Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical psychologist to join the Long-Term Neurological Conditions Unit (LTNC) and community Stroke services in Sheffield.
LTNC incorporates three services for adults with neurological conditions, including progressive conditions, acquired brain injury and case management. Sheffield stroke services incorporate inpatient and community rehabilitation services.
This role will be split across these two areas, offering great opportunities for working with people experiencing a range of neurological conditions. You will be working as part of well established, supportive teams, with other clinical psychologists, trainees, assistant psychologists and wider MDT.
This post provides a great opportunity to develop skills and knowledge in neuropsychology, including direct clinical work and service development activity. The work will be varied and dynamic, allowing for professional development. There will be opportunity for supervision by a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists and other psychologists with specialist training in neuropsychology
As part of the Older Adult and Neurological Conditions (OA&NC) psychology department you will have access to strong psychology support and leadership (see below for further information).
Main duties of the job
- To provide a neuropsychologically informed clinical psychology service to patients with stroke, long-term neurological conditions and their families/ carers in the community (clinic base, own homes, care or nursing homes) requiring frequent travel.
- To work collaboratively with LTNC and stroke MDT's and other agencies/ networks in the delivery of a stepped model of care for cognitive, emotional/ psychological and behavioural difficulties in the context of stroke, brain injury and neurological conditions. This will involve significant provision of consultation, advice, training and supervision.
- To lead on and participate in various service development and quality improvement projects.
About us
At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this post.
This role is part of the Older Adult and Neurological Conditions (OA&NC) psychology department. OA&NC are a group of psychologists working into a range of settings (older adult mental health, dementia, stroke, LTNC), allowing you access to a wealth of experience and supervision. We support training and development and there may be opportunities in postgraduate clinical neuropsychology training.
There may be additional opportunities for temporary hours within the division, as well as opportunities within the Rotherham Stroke service, which can be discussed with candidates at interview.
Informal enquiries about the role are welcome; please see the contact details sections.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this post.
This role is part of the Older Adult and Neurological Conditions (OA&NC) psychology department. OA&NC are a group of psychologists working into a range of settings (older adult mental health, dementia, stroke, LTNC), allowing you access to a wealth of experience and supervision. We support training and development and there may be opportunities in postgraduate clinical neuropsychology training.
There may be additional opportunities for temporary hours within the division, as well as opportunities within the Rotherham Stroke service, which can be discussed with candidates at interview.
Informal enquiries about the role are welcome; please see the contact details sections.
Person Specification
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological/therapeutic assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- oWell-developed, high-level skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oDoctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology, including use of computerised statistical packages (eg SPSS) (Clinical/Counselling Psychologists only).
- oEvidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC/BABCP (or equivalent body for your profession).
Desirable
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific complex groups (older adults, stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions)
- oHigh level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- oKnowledge of relevant legislation
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- oPost-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the HCPC and/or BPS (or equivalent for your profession)
- oRegistration with the HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist
Desirable
- oPre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology/therapy.
- oAdditional, post-qualification short courses
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant/experience of specialist psychological/therapeutic assessment and treatment of service users across the full range of care settings, including inpatient wards, community, primary care and outpatient settings.
- oAbility to work with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties. Ability to work with the potential of individuals or their carers becoming abusive and aggressive
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of service user 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 (dependent on length of time since qualifying).
- oEvidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams
Desirable
- oExperience of working with people with stroke, ABI, and other neurological conditions.
- oExperience of teaching and/or training
- oExperience of providing supervision
- oExperience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology/therapy in different cultural contexts.
Other
Essential
- oAbility to plan, prioritise and organise own workload and that of others
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials including Powerpoint suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain own clinical practice and to contribute to that of others
- oAbility to deal with exposure to highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances.
- oAbility to maintain intense concentration on a frequent basis
- oAbility to exercise judgement when presented with highly complex facts or situations requiring the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- oThe role is based in Sheffield and involves travel across the city; a valid UK driving licence and access to a car for business use is needed due to the nature of the role.
Desirable
- oExperience of working within a multicultural framework.
Person Specification
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological/therapeutic assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- oWell-developed, high-level skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oDoctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology, including use of computerised statistical packages (eg SPSS) (Clinical/Counselling Psychologists only).
- oEvidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC/BABCP (or equivalent body for your profession).
Desirable
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific complex groups (older adults, stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions)
- oHigh level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- oKnowledge of relevant legislation
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- oPost-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the HCPC and/or BPS (or equivalent for your profession)
- oRegistration with the HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist
Desirable
- oPre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology/therapy.
- oAdditional, post-qualification short courses
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant/experience of specialist psychological/therapeutic assessment and treatment of service users across the full range of care settings, including inpatient wards, community, primary care and outpatient settings.
- oAbility to work with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties. Ability to work with the potential of individuals or their carers becoming abusive and aggressive
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of service user 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 (dependent on length of time since qualifying).
- oEvidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams
Desirable
- oExperience of working with people with stroke, ABI, and other neurological conditions.
- oExperience of teaching and/or training
- oExperience of providing supervision
- oExperience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology/therapy in different cultural contexts.
Other
Essential
- oAbility to plan, prioritise and organise own workload and that of others
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials including Powerpoint suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain own clinical practice and to contribute to that of others
- oAbility to deal with exposure to highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances.
- oAbility to maintain intense concentration on a frequent basis
- oAbility to exercise judgement when presented with highly complex facts or situations requiring the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- oThe role is based in Sheffield and involves travel across the city; a valid UK driving licence and access to a car for business use is needed due to the nature of the role.
Desirable
- oExperience of working within a multicultural framework.
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).
