Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist in Neurological Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Other
- Job ref
- 434-SCS7278714
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- BNRU
- Town
- Amersham
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen in our Trust for a 0.8 wte 8a Clinical Psychologist to work on the Level 2b Buckinghamshire Neuro Rehabilitation Unit (BNRU) based at Amersham Hospital.
BNRU is an exciting and dynamic place to work within a collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team caring for patients with complex needs. We accept a range of diagnoses from stroke and traumatic brain injury to MS, GBS and FND. We provide post-acute neuro rehabilitation for patients with a variety of needs: physical, cognitive, emotional and social and as a psychology team we are involved throughout a patient's journey, supporting them, their family and the wider team.
More widely, you would be part of the thriving BHT Psychological Services team. A small part of your role will be to work with this team to help the development of understanding of neurological problems across the wider Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide psychological assessment and interventions to the 17 patients on the unit. This includes psychological assessment and management of mood, neuropsychological cognitive screening and assessment and cognitive rehabilitation. As part of a collaborative MDT, the applicant will integrate into a wider team and work jointly with a number of other health professionals. Alongside this there will be elements of management in supervising the assistant psychologist and monitoring and developing different processes within the team, for example goal planning.
This role would suit an applicant who has good experience of working with patients with neurological conditions, and who is interested in developing skills in working with patients with complex cognitive and psychological needs within an inpatient setting. We would prefer applicants with previous qualified experience in this area, although we would consider less experienced applicants if they can demonstrate that they have relevant experience of working in this area.
The applicant will be confident in working with patients with a range of difficulties, physical, cognitive and communication, and be able to demonstrate ability in considering their needs and implementing necessary treatment plans. They will be comfortable in working within an MDT, able to voice psychological opinions and viewpoints while listening to others and working together to achieve the best outcome for the patient.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
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What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 and those who trained abroad) as accredited by the BPS, or with a statement of equivalence from the BPS
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the British Psychological Society and HCPC
- HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Supervised experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the life span and presenting with a wide range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings: including outpatient, inpatient, community, and residential care settings.
- Assessed experience of working clinically within a neuropsychology setting.
- Experience of working within a multi-professional team.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified clinical psychologist and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service development
- Experience of working with patients whose behaviours challenge
- Demonstrated 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.
- Experience of teaching and training
- Experience of working with individuals from a wide range of cultural backgrounds
- Experience of providing professional clinical supervision
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management: frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- 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
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge and skills in the application of psychological assessment and treatment within a neuropsychology setting
- Skills in administration and interpretation of neuropsychological assessment
- Skills in designing and implementing cognitive rehabilitation programmes.
- Skills in designing and implementing programmes for patients with behaviours that challenge
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non- professional groups.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Post-doctoral level knowledge of neuropsychological themes, such as neuro-anatomy and neurological disorders
PERSONAL
Essential criteria
- Passion for working in multidisciplinary teams and improving team working
- Enthusiasm for the application of psychological models in a neuropsychological setting
- Enjoys collaborating with other clinical psychologists
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Beth Edwards
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01494 734329
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