Overview
Following investment from the Stroke Quality Improvement for Rehabilitation Project (SQuIRe) an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to develop and lead the psychology input to the recently expanded Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) has arisen at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will be welcomed by the Neuropsychology and ICSS Teams and be supported to develop the role. The post will involve working as part of a multidisciplinary community stroke team providing rehabilitation up to six months post stroke within patient’s homes.
Responsibilities
* Provide consultation, training and supervision to staff on patients’ psychological/neuropsychological wellbeing.
* Provide line management and supervision of colleagues in Clinical Psychology.
* Work with the senior leadership team in enhancing psychological understanding to support the wider system, including supporting a stepped care model for mood and cognition.
* Design and implement care pathways and protocols to assess and manage mood and cognition difficulties in accordance with national guidance.
* Support the Integrated Community Stroke Service multidisciplinary team with psychological aspects of their work with patients, families and carers, offering consultation, teaching, training, reflective practice and joint working to support rehabilitation of the individual.
* Develop care pathways and protocols for the assessment and treatment of cognition and mood related to stroke and implement within the service using a stepped care model.
* Conduct audit and evaluation on the effectiveness of the ICSS, including psychology.
* Offer opportunities to Clinical Psychology Doctorate Trainees and other aspiring Clinical Psychologists from local courses, as appropriate.
* Support, supervise and line‑manage psychology staff as appropriate.
* Serve as a teaching and training resource to local Clinical Psychology Training programmes, and other training events as required.
* Offer highly specialised neuropsychological assessment and evidence‑based interventions as required (face‑to‑face and by telephone/video) to adults within the first six months post stroke living with the cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences of stroke.
* Offer risk management and assessment of mental capacity.
Qualifications
You must be a HCPC‑registered Clinical Psychologist and have substantive post‑qualification experience of working with people with neurological conditions.
You will have completed or be enrolled on the Post‑Doctoral Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology or equivalent as approved by the Division of Neuropsychology.
You will have completed or be enrolled on the knowledge component of the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology.
You have excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with a range of professionals, patients and families.
Employment Details
The role is permanent, 0.8 WTE, 8b, and may also be offered on a secondment basis as appropriate.
Benefits and Additional Information
For more information, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced); this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first two months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
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