Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to patients with neuromuscular disease. The post demands the delivery of a specialist clinical psychology service to neuromuscular patients with complex physical health needs.
The post is split between the McArdle service ( and the Neuromuscular Complex Care Centre (NMCCC) ( within the Centre for Neuromuscular Disease (CNMD) at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The NMCCC provides a unique opportunity to work as part of a wide multi-disciplinary team, picking up referrals during routine in-patient stays. The CNMD is one of the largest clinical and research centres of its kind in the UK and Europe. There will be lots of opportunities for the post holder to network nationally and internationally and to develop a research framework. There will be opportunities to supervise students.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and joining a weekly team meeting. Seeing and assessing patients on the NMCCC. Attending the McArdle Highly specialised service. Seeing patients in outpatients (face to face and virtual, individual and group) establishing referral criteria, signposting to local services where appropriate, undertaking audit and research to advance patient management. Supervising trainees
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.