Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Clinical Neuropsychology Department at Homerton Healthcare, working as part of an experienced and committed MDT across our regional specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation and acute stroke units.

We are currently advertising for a full-time Assistant Psychologist on a 1-year Fixed Term contract, who would be joining an established Assistant Psychologist on a permanent contract. Both roles provide an excellent opportunity to develop a wide range of neuropsychological assessment and psychological therapy skills.  The post-holder will receive high-quality neuropsychology supervision and support from qualified  supervisors within the unit.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to:

• Provide neuropsychological and psychological assessments to patients with neurological conditions, adjustment and emotional difficulties, and challenging behaviour
• Provide neuropsychological and psychological treatments under supervision
• Provide behavioural observations and analysis for challenging behaviours and to use these to compile behavioural management plans to be shared with the MDT, patient, and family
• Develop and provide bespoke materials, e.g. information leaflets or summaries of cognitive profiles, to patients and families together with a qualified psychologist or MDT
• Provide psycho-education and support to families and carers of people who have sustained a brain injury, under supervision or together with a qualified member of staff
• Together with other qualified psychologists and / or MDT, to develop, co-facilitate, and evaluate therapeutic groups for patients
• Appropriate to the banding of the role, undertake observations and consultations, feedback at meetings, compile scoring and written summaries of neuropsychological test data
• Appropriate to the banding of the role, to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service
• Undertake specific administrative tasks where required

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job descriptions provide an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the two advertised roles, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.