Clinical Psychologist • London Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nClinical Psychologist with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England, United Kingdom\n\n Job Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Clinical Psychologist within the Camden Neurology and Stroke Service. The post is a full time community job carrying out home visits; the base at St Pancras Hospital, although agile working is supported. 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. Main duties of the job The team provides specialist rehabilitation which includes a community neurological rehabilitation pathway for acute and progressive conditions as well as a stroke early supported discharge pathway. The team supports and provides therapy input for people with a wide range of neurological diagnoses/ conditions and has strong links with local acute trusts including UCLH (NHNN) and RFH. Working for our organisation If you come and work with us, we will ensure you are able to follow your clinical and leadership development priorities identified through your personal development and appraisal plan. We will equip you for mobile working and actively support flexible working practice. You will enjoy the rewards of working with a client group for whom you can make a significant difference every day, and you will experience the strong motivation of being part of a supportive multi-agency effort which includes Medical, Mental Health, Nursing, Allied Health Professional, Social care and Reablement staff. We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across community services, whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL. Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities The Camden Neurology and Stroke Service embraces innovative and evidence based ways of delivering services and strives to provide a high quality service for all, aiming to support and nurture colleagues and team-members, to challenge and continually improve practice. The team includes Speech and Language therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Clinical Neuropsychologists and Rehabilitation Assistants. Team members work in an inter-disciplinary way to provide patient centred, goal focused therapy. Person specification Education And Qualifications Essential criteria Appropriate qualification in Clinical Psychology as recognised by the British Psychological Society and HPC. Current registration with the Health Professions Council Desirable criteria Interest in completing the Division of Neuropsychology Full Practitioner Membership Qualification Previous Experience Essential criteria Experience of working with clients across the lifespan, (particularly older adults) and across a range of settings including community, outpatient and inpatient. Experience in the use and application of neuropsychological tests Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team Experience of working with adults with neurological disorders (e.g. .stroke, MS, TBI) and physical disability Experience of working with clients with challenging behaviour. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts. Skills and knowledge Essential criteria Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Broad range of psychological assessment and treatment e.g., neuropsychological assessment, CBT Research methodology and service evaluation Attitudes, aptitudes, personal Characteristics Essential criteria Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with service users, their families, carers and with other professional staff Ability to establish rapport and professional working relationships with clients, family members/carers, multi-disciplinary team members and other agencies Ability to make decisions and problem solve when dealing in both routine and complex situations Ability to identify and articulate own training needs Ability to liaise with service managers and senior professional staff Ability to prioritise and structure own workload Good training and facilitation skills Self-motivated Ability to work constructively under pressure Positive attitude to this work Desirable criteria Ability to provide supervision to trainee clinical psychologists / assistant psychologists "}