidates wanting to undertake the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QICN).

Main duties of the job

The role will provide neuropsychological input to the Community Neurological Service which is a specialist neurorehabilitation team. The service aims to minimise the negative effects of brain injury and to maximise the neuropsychological and emotional functioning of clients referred to the service.

The post-holder is a key member of the MDT and will provide neuropsychological assessment, formulation and rehabilitation as well as supporting other members of the team to develop a psychological understanding of patients' difficulties

To provide expert psychological support and education to facilitate the community management of patients with complex neurological conditions.

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Job description Job responsibilities

To provide neuropsychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's cognitive, emotional and behavioural sequelae of the acquired brain injury, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across appropriate care settings.

To be responsible for implementing a range of neuropsychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based interventions and where expert opinion may differ.

To be responsible for prioritising own workload and those of trainee clinical psychologists on placement who are undertaking Clinical Doctorate training.

To provide specialist neuropsychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

To exercise high level physical dexterity skills in the administration of neuropsychological tests according to specifications in Administration manuals. An ability to maintain a restricted posture for the duration of a lengthy assessment procedure.

To attend relevant multidisciplinary team, clinical and staff meetings and case conferences, using judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.

To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology within the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.

Participate in local and national events and take up specific duties and roles as agreed with Head of Psychology and Service Manager.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Bachelor's Degree in psychology.
• Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) or equivalent postgraduate training recognised by BPS and HCPC (for those qualified outside the UK or before 1996)
• Postgraduate qualification conferring eligibility for chartership by the British Psychological Society including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a practitioner Psychologist

Experience Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, such as outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings
• Experience of working with neurological problems
• Experience of working with a variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse

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