# 7/8a Senior Applied Psychologist Memory Assessment (Sandwell) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/78a-senior-applied-psychologist-memory-assessment-sandwell/7ef718de-69eb-4a04-a65a-897d8d984366 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/78a-senior-applied-psychologist-memory-assessment-sandwell/7ef718de-69eb-4a04-a65a-897d8d984366.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bushey Fields Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £64,750 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T06:01:20.360Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Midlands/West_Bromwich/Black_Country_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Memory_Assessment_Service_Applied_Senior_Psychologist/Memory_Assessment_Service_Applied_Senior_Psychologist-v8234167 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8234167?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a rare opportunity for a qualified Psychologist to join our Sandwell locality MAS team and to expand their practice in neuropsychological assessment, and holistic person-centred psychological input for individuals being assessed for potential dementia conditions. You will be an intrinsic member of the MAS multi-disciplinary team working closely alongside the MAS Team Manager, Clinical Lead, Memory Assessment Nurses Consultant Psychiatrist and Specialty Doctors within the team. Alongside this our nursing and allied health professional partners such as Occupational Therapists who support MAS from the Enhanced Community Mental Health Team (ECMHT). Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) partners highly value the role of the Psychologist within the MDT - "MDTs are so much better with Psychology in attendance as discussions are much more professionally challenging/stimulating." You will also have access to expert clinical supervision from the Dementia Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist and to develop your expertise in terms of neuropsychology input with individuals with a range of neurodegenerative conditions as well as functional cognitive disorders. You will have opportunities to deliver CPD, teaching and training to the MDT. The successful applicant will have full connections with the wider Older Adult Psychology staff team here at BCHFT who are committed to supporting and networking with each other across the various clinical areas within the Older Adult Division. ### Main duties of the job You will be looking to work closely within a multi-disciplinary MAS team and enjoy the administration of neuro-psychological assessments in order to assist in the diagnostic process of various dementias with an older adult population over the age of 65 and younger onset dementia patients who present to the service between 50-65 years of age. You will provide a psychological perspective on cases within weekly MDT meetings where you will be integral in determining suitability for neuropsychological input into patient care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Provide highly specialist psychological assessment of clients with highly complex conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources, which will include neuropsychological testing Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provide specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. Undertake highly skilled evaluations and makes decisions about treatment options. Provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other staff contributing directly to client’s diagnosis, formulation and intervention plan. Facilitate decision-making by planning and mapping assessment processes/interventions with members of the team to determine the most appropriate treatment modality or service for clients. Clinical supervision of Trainee Applied Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists under the guidance of Consultant Applied Psychologist. Provides highly specialist advice, guidance, consultation and supervision to other direct care staff in MDT and in other OA services such as ECMHT, the newly formed Hospital at Home Team, Admiral Nurses and local Older Adult Inpatient wards as appropriate. Devise and deliver training to other staff in MAS MDT and across the Older Adult Division, ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - HCPC Registration as an applied psychologist - Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. - - Working as a qualified applied psychologist within an older adult service or interest in developing experience in this area. **Desirable** - Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees ## Documents - [sandwell mas 7/8a jd (pdf, 584.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10544559) - [bchft anti racist declaration (pdf, 222.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2381) - [sandwell mas 7/8a - person specification (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10544560) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.