Clinical Psychologist – Stroke Psychology (Royal Alexandra Hospital)
This clinical post sits within a mature and dynamic Stroke Psychology service. Psychology posts are integrated as part of clinical multidisciplinary sub-teams across NHSGGC stroke inpatient wards consisting of clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and nursing/medical consultants. In addition, psychology provides a clinical outpatient service to patients post hospital discharge supporting longer term adjustment to ill health, community reintegration and return to work.
The stroke psychology team provides a clinical service offering highly specialist psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessments, and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures, whilst being part of the stroke psychology team and receiving supervision from a consultant clinical psychologist.
The post holder will be primarily based at Royal Alexandra Hospital within the Clyde Community Stroke Team. However, the stroke psychology service provides an area wide service to NHSGGC and as such the post holder will be required to provide psychology input across the service area and at different bases as required. We aim for patient choice in mode of consultation contact, offering in person, telephone and video (Near Me) appointments.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver highly specialist psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessments.
* Provide individual and group therapy using CBT, CFT, ACT, motivational interviewing and other evidence‑based approaches.
* Offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to MDT colleagues and carers.
* Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research activities within the area served by the team/service.
* Provide clinical and professional supervision to trainee Masters/Doctoral students and support MDT training and follow‑up coaching/supervision sessions where required.
Qualifications and Experience
* Registered Clinical Psychologist with NHS Scotland (or equivalent).
* Experience in stroke, brain injury or related clinical settings is preferred.
* Demonstrated ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team and to provide supervision to trainees.
Contact
For an informal discussion please contact Dr Joanne Robertson, Telephone Number 0141 201 0124 or email robertson.j@nhs.org.
EEO Statement
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
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