About The Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
The postholder will provide highly specialist neuropsychological assessment and intervention as part of the Neuropsychology Service in NHS Lanarkshire.
The post-holder will be based in University Hospital Monklands, with clinics located in North and South Lanarkshire. Working under the Clinical Lead for Neuropsychology, the post-holder will undertake neuropsychological assessment and intervention with patients with organic and functional neurological disorders, and provide consultation to medical, nursing and rehabilitation staff.
Supervised clinical experience in neuropsychology (e.g. neuropsychology placements during training or post-qualification roles) is essential for the role. The post-holder will be expected to have specialist knowledge of- and experience working with- organic and functional neurological conditions, such as brain injury, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, non-epileptic seizures etc.
Completion of PG Dip/ MSc in Clinical Neuropsychology is advantageous but not essential.
This post is released at an exciting time of service change. The Job Description and Person Specification are tailored by the role profile. Please read the role profile for a full details of the post
In this key role, you will:
Autonomous psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of older people’s mental health problems. This covers a broad range of difficulties including, but not limited to, anxiety, depression, childhood sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, adjustment to physical health problems, pathological grief reaction, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and frontotemporal dementia. This also includes neuropsychological evaluation of suspected cognitive impairment.
Psychological formulation involves taking into account complex information from many sources (e.g. client, carer, staff) and utilising several theoretical frameworks (e.g. CBT, solution-focused, counselling, attachment theory) to develop a shared understanding with the client of the development and maintenance of their difficulties, and using this to collaboratively design and empirically based intervention.
Management of own and Trainee Clinical Psychologists’ caseloads and individual client’s treatment plans, including decisions around discharge and future care
Clinical responsibility for own work and that of Trainee Clinical Psychologists
Maintenance of individual case records and contribution to multidisciplinary records.
Assessment of suicide and other clinical risk and management of the same
Communication with other service providers involved in a client’s care via written reports, telephone calls and face-to-face meetings.
Participation in relevant multi-disciplinary clinical team meetings e.g. memory clinic MDT meetings
What You'll Bring:
Good Honours degree in psychology (2.1 or above)
Post graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Registered with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist
Post qualification training in clinical supervision accredited by a relevant training course
Post-qualification experience (or equivalent) of supervised clinical practice
Experience of working with older people
Maintenance of mandatory training requirements set by NHS Lanarkshire
A commitment to post qualification CPD according to BPS guidelines
A working knowledge of other mental health professions
A knowledge of BPS, NHS and other relevant legal and ethical guidelines
A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
What we Offer
As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
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Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
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Generous NHS pension scheme
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Annual incremental salary progression
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
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NHS discounts and more.
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
- Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
For informal discussion, please contact Andrew Wood, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist on [email protected]
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on [email protected]
