Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Psychology in Healthcare Department based at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are a supportive and dynamic department of psychologists who provide psychological and neuropsychological services to patients with a broad range of health conditions across the lifespan.
This is a community-based post to provide psychological and neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation to patients in the Newcastle Community Stroke Service. The Newcastle Community Stroke Service offers specialist rehabilitation to adults who have a Newcastle GP and a diagnosis of stroke.
The post sits within the Neuropsychology team, which is part of the Psychology in Healthcare Department.
- Interview Date Monday 14 July 2025
- 33 Hours 45 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
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Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic and supportive MDT working in the community stroke team and will also be an active member of the NuTH neuropsychology team. This is an exciting and varied role which will include psychological therapy, consultation, neuropsychological assessment and rehab for people who have had a stroke. The post involves using specialist psychological and neuropsychological experience, skills and knowledge in stroke care within a community setting, focusing on rehabilitation, patient and family support, and service development. This includes ensuring the delivery of person-centered and evidence-based care, promoting psychological and neuropsychological knowledge in the community team through training and consultation and contributing to service improvements.
Regular supervision from qualified clinical and neuropsychology colleagues will be provided and there will be opportunities for CPD related to the role and the development needs of the post holder.
We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in working with patients recovering from stroke and have experience in working with adults with neurological and/or other health conditions. We are happy to consider requests for flexible working and job sharing and would encourage applicants to contact us for informal discussions about the role.
About us
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospitalo Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)o Newcastle Dental Hospitalo Newcastle Fertility Centreo Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbriao Northern Genetics Serviceo Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Patient and Family Support:Providing holistic support to stroke patients and their families, including emotional support, practical advice, and guidance on self-management strategies. Group work. Ensuring the delivery of high-quality, best practice, and evidence-based care to stroke patients and their families, adhering to national stroke standards and best practices.
- Rehabilitation and Therapy:Facilitating and coordinating stroke rehabilitation, promoting psychological and neuropsychological functioning and recovery, and maximizing independence in the community setting and contributing to vocational rehab for those wishing to return to work.
- Service Development and Improvement:Contributing to the development and implementation of service improvements, participating in audits and service reviews, and responding to national initiatives related to stroke care.
- Inter-professional Collaboration:Working effectively with other healthcare professionals, including therapists, social workers, nurses, doctors and community services, to ensure a coordinated and integrated approach to patient care.
- Pathway Management:Alongside psychology management, coordinating the patient pathway for psychological care, from initial assessment to discharge, ensuring smooth transitions and optimal outcomes.
- Supervision, Education and Training:Providing regular supervision to doctoral trainees on placement. Providing education and training to other healthcare professionals and staff on psychological and neuropsychological aspects of stroke care and rehabilitation.
- Communication and Advocacy:Effectively communicating with patients, families, and other stakeholders, advocating for the needs of stroke patients and their families.
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
- Patient and Family Support:Providing holistic support to stroke patients and their families, including emotional support, practical advice, and guidance on self-management strategies. Group work. Ensuring the delivery of high-quality, best practice, and evidence-based care to stroke patients and their families, adhering to national stroke standards and best practices.
- Rehabilitation and Therapy:Facilitating and coordinating stroke rehabilitation, promoting psychological and neuropsychological functioning and recovery, and maximizing independence in the community setting and contributing to vocational rehab for those wishing to return to work.
- Service Development and Improvement:Contributing to the development and implementation of service improvements, participating in audits and service reviews, and responding to national initiatives related to stroke care.
- Inter-professional Collaboration:Working effectively with other healthcare professionals, including therapists, social workers, nurses, doctors and community services, to ensure a coordinated and integrated approach to patient care.
- Pathway Management:Alongside psychology management, coordinating the patient pathway for psychological care, from initial assessment to discharge, ensuring smooth transitions and optimal outcomes.
- Supervision, Education and Training:Providing regular supervision to doctoral trainees on placement. Providing education and training to other healthcare professionals and staff on psychological and neuropsychological aspects of stroke care and rehabilitation.
- Communication and Advocacy:Effectively communicating with patients, families, and other stakeholders, advocating for the needs of stroke patients and their families.
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 and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable
- Engagement with the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology and/or further training in specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the post
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in providing a neuropsychology and/or clinical health psychology service to patients presenting to neurological services and willingness to develop skills working with patients with stroke
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity and with experience of working as a qualified psychologist in a health care setting
- Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for Doctoral trainees
- In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical psychologist, has additional knowledge of working as a clinical psychologist in Health services and/or neuropsychological services
Desirable
- Previous experience of working as a psychologist in a neuropsychological or health psychology setting
- Clinical experience of working with people with neurological disorders
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessment and therapies with patients with or with suspected neurological disorders
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health, including safeguarding vulnerable children and adults
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well-developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Computer literate - competent use of email/internet and patient information systems for electronic clinical records and diary management
- The ability to meet the travel requirements of post
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 and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable
- Engagement with the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology and/or further training in specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the post
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in providing a neuropsychology and/or clinical health psychology service to patients presenting to neurological services and willingness to develop skills working with patients with stroke
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity and with experience of working as a qualified psychologist in a health care setting
- Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for Doctoral trainees
- In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical psychologist, has additional knowledge of working as a clinical psychologist in Health services and/or neuropsychological services
Desirable
- Previous experience of working as a psychologist in a neuropsychological or health psychology setting
- Clinical experience of working with people with neurological disorders
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessment and therapies with patients with or with suspected neurological disorders
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health, including safeguarding vulnerable children and adults
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well-developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Computer literate - competent use of email/internet and patient information systems for electronic clinical records and diary management
- The ability to meet the travel requirements of post
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).
