Job requirements
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Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Others
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Others
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Experience
Experience of working in a neuropsychology setting.
- Experience
Experience of conducting comprehensive neuropsychological assessments autonomously.
- Experience
Experience of neuropsychological assessment report writing to a high standard
- Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological and psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Knowledge and Skills
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Knowledge and Skills
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge and Skills
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
- Knowledge and Skills
Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Training and Qualification
Post-graduate doctoral level training or its equivalent) in Clinical Psychology leading to eligibility for Chartered Status by the British Psychological Society
- Training and Qualification
Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Others
Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience
Experience of adapting psychological interventions for clients with cognitive difficulties.
- Experience
Experience of conducting cross cultural neuropsychological assessments via an interpreter.
- Experience
Experience of the application of clinical neuropsychology in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and Skills
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialized psychological therapies.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of evidence based psychological therapies for people with Parkinson’s disease
- Training and Qualification
Post-doctoral training in Neuropsychology
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an HCPC-registered, Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist to provide parental leave cover for a fixed term period of 12 months.
The post holder will be part of the Clinical Health Psychology and Neuropsychology Department, based at Charing Cross Hospital within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which includes the Northwest London Regional Neurosciences Centre.
The role includes providing specialist neuropsychological assessment and intervention in our outpatient neuropsychological assessment service, which receives referrals from a wide range of specialist neurology and neurosurgery clinics, including cognitive disorders and dementia, traumatic brain injury, movement disorders, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, neuro-oncology, infectious diseases, as well as general clinics. There may also be opportunities to provide neuropsychological assessment and intervention within acute inpatient settings
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be based within the Clinical Health Psychology and Neuropsychology outpatient department and will provide comprehensive neuropsychological assessment for patients presenting with a wide range of neurological disorders referred from specialist neurology and neurosurgery clinics.
The post holder will also contribute to the organisation and delivery of a specialist intervention pathway providing psychological interventions for patients presenting with mental health difficulties associated with Parkinson’s disease.
In addition to direct clinical assessment and intervention, the post provides opportunities for involvement in service development, staff consultation and training, and research and audit.
Specialist supervision is provided by a senior Clinical Neuropsychologist who is on the BPS regulated Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
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.
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist with West London NHS Trust in Southall, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 per annum inclusive of 20% HCAS. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months). The application deadline is 14 Sep 2026.
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