Stirling Health and Care Village
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic highly specialist Clinical Psychologist to a 0.5 WTE band 8a post within NHS Forth Valley Specialist Rehabilitation Service (SRS). This Service provides comprehensive multi-disciplinary intervention for inpatients with specialist rehabilitation needs. The Specialist Rehabilitation Unit (SRU), based at the Bellfield Centre, Stirling Community Hospital, rehabilitates suitable patients from a number of pathways, including the major trauma pathway (often patients are repatriated from Major Trauma Centres) and other appropriate patients transferred from Forth Valley Royal Hospital (FVRH). This is a need based service rather than diagnostic led, but the majority of patients do have complex neurological presentations. In addition to SRU, the SRS provides a limited in-reach service to FVRH to offer early rehabilitation. To find out more about SRS, please look at our website:
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The successful candidate will work closely with the 8b Clinical Psychologist in the SRS to provide input across both acute and community hospitals. The postholder will work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver a service to individuals who may be experiencing neuropsychological difficulties in relation to a neurological presentation and/or poly trauma. The post holder will be responsible for conducting neuropsychological assessment, psychological assessment and delivering psychological interventions and rehabilitation. Consultancy and training will be an integral part of the role. Prior experience of neuropsychology is essential and experience of inpatient work will be advantageous.
The postholder will be professionally line managed within the Clinical Neuropsychology Service. The Clinical Neuropsychology team are friendly and dynamic. As NHS Forth Valley is a smaller health board, there is ample opportunity for close liaison with other services, to benefit from a range of staff wellbeing initiatives, to attend regular CPD events and modality specific reflective practice groups. To find out more about what its like to work for Psychological Services in NHS Forth Valley, heres a short video media-item/psychological-therapies/
Ability and willingness to travel throughout the area of service delivery is essential for this post.
The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Helen Swanson, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist/Head of Neuropsychology on 01324 614 387.
As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
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