Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Neuropsychology service based at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Consultant Neuropsychologist. You will work into the cognitive clinic which is a joint Neurology and Neuropsychology clinic. The purpose of the cognitive clinic is to assess patients with cognitive disorders including degenerative conditions. You will provide specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation and opinion in relation to diagnosis of conditions including dementia. Offering advice and consultation on patient's neuropsychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
This post is located in the Psychology in Healthcare service which is a large supportive department, with opportunities for CPD, and high-quality supervision. You will provide supervision to psychology colleagues.
- Interview Date: 27 June 2024
- 5 hours 15 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the post are: delivering a high-quality neuropsychology service for patients referred to the cognitive clinic and their families; administering and interpreting neuropsychological tests to inform hypothesis in relation to diagnosis and formulation; sharing sensitive and highly emotive information with patients and families; offering psychological support at the point of diagnosis; sharing information with other professionals; report writing and onward referrals as needed.
Being responsible within the neuropsychology service for the cognitive clinic and related referrals, the post holder will have excellent leadership skills and adhere to clinical governance guidelines, both at a local trust and national level. They will ensure that they maintain a satisfactory level of CPD and continue to develop their expert role as well as the service. They will routinely evaluate the service and report back to stakeholders.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Takes responsibility for neuropsychology provision within the Highly Specialised Cognitive Clinic. .
- Is expected to manage the care of the most challenging and complex presentations within the Highly Specialised Adult Neuroscience Service.
- Is required to provide management and supervision of recently qualified clinical psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists.
- Will be expected to develop and innovate methods in service provision for people with dementia and to support staff, relatives and, were appropriate, other services in providing care to this group of patients.
- Providing specialist neuropsychological and clinical psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
- Offering advice and consultation on patients neuropsychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Takes responsibility for neuropsychology provision within the Highly Specialised Cognitive Clinic. .
- Is expected to manage the care of the most challenging and complex presentations within the Highly Specialised Adult Neuroscience Service.
- Is required to provide management and supervision of recently qualified clinical psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists.
- Will be expected to develop and innovate methods in service provision for people with dementia and to support staff, relatives and, were appropriate, other services in providing care to this group of patients.
- Providing specialist neuropsychological and clinical psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
- Offering advice and consultation on patients neuropsychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, including specifically, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
- HCPC Registration.
Desirable
- Has a track record of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience of working across the lifespan with people with neurological disorders.
- Experience of specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, and in-patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of people with neurological and /or genetic conditions, with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Has a significant amount of consolidated post qualification experience and application of specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients in health care services.
- In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical psychologist, has additional knowledge of national good practice of working as a neuropsychologist and a clinical psychologist.
- The post holder will have received a substantive number of years of clinical supervision (post qualification).
- Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Has evidence of learning and development in relation to leadership/management.
- Has knowledge of good practice in recruitment and retention.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of neuropsychological and psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
- Knowledge of legislation and national guidance, in relation to the patient group and mental health.
- Computer literate - competent use of email/internet
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Desirable
- Post graduate training in Clinical Neuropsychology.
- Post graduate experience in degenerative disorders.
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, relatives and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Demonstrable skills in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- The post holder has completed further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for Doctoral trainees and maintains these skills through regular training updates.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Has demonstrable skills in waiting list management
- Has skills in audit, clinical governance and resource management
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, including specifically, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
- HCPC Registration.
Desirable
- Has a track record of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience of working across the lifespan with people with neurological disorders.
- Experience of specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, and in-patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of people with neurological and /or genetic conditions, with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Has a significant amount of consolidated post qualification experience and application of specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients in health care services.
- In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical psychologist, has additional knowledge of national good practice of working as a neuropsychologist and a clinical psychologist.
- The post holder will have received a substantive number of years of clinical supervision (post qualification).
- Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Has evidence of learning and development in relation to leadership/management.
- Has knowledge of good practice in recruitment and retention.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of neuropsychological and psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
- Knowledge of legislation and national guidance, in relation to the patient group and mental health.
- Computer literate - competent use of email/internet
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Desirable
- Post graduate training in Clinical Neuropsychology.
- Post graduate experience in degenerative disorders.
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, relatives and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Demonstrable skills in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- The post holder has completed further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for Doctoral trainees and maintains these skills through regular training updates.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Has demonstrable skills in waiting list management
- Has skills in audit, clinical governance and resource management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
