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Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Neuropsychology

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This job is closed to applications

Location
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum (pro rata)
Profession
Psychologist
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
09 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
25 Jun 2025

Job overview

The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients within South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.   Within this, the neuropsychology service provides specialist neuropsychology input to the neurosciences service, including neurosurgery, neurology, neurophysiology, stroke and neurorehabilitation.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist to provide specialist clinical services within the neuropsychology team.  This post will involve working across inpatient and outpatient settings and into different services areas as required, which may include:

  • General neuropsychology
  • Neuro-oncology
  • Stroke
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Functional neurological conditions

The post would suit applicants with  prior experience working in an area of neuropsychology and those with an interest in advancing their neuropsychological practice.  The post holder will be provided with training and supervision from the senior clinicians to support them in role.  We actively encourage newly qualified psychologists to consider applying, and a development plan will be put in place to support the post holder's progress to the full role.

The post holder will be supported to pursue the post-qualification training route in clinical neuropsychology with a view to ultimately meeting the requirements for the Specialist Register in Clinical Neuropsychology (again, CPD and clinical supervision will be provided as required).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff.  This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the following training sessions •    Your Leadership Impact •    Leading your Team to Success •    Leading Into the Future  •    Service Improvement for Beginners •    Developing your Service Improvement Skills  •    Lean Practitioner  The leadership and improvement programme aims to: •    Explore leadership within the NHS •    Promote Trust values and behaviours •    Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills  •    Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role. After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.