Job summary
Reporting to the Lead Neuropsychologist, this role will focus on delivering a high quality, robust and responsive neuropsychological rehabilitation service to adult neurological patients on the inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, working alongside consultants and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Working as an autonomous practitioner, the Consultant Neuropsychologist (Neurorehabilitation) will provide advanced psychological and neuropsychological assessments, formulation and direct and indirect interventions for patients admitted for rehabilitation, ensuring that the service is informed by best evidence and expert knowledge.
The role will involve managing and delivering the inpatient neuropsychological rehabilitation service on the Rehabilitation Unit, including providing clinical supervision, complex case management and line management for a team of qualified clinical neuropsychologists / psychologists and assistants providing rehabilitation on the unit.
The role forms part of the wider Neuropsychology service at Cleveland Clinic London, which provides services to both inpatients and outpatients, diagnostic and surgical neuropsychology services as well as the inpatient neurorehabilitation service.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve managing and delivering the inpatient neuropsychological rehabilitation service on the Rehabilitation Unit, including providing clinical supervision, complex case management and line management for a team of qualified clinical neuropsychologists / psychologists and assistants providing rehabilitation on the unit.
The role forms part of the wider Neuropsychology service at Cleveland Clinic London, which provides services to both inpatients and outpatients, diagnostic and surgical neuropsychology services as well as the inpatient neurorehabilitation service.
About us
Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading
providers of specialised medical care in the world, focused on providing
clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient
visits per year across more than 200 locations.
We employ over 65,000
caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.
We opened our first healthcare facility in
London in 2021 and our state-of-the art 184 bed hospital in 2022. With over 100
years of history, our Patients First philosophy will be at the heart of
Cleveland Clinic London and the goal of our team is to create an environment
that continues to delivers world-class clinical care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership to manage and deliver the inpatient neuropsychological rehabilitation service on the Rehabilitation Unit to provide high quality care to all patients.
- Use a range of psychological assessment and intervention strategies with the ability to integrate complex data from a variety of sources.
- Act as a source of expertise on the management of neurological patients, providing support and advice to health professionals both within the service and the wider MDT.
- Contribute to operational service planning and delivery of the neuropsychology service.
- Participate in education and training of clinical psychologists, neuropsychology assistants and other healthcare professionals in the management of psychological disorders.
- Keep informed of developments within professional clinical practice relevant to this area of neuropsychology and to support the team in incorporating this into local practice as appropriate.
- Work independently and within the MDT, managing discharge, transition home and onward referrals of patients, including involvement in complex patients.
- Provide support and advice to doctors, nursing staff, allied health professionals, patients, and their families/carers.
- Attend family meetings and MDM discussions and provide joint sessions with physicians / therapists where appropriate, in order to deliver an integrated and collaborative rehabilitation service.
- Participate in identifying clinical research and audit priorities to drive the neuropsychology clinical development strategy.
- Assist with the collection and evaluation of capacity, productivity, quality, and other relevant data.
- Support the Lead Neuropsychologist in the development and delivery of innovative service improvement projects focussed on improving quality of care and patient outcomes.
- Liaise with senior management team, MDT, Clinical Leads, Liaison Psychiatry and Safeguarding teams to support psychological risk management on the unit.
- Liaise with senior management team, MDT, Clinical Leads, Liaison Psychiatry and Safeguarding teams to develop systems for managing behaviours that challenge on the unit.
- Ensure appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to identified risks.
- With the senior management team, Lead Neuropsychologist and MDT, contribute to the development of guidance and policies on issues relating to neuropsychology, e.g., MCA, DoLS.
- Work within identified scope of practice and the Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Practice.
- Adhere to personal and professional standards, which reflect credit on the profession and encourage others to do likewise.
- Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, ensuring a high standard of clinical care for patients under own management and supporting others to do likewise.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership to manage and deliver the inpatient neuropsychological rehabilitation service on the Rehabilitation Unit to provide high quality care to all patients.
- Use a range of psychological assessment and intervention strategies with the ability to integrate complex data from a variety of sources.
- Act as a source of expertise on the management of neurological patients, providing support and advice to health professionals both within the service and the wider MDT.
- Contribute to operational service planning and delivery of the neuropsychology service.
- Participate in education and training of clinical psychologists, neuropsychology assistants and other healthcare professionals in the management of psychological disorders.
- Keep informed of developments within professional clinical practice relevant to this area of neuropsychology and to support the team in incorporating this into local practice as appropriate.
- Work independently and within the MDT, managing discharge, transition home and onward referrals of patients, including involvement in complex patients.
- Provide support and advice to doctors, nursing staff, allied health professionals, patients, and their families/carers.
