Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Applied Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) to join our Neuropsychology Service within the Shropshire Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team, based in Shrewsbury.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
This role offers the successful applicant the opportunity to manage a specialist caseload, delivering high-quality psychological assessment and intervention for adults adjusting to life following acquired or traumatic brain injury, as well as a range of neurological conditions. You will work therapeutically with individuals experiencing cognitive, emotional, behavioural, and psychosocial changes, helping to support recovery, adjustment, and quality of life.
The postholder will also provide specialist psychological advice, consultation, and training to colleagues and other professionals within the multidisciplinary team, contributing to integrated and holistic care.
In addition, there will be opportunities to contribute to service evaluation, audit, research, and policy development. The role includes offering appropriate clinical and/or research supervision, supporting the development of peers and less experienced psychologists, and actively promoting psychologically informed practice across the service.
You will join a friendly, supportive, and dynamic team of psychological professionals, working closely with Consultant Clinical Psychologists and fellow Psychologist colleagues. The wider multidisciplinary team includes specialist Neuro Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, and Neuro Physiotherapists, ensuring a collaborative and comprehensive approach to neurorehabilitation.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Training and Qualificatons
Essential
- Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) providing eligibility for registration with Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of further post qualification training /short courses relevant to the post
- Evidence of continuing professional development in line with the requirements of HCPC registration
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working with a wide variety of clients with acquired neurological disorders across the full range of care settings
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Post qualification experience of working within neuro rehab settings
- Experience of supervision of pre-qualification psychologists or non-psychological professionals
- Experience of teaching/training with psychologists or non-psychological professionals
- Experience of working clinically within multidisciplinary teams
- Experience of audit/research/evaluation
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for a patient's psychological care and treatment
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Specialist knowledge and skills working in adult neuro rehab settings; understanding the systemic issues concerned and the specialised psychological interventions necessary to work in this field.
- Well-developed skills and experience in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups using a variety of models
- Well-developed skills in providing supervision to both psychological and non-psychological colleagues
- Advanced skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge and skills in teaching/training using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Other
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
Shropshire Rehabilitation Centre
Lancaster Road
Shrewsbury
SY1 3NJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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