Job summary
We see this as a strong opportunity for psychologists working towards or already in Qualified and Experienced Band 7 orBand 8a roles, exploring their interest in psychology applied to stroke and the broader field of neuropsychology and clinical health psychology.
We welcome a clinical psychologist to join our Department as the specialist psychologist working in the Stroke pathway, for a Fixed-Term (1 year) period of maternity cover.
The role is embedded with the acute stroke ward MDT at Hillingdon Hospital, and the community ESD (Early Stroke Discharge) MDT who provide post-acute discharge rehabilitation for patients in their homes.
It is facilitated by efficient relations and systems of collaboration across both teams . The nominal job plan is 3 sessions acute, 3 sessions community.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist psychological care to acute stroke inpatients onsite at Hillingdon Hospital, as well as patients in their homes in the Borough, thus the person in this role will be based on the Hillingdon Hospital site and able to travel to patients' homes within in the Borough.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
About us
As part of a collective of CHP Departments in NWL, we are in a good position to facilitate within-Trust movement should you wish to continue in the specialty. You can hear directly from our clinical leads on the vision for CNWL Psychological Professions in our Trust here.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To provide specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment of clients referred to the stroke psychology service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
2. To formulate and implement plans for the direct and indirect psychological treatment and/or management of a clients stroke recovery and rehabilitation needs, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across acute ward and home care settings.
3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
4. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
5. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
6. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
7. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
8. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
9. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
Person Specification
Training and Qualification
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology
Desirable
- Pre/post-doctoral training and/or qualification in neuropsychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment, formulation and treatment with multiple modalities in multiple contexts
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Desirable
- Experience of providing psychological care as part of a multidisciplinary team in (a) hospital / acute medical setting and/or (b) community / post-acute rehabilitation setting
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hillingdon Hospital
Royal Lane
Uxbridge
UB8 3NN