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Job summary
We are excited to offer a part-time (0.45WTE) 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist part-time role to provide leadership into the Leicestershire Paediatric Neuropsychology service.
The service provided highly specialist paediatric neuropsychological assessment and intervention to children under the age of 16 with complex neurological conditions such as epilepsy, brain tumours, acquired brain injury and metabolic conditions.
This is a new role to provide leadership for neuropsychology onto the paediatric neuropsychology pathways across children's services. The post sits within the Leicester Neuropsychology department which includes neuropsychologists and clinical psychologists working within various specialties including inpatients, outpatients and community. There is close working across the lifespan and opportunities to develop ongoing structures and support for young people transitioning between paediatric and adult services.
Successful applicants join a supportive department with regular supervision and opportunities for continuing professional development. Research and evaluation activity is actively promoted within the service and there will be opportunities to develop these areas in line with the applicants special interests and service objectives.
Main duties of the job
The role will require detailed and specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation and rehabilitation for patients with highly complex cognitive, emotional and behavioural difficulties in the context of a neurological condition.
There will be opportunity to undertake individual, family as well as the opportunity to develop group work for young people with neurological conditions. The successful applicant will work closely with the medical, nursing and therapy colleagues providing joint working, consultation and training as well as developing pathways across and within services. It is expected that the post holder will have a trainee clinical psychologist on placement and will provide supervision to the trainee as well as other colleagues across acute and community organisations.
The postholder will also be expected to provide line management as required. It is anticipated that applicants will have completed the knowledge component of the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology. Ongoing supervision and support will given for applicants wanting to achieve the practice component of the QiCN and entry onto the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychology (if this has not already been completed). Supervision will be provided by a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist.
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
- Date posted: 18 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8c
- Salary: £79,504 to £91,609 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 006343
- Job locations: Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE5 4QG, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
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Person specification
Mobility
Essential
- Own transport or suitable alternative. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role.
- You must demonstrate how you would meet the stated mobility requirement on your application form
Experience
Essential
- Assessed substantial experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within paediatric neuropsychology services.
- Post qualification experience of working with people with neurological conditions and co-morbid mental health difficulties, including substantial experience of risk management.
- Training/experience of providing evidence based interventions.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and stressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Desirable
- Experience of professional leadership of qualified and pre-qualified Clinical Psychologists.
- Experience of multi-professional leadership of teams or services within the designated speciality.
- Experience of representing the profession in local policy fora.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Trust Values
Essential
- Demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s Values: Compassion
- Demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s Values: Trust
- Demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s Values: Respect
- Demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s Values: Integrity
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of Psychopathology, Clinical Psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology with evidence of specific experience of Learning Disability and Autism.
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice relevant to the post and/or as specified in the job advert.
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
- Training and experience in supervision of qualified staff
- Have completed further postgraduate training in neuropsychology
Desirable
- To be on the specialist register for clinical neuropsychologists
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
Desirable
- A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area.
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Formal training in supervision of others
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (eg personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and severely challenging behaviours etc.)
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies
Standard Requirements
Essential
- Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles
- Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection
- Understanding of the service users of the Trust (which could include lived experience of conditions the Trust deals with or of receiving services relevant to those the Trust provides)
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