# Band 8C Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Neuropsychologist

**Company**: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £88250.00 to £100355.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the neuropsychology provision at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust for a fixed term post.

The post combines clinical work with supervision and leadership of a team of clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists working across acute inpatient stroke and neurology, Level 2 & 3 inpatient stroke & neuro-rehabilitation units, outpatient diagnostic neuropsychology, and community stroke and neurorehabilitation contexts.

The post will suit an experienced Clinical Neuropsychologist with experience of leading and working within neuropsychology or neurorehabilitation settings.

Clinical work will usually be within the neuropsychology outpatient context but may also span other service pathways according to the presenting needs of the services at any given time.

Research activity is positively encouraged and supported, with opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues.

**Main duties of the job**

- Lead and manage the development and delivery of neuropsychological care of those under the care of neurosciences and neurorehabilitation services of the Royal Free London NHS Trust.

- Work autonomously as a senior clinician within the neuropsychology services, providing an advanced, highly specialist clinical neuropsychology service.

- Provide expertise and specialist neuropsychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan and ensuring appropriate provisions of neuropsychological care by all members of the team.

- Provide neuropsychological representation, guidance and advice to the specialty leaders, professional and clinical leads within these services, and to the Division.

- Work with the Leads for PP-ACS, operational management and other consultant psychologists to support long-term strategic plans for the development and delivery of Specialist Psychological Care within the Royal Free London NHS Trust.

**Person Specification**

- Education and Professional Qualifications:

+ Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent, as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).   + Registered with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.   + Post-qualification training in clinical supervision.   + Post-doctoral training in Clinical Neuropsychology, conferring eligibility for the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN).   + Senior management/leadership training.

- Experience:

+ Assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner psychologist for a minimum of 6 years with at least 4 years at a highly specialised level (or equivalent quality and quantity of experience).   + Extensive experience and skills in applying neuropsychology expertise within a relevant setting.

- Skills:

+ Extensive, highly specialist knowledge and expertise in neuropsychology within a relevant medical/health setting.   + Expert skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.

**Benefits**

- Competitive salary: £88,250 to £100,355 a year.

- Agenda for Change pay scheme.

- Part-time working pattern.

- Opportunities for professional development and contributions to professional practice in neuropsychology.

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## Skills

### Required
- clinical neuropsychology
- leadership
- management
- neuropsychological assessment
- intervention and management

### Nice to have
- registration on the Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS)
- registration on the SRCN

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