- Attend family meetings and MDM discussions and provide joint sessions with physicians / therapists where appropriate, in order to deliver an integrated and collaborative rehabilitation service.
- Participate in identifying clinical research and audit priorities to drive the neuropsychology clinical development strategy.
- Assist with the collection and evaluation of capacity, productivity, quality, and other relevant data.
- Support the Lead Neuropsychologist in the development and delivery of innovative service improvement projects focussed on improving quality of care and patient outcomes.
- Liaise with senior management team, MDT, Clinical Leads, Liaison Psychiatry and Safeguarding teams to support psychological risk management on the unit.
- Liaise with senior management team, MDT, Clinical Leads, Liaison Psychiatry and Safeguarding teams to develop systems for managing behaviours that challenge on the unit.
- Ensure appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to identified risks.
- With the senior management team, Lead Neuropsychologist and MDT, contribute to the development of guidance and policies on issues relating to neuropsychology, e.g., MCA, DoLS.
- Work within identified scope of practice and the Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Practice.
- Adhere to personal and professional standards, which reflect credit on the profession and encourage others to do likewise.
- Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, ensuring a high standard of clinical care for patients under own management and supporting others to do likewise.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive postgraduate experience of working within specialist neuropsychological services at a senior level, including assessment and treatment of patients, and including in an inpatient setting.
- Experience of effective clinical supervision of qualified psychologists, assistant psychologists, and students.
- Experience of working with a variety of client groups, and with a variety of presenting problems including complex, highly emotive, and distressing problems such as verbal abuse and the threat of physical violence.
- Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working.
- Experience of participating in audits, quality standard setting and risk management processes for clinical effectiveness.
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care.
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result of clinical incidents
- Demonstrate evidence of learning from experience and having undertaken formal and informal CPD, both generic and specific to clinical field/specialty.
- Experience of supporting a culture of research awareness.
- Evaluation of clinical practice including participation in research/audit/service evaluation and quality.
- Experience of empowering patients to make informed choices about the management of their condition and engaging them in the planning and delivery of treatment, taking into account cultural, linguistic, medical, emotional, psychological and physical factor.
- Experience in the assessment of capacity, ability to work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent and to support other caregivers to do likewise.
- Experience of service development.
Qualifications
Essential
- Training in Clinical psychology to doctoral standard (or its equivalent for those trained before 1996), as accredited by the BPS.
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Post qualification training in supervision research or therapeutic practice.
- Post qualification training in Neuropsychology.
- Post qualification training in Clinical Neuropsychology (BPS Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN) or equivalent (e.g. on the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists). * In the case that no applicants are appointable who have the BPS Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN) or equivalent, capable applicants would be considered alongside a development plan to achieve the QiCN.
- Evidence of training or experience in appraisal, supervisory skills and leadership/management.
- Evidence of continuous and current professional and academic development relevant to clinical field.
- Membership of a special interest group desirable.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential skills in another language are desirable.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive postgraduate experience of working within specialist neuropsychological services at a senior level, including assessment and treatment of patients, and including in an inpatient setting.
- Experience of effective clinical supervision of qualified psychologists, assistant psychologists, and students.
- Experience of working with a variety of client groups, and with a variety of presenting problems including complex, highly emotive, and distressing problems such as verbal abuse and the threat of physical violence.
- Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working.
- Experience of participating in audits, quality standard setting and risk management processes for clinical effectiveness.
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care.
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result of clinical incidents
- Demonstrate evidence of learning from experience and having undertaken formal and informal CPD, both generic and specific to clinical field/specialty.
- Experience of supporting a culture of research awareness.
- Evaluation of clinical practice including participation in research/audit/service evaluation and quality.
- Experience of empowering patients to make informed choices about the management of their condition and engaging them in the planning and delivery of treatment, taking into account cultural, linguistic, medical, emotional, psychological and physical factor.
- Experience in the assessment of capacity, ability to work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent and to support other caregivers to do likewise.
- Experience of service development.
Qualifications
Essential
- Training in Clinical psychology to doctoral standard (or its equivalent for those trained before 1996), as accredited by the BPS.
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Post qualification training in supervision research or therapeutic practice.
- Post qualification training in Neuropsychology.
- Post qualification training in Clinical Neuropsychology (BPS Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN) or equivalent (e.g. on the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists). * In the case that no applicants are appointable who have the BPS Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN) or equivalent, capable applicants would be considered alongside a development plan to achieve the QiCN.
- Evidence of training or experience in appraisal, supervisory skills and leadership/management.
- Evidence of continuous and current professional and academic development relevant to clinical field.
- Membership of a special interest group desirable.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential skills in another language are desirable.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
