Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

You will work as an assistant psychologist within a neuropsychology team within a Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service (CNRS). As well as clinical psychologists in stroke, brain injury and functional seizures and a consultant neuropsychologist, you will be supported by a wider MDT including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, speech and language therapists and therapy assistant practitioners.

The purpose of this service is to provide comprehensive assessment and rehabilitation for people who have had strokes, brain injuries, and other neurological conditions.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of an Health Board wide, integrated multi-professional team providing early supported discharge and community neuro-rehabilitation to people with neurological conditions.

You will be expected to engage in individual / joint clinical work with colleagues from the CNRS clinical psychology service or other disciplines under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist. This will include the organisation and delivery of clinical group work. The locations of clinical work will include, patient’s own homes, hospital and outpatient sites, on-line, and in groups.

This post is fixed term until end of March 2027.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder’s responsibilities will be:

• undertaking psychological assessments and interventions as part of the multi-professional team and as delegated by the teams Practitioner Psychologists;
• supporting the team’s qualified psychologists to undertake clinically relevant research, service evaluation and audit;
• supporting the team psychologists to undertake teaching and training; and, carrying out other duties as part of the role and as delegated by the team’s Practitioner Psychologists.
• All assessments, interventions, and other work will be supervised by the team’s Practitioner Psychologists and Consultant Neuropsychologist. The post holder will be expected to travel to other health board sites and to patient’s places of residence.

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable