Senior Clinical Psychologist inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED THU 5 SEP 2024

About the Trust:

Rated 'Good in their most recent CQC report, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) provides inpatient and community-based mental health care for Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and Wigan. The Trust also provides a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services for patients from Greater Manchester and beyond. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city, Greater Manchester has something for everyone.

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

Experience of working within stroke/neurorehabilitation neuropsychology services in either community or inpatient settings

Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team within NHS Services

Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with the HCPC

Experience of providing supervision and training

Role responsibilities:

To contribute to the service delivery and target objectives/priorities of Psychological Services Division (Manchester) within the area of specialism, in agreement with relevant managers, to ensure the most efficient and effective utilisation and contribution of psychological knowledge and practice.

To highly undertake specialist neuropsychological assessments of clients referred to the 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.

To formulate and implement plans in conjunction with other professionals, for the formal psychological treatment and/or rehabilitation of a clients neuropsychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems and family/carer needs and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across a range of care settings.

To be responsible for implementing a range of neuropsychological and rehabilitative interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within the clinical service, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

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Role responsibilities:

To contribute to the service delivery and target objectives/priorities of Psychological Services Division (Manchester) within the area of specialism, in agreement with relevant managers, to ensure the most efficient and effective utilisation and contribution of psychological knowledge and practice.

To highly undertake specialist neuropsychological assessments of clients referred to the 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.

To formulate and implement plans in conjunction with other professionals, for the formal psychological treatment and/or rehabilitation of a clients neuropsychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems and family/carer needs and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across a range of care settings.

To be responsible for implementing a range of neuropsychological and rehabilitative interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within the clinical service, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.