Looking for a new job for 2026 in a fabulous city? We have an opportunity for a the lead psychologist in community stroke services. This is a permanent 8b role (0.8wte) working across the Community stroke pathway (inpatient rehab unit, community stroke psychology service & community stroke psychology outpatient service). The successful applicant will join the stroke psychology team (qualified, assistants and trainees) & will be an integral part of the wider MDT. This post contributes to the development of stroke psychology locally, regionally and nationally.
As well as delivering a clinical psychology (both therapy and neuropsychology) service to stroke patients & their families, the post-holder supervises psychological professionals and leads on quality improvement initiatives. There may be opportunities for further training e.g. Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology.
As part of the Older Adult and Neurological Conditions (OA&NC) psychology department you will have access to strong psychology support and leadership. The OA&NC department are a group of psychologists working into a range of settings (older adult mental health, dementia, stroke, brain injury, long term neurological conditions), allowing you access to a wealth of experience (CBT accredited supervisors, neuropsychology supervision, EMDR trained psychologists).
Please contact Dr Shonagh Scott, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Head of Service for more information:
[email protected] ; 0114 2263131
To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to service users of the community stroke pathway, which includes SPARC rehabilitation wards, Community Stroke Service and Stroke Psychology Outpatient Service
To provide specialist neuropsychological assessment and interventions. To offer highly specialised advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care to psychologist & non-psychologist colleagues alike, and to non-professional (informal) carers. In common with all Clinical Psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with good practice.
To provide clinical supervision to less experienced psychologists, assistant(s), trainee(s) or other professionals. The postholder is responsible for the co–ordination and organisation of the work of other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically informed care and treatment.
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.
It’s important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
- To provide highly specialist neuropsychological assessment and interventions to service users referred to the community stroke pathway. This will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the person’s care.
- To assess , formulate and identify the relevant treatment and/or management of a service user’s problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the person’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across a full range of care settings.
- To work on a daily basis in face-to-face individual, family and/or in group therapy settings with service users presenting with highly complex and sometimes distressing psychological problems.
- To be responsible for implementing an appropriate range of specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of different provisional hypotheses.
- To evaluate and make decisions about neuropsychological assessment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning cultural, historical, developmental processes and acquired disabilities that have shaped the individual, family or group.
