Job summary
Are you a Neuropsychologist interested in rehabilitation? Do you have experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Adult Community Rehabilitation Team (ACRT) at Homerton Healthcare Trust as our Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist to cover a maternity leave.

The neuropsychology service in ACRT is fully integrated in the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and works within a holistic, person-centred framework. You will have the opportunity to develop skills in complex assessment and intervention, MDT formulation and consultation, service development and leadership skills.

You will be part of our well established, consultant-led neuropsychology service. Homerton Neuropsychology has a strong holistic ethos and many of the services we work into have adopted a biopsychosocial formulation-led approach. The Trust is keen to develop and nurture high calibre neuropsychologists and you will be able to access QiCN supervision, funding, specialist neuro CPD as well as service development, research and leadership opportunities.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the ACRT Psychology Team, which consists of a qualified psychologist, a trainee and an assistant psychologist. The post holder will provide clinical leadership and psychological interventions to individuals, families as well as through multi-disciplinary teams, and deliver clinical supervision and complex case management support to the psychology team.

You will be working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Department's and Trust's policies and procedures. You will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service. You will work closely with the leadership team and contribute to service developments and improvements.

About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8b
Salary: £75,328 to £86,114 a year pro rata p.a. incl.
Contract: Fixed term, 9 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 293-CCS-0968

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications

• Essential: Post graduate diploma in clinical neuropsychology (PG Dip)

Skills/Abilities

• Essential: Highly-developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Essential: Doctoral-level knowledge & skills for research design & methodology
• Essential: Ability to supervise, support and co-ordinate the work of psychology colleagues within the team/service
• Essential: Ability to take lead for speciality, interpreting and imparting specialist knowledge and policies to others
• Essential: Skills in working across multidisciplinary settings
• Desirable: Skills for facilitating communication in interventions with families and staff teams

Experience

• Essential: Assessed experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist or Neuropsychologist for a minimum of 4 years, with at least 2 years in a neuro-psychology specialism
• Essential: Experience of working with stroke/neurological problems
• Essential: Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, both as care co-ordinator and within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
• Essential: Experience of training and supervising psychologists and trainees
• Essential: Experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters

Knowledge

• Essential: Evidence of CPD in neuro-psychology and other areas as appropriate for post
• Essential: Highly developed knowledge of specialist psychological interventions for patients with physical health problems
• Essential: Knowledge of legislation in relation to the specialism and mental health generally

Other

• Essential: Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
• Essential: Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and able to hold the stress of others

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Further information is available on the NHS Careers website. Apply through our website.