Job overview
This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds, and any role-specific criteria.
University Hospitals Sussex is a regional teaching hospital across several sites following the recent merger of 2 large trusts. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our neuropsychology team providing specialist clinical psychology input to patients with neurological conditions within our specialist regional neurosciences centre.
As part of the department you will join a vibrant, highly experienced and supportive team. You will have opportunities to grow your skills and be supported in further training needs. You will also have access to a wider Sussex based peer support network.
Main duties of the job
* To provide a specialist clinical neuropsychology outpatient service to patients within University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust regional neurosciences services.
* To provide assessment, intervention and rehabilitation to adults presenting with stroke, acquired brain injury and neurological conditions, as needed.
* To offer advice and consultation on psychological and neuropsychological care to members of the interdisciplinary team, other relevant healthcare professionals, carers, and significant others.
* To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines.
* To identify and implement audit and research projects.
* Involvement in the training, continuing professional development and supervision of qualified staff, trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists and other healthcare professionals.
Details – Communication and Service Delivery
* Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of service users under the care of the service.
* Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner with members of the team and other professionals.
* Use electronic methods of communication for the efficient transfer of information within the service, complying with Trust and national guidelines on confidentiality.
* Develop and use complex multi‑media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
* Work as a specialist clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible clinical neuropsychology service, taking responsibility for implementing developments as agreed.
* Contribute as required to the planning and development of operational policies and delivery of services through agreed‑to project work.
* Identify and implement audit and research projects within the area served by the team.
* Participate fully in supporting the activities of the psychology profession within the trust, including attending relevant meetings.
* Support the professional development and knowledge of members of the interdisciplinary team through formal teaching, training and other appropriate learning activities related to neuropsychology.
* Contribute towards meeting the targets required to achieve University Hospitals Sussex objectives regarding clinical governance.
* Provide teaching support to students of relevant clinical psychology courses where appropriate.
* Participate in the training and/or clinical supervision of other clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists and assistant psychologists, ensuring that the individual acquires the necessary skills, competencies and experience to provide an appropriate level of neuropsychological care.
* Provide clinical placements and supervision for trainee clinical psychologists, ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good neuropsychological care through the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.
* Contribute to the specialist training of other healthcare professionals on issues of relevance.
* Teach, advise and consult with carers and community groups where appropriate.
* Provide specialist consultation to non‑statutory organisations involved in the care of service users.
People Management and Development
* Manage the workload and take professional responsibility for psychology trainees and/or assistant psychologists within the team where appropriate.
* Participate in the recruitment of other clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists where appropriate.
* Work within the Code of Ethics and the relevant professional practice guidelines of the British Psychological Society, Health & Care Professions Council and the professional guidance framework of the Trust.
* Exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of your own practice.
* Provide specialist psychological assessment of adults with stroke or neurological conditions using appropriate methodology and integrate this information into a psychological formulation.
* Formulate and deliver specialist psychological treatment and rehabilitation.
* Consult with and provide specialist guidance to significant others including carers and families of service users.
* Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and provide a specialist psychological perspective in the interdisciplinary formulation of appropriate treatment plans.
* Implement these plans in collaboration with other staff.
* Undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for service users and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to other professionals involved in their care.
* Take professional responsibility and exercise autonomous judgement regarding clinical professional practice.
* Manage own workload appropriately and autonomously and meet deadlines within the framework of the service policies and procedures.
* Enter information required for the service databases including activity measures and patient data, maintaining confidentiality and consent.
* Use computer literacy skills to obtain clinical and service information electronically.
* Contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest standards of professional practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes.
* Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, electronic data entry, report writing and professional self‑governance in accordance with professional codes of practice.
* Participate fully in supporting the activities of the psychology profession within the Trust, including attending relevant meetings.
* Undertake any other duties at the request of the service managers which are commensurate with the role, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.
Learning and Development
* Attend mandatory training updates as required.
* Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with the line manager as part of the personal development process.
* Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.
* Identify own learning needs and jointly plan training requirements with your line manager.
* Participate in the Trust’s appraisal process to discuss how your role will help deliver the best possible care to our patients and help to deliver any changes in service.
* Participate in regular clinical and management supervision and appraisals and maintain an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.
* Keep up to date with the CPD and continued registration requirements of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Person specification – Registration
* HCPC registration.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
Important information for applicants
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Flexible Working
If you would like to explore potential options regarding flexible working please speak with the appropriate recruiting/line manager.
DBS Checks
As part of our commitment to a safe working environment, we undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check on all new employees where the role is eligible for a criminal record check. We make offers in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975.
Skilled Worker Visa
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UHSussex reserves the right to close the role early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Dr Clara O'Brien
Email address: clara.obrien@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01273 696955
Additional information: Dr Karren Towgood, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist: karren.towgood@nhs.net
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