Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for the post-holder to assist qualified Clinical Psychology staff by providing psychological and neuropsychological assessments, individual psychological therapy, research, audit and service development; under weekly clinical supervision. They will also play a key part in organising and co-facilitating well-established out-patient neuro-rehabilitation groups, alongside opportunities to input into other areas of the Health Psychology service, such as, stroke and long-term conditions. Opportunities for training  CPD are supported as far as possible.

The post involves working closely with colleagues from other disciplines as a specialist MDT.  It requires considerable attention to detail and organisational abilities as well as excellent communication skills both with colleagues and with service users who may have communication and/or cognitive impairments.

A good first honours degree in Psychology (2:1 or above) and eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society, is required.  Previous experience of working within neurological conditions which may include the administration and scoring of neuropsychological assessments is also desirable for this role.

We reserve the right to close applications early in the event of a high level of response to this advertisement.  

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to work closely alongside qualified clinical psychologists within the Health Psychology Department, to deliver psychological input to a specialist Multi-Disciplinary Team supporting acquired brain injury survivors.

The main functions and duties of this role will include:

·       To assist qualified applied psychology staff by providing psychological and

neuropsychological assessments, treatments, staff training, research and development activity and administrative support across the county-wide Herefordshire Acquired Brain Injury, Stroke, and Health Psychology services.

·       To work both independently and within multidisciplinary teams to achieve objectives agreed and reviewed at regular intervals by a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist, in accordance with British Psychological Society and HCPC guidance.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.