Consultant Clinical /Neuropsychologist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and extensively experienced Practitioner Psychologist to apply for a Lead Consultant post (Band 8c) within Clinical Neuropsychiatry.  This is a regional service.

The role is to provide expert leadership, professional and clinical services and join the multi disciplinary team providing services to people who have acquired brain injury and complex mental health difficulties, their families and carers and requiring the specialist  neuropsychiatry service

The successful candidate would join the Neuropsychiatric management  and Leadership Team , work collaboratively with the Psychology Head of Specialty and be part of the  Directorate of Mental Health Services for Older People and Neuropsychiatry and the Psychology and Psychological Therapies Directorate . All aspects of neuropsychiatry service design, development and delivery is part of the leadership role.

In addition, there is also a specific clinical element to this senior role. This is to provide clinical neuropsychological expertise  and to work closely with medical and multidisciplinary colleagues within the service.

The post is based at the University Hospital Llandough.

It is a part -time (0.8 WTE/30 hours per week), permanent role.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for leading all elements of Clinical Psychology within the regional Neuropsychiatry Service based at Llandough Hospital. Cardiff.  The role involves leading  on the psychological care in this setting and being part of the neuropsychiatry management and decision making team for the service.  The role includes providing direct clinical assessments and interventions, formulations,  setting  strategic direction,  service development/improvement,  working closely with our multidisciplinary staff, supervision/consultancy, education and research/audit.

The post holder would be expected to collaborate and work alongside other leads and managers to ensure all our services are of high quality and collaborate with the  Psychology Head of Specialty . The post holder will act as an expert advisor on clinical neuropsychiatry  within the UHB, to the Directorate, local clinical services and regionally, national groups and specialist commissioners.

Extensive and substantial knowledge and experience of applying psychology in complex medical settings is essential. Direct clinical experience, or demonstrable transferable skills, in the application of clinical psychology within neuropsychiatry services and/or working with complex mental health issues, neurological/brain injury and damage is essential.

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will be responsible for leading all elements of Clinical Psychology within the regional Neuropsychiatry Service based at Llandough Hospital. Cardiff.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.