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The Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service is one of the largest Neuropsychology Departments in the country. We provide neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation across Kent. We work with a variety of health and social services teams to support the needs of adults with acquired brain injury and those with long-term neurological conditions.
The post is based in the cosmopolitan and vibrant city of Canterbury, which boasts excellent high-speed (one hour) links to London. You will be based with community neuropsychology colleagues at Gregory House, St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury. A key aspect of this role will be to provide specialist neuropsychological assessment and cognitive rehabilitation.
The service has a strong rehabilitation ethos and members of the service have interests in a range of different therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Narrative therapy, mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and systemic approaches. The post will be mainly clinic based but will also involve home visits.
Responsibilities will include:
* Working with people with acquired brain injury or long term neurological conditions, and their families, living in East Kent.
* Seeing people referred to the Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service in one of our clinics or at the person's home.
* Providing neuropsychological assessments
* Providing cognitive rehabilitation.
* Providing evidenced based psychological therapies to support adjustment to diagnosis and symptom management.
* Providing clinical supervision to junior members of staff, including trainee clinical psychologists.
* Undertaking clinical audits and research.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Our mission is to deliver brilliant care through brilliant people. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Alexandra Garfield Job title: Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist Email address: alexandra.garfield@nhs.net Telephone number: 01634 833 937
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