Candidates must possess significant experience and skills in neuropsychology, excellent interpersonal abilities, and a commitment to developing evidence-based practices within a dynamic healthcare environment. The role emphasises promoting psychological care, fostering equality and diversity, and ensuring the involvement of patients and caregivers throughout the treatment process. The position consists of 26.25 substantive hours and offers opportunities for professional development, leadership, and collaboration on service enhancements.
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Come join us in our clinical neuroscience psychology pathway at Royal Preston Hospital. The post focuses on delivering psychological care to people affected by neurological conditions, acquired brain injury (ABI), stroke and functional neurological disorder (FND) in Lancashire and South Cumbria. As we grow the provision of clinical neuropsychology, other pathways, which require development, will be determined by the consultant psychologists and the head of the clinical health psychology service (CHPs).
The clinical neuroscience psychology pathway sits within CHPs. Therefore, you will also contribute to a range of clinical and governance activities in collaboration with the consultant psychologists in CHPs.
There are 26.25 substantive hours available. CHPs is an innovative and growing service. We are proud to collaborate with and support a range of services within the trust. Therefore, we welcome applications from:
- Highly skilled, experienced, flexible, compassionate and reflective clinical psychologists.
- With a specialist interest in neuropsychology, excellent interpersonal skills and a desire to work in novel areas of practice with experienced MDT colleagues.
- Who can help us develop the evidence base and contribute to the dynamic CHPs service.
To provide psychological input within a specialised adult clinical neuroscience and health psychology service as part of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Your primary responsibility will be to deliver inpatient and outpatient care to patients living with a range of neurological conditions, acquired brain injuries, and functional neurological disorders. This involves providing highly specialised assessments and formulating complex neuropsychological problems to create and implement individualised care and management plans tailored to each patient's clinical needs.
In addition to individualised care, you will conduct brief group psychoeducation sessions for patients and their carers. Effective communication with patients, carers, and colleagues within the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and other professions and community teams is crucial. Your role will involve promoting the aims of psychological care and ensuring the involvement of patients and carers at all stages of treatment.
Additionally, you will contribute to training, audit and service improvements within CHPs, informed by NHS priorities and developments within the psychological and therapy professions. Recognising and promoting equality and diversity, you will act in accordance with legislation and trust policies and procedures related to these areas. Promoting the quality of your practice, the service, and the Trust is a continuous commitment.
About us
Duties to include but not be limited to:
- The provision of a specialist Adult Neuroscience Psychology Service across the Physical Health Specialities within Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust .
- Specifically, the delivery of highly specialist neuropsychologically informed care for patients living with a range of neurological conditions, ABI, stroke and FND. This includes inpatient and outpatient provision of care.
- Including the delivery of short-term specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation, rehabilitation advice and consultation on patients' psychological presentation and functioning across inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Including the delivery of short-term therapy, intervention and psychological rehabilitation to patients.
- To contribute to the provision of integrated multidisciplinary care (joint appointments and MDT assessment clinics) across the inpatient and outpatient pathways to patients referred by our MDT colleagues.
- To train and support MDT colleagues in psychologically informed care (education, consultation and clinical supervision).
- To contribute to MDT promotion of patient need, clinical symptoms and approaches to care.
- To work in collaboration with the consultant clinical psychologists, MDT colleagues, and key stakeholders.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and frameworks governing each clinical area.
- To actively engage in own professional and leadership development, including reflective practice.
- To routinely undertake research, audit and service evaluation projects, including reports of clinical activity and effectiveness.
- To contribute to the ongoing development of the care pathways.
- To work flexibly across CHPs pathways as required and directed by the Head of Service.
Please note that the interview date is subject to change dependent on volume of applications.
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