Practitioner Psychologist

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Job Overview

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic Clinical Psychologist to provide clinical assessments, interventions and service developments at a senior level in a tertiary neuropsychology outpatient service.

You will provide specialist assessment and intervention to adults who have neurological disorders and/or experience functional neurological disorder, and who have cognitive and psychiatric needs. You will work in a dynamic outpatient service alongside CBT therapists, physiotherapy, neuropsychiatrists and neurologists. There are opportunities in this senior role to become involved in consultation, and contribute to service developments in cross cultural neuropsychological work and understanding autistic cognition, with the supervision of the consultant clinical neuropsychologist.

Opportunities are also available for you to enhance neuropsychological expertise by undertaking further professional development and work in other parts of the neuropsychiatry service.

You will work with an already established multidisciplinary team who are highly specialised and dedicated to the service users they work with. The role benefits from excellent educational opportunities within the Trust and via links with the IoPPN at KCL, in addition to a Trust-wide Staff Support Service and networks to help you connect with others within SLaM.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist neuropsychological assessment to service users with neurological, functional neurological disorders and psychiatric symptoms.
To provide evidence-based interventions for cognitive and emotional difficulties associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.
To enable other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in the neuropsychology service.
To undertake service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
Supervision and support for the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology and/or training in evidence-based intervention for Functional Neurological Disorder can be made available by the Trust, where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

Key Responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

To provide a specialist neuropsychological assessment service to service users with neuropsychiatric presentations, liaising closely with multi disciplinary colleagues in the pathway.
To provide highly specialist neuropsychological culturally appropriate formulations and interventions for clients in the neuropsychiatry outpatient service including guiding neuropsychological assessment and intervention for people with neuropsychiatric presentations
To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
To liaise with colleagues from CBT, physiotherapy, neuropsychiatry and neurology to ensure consistent formulation and intervention across the outpatient MDT.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.

Responsibilities

KR 2 Responsibilities for team or service clinical functioning

To co-ordinate (and chair) meetings to ensure a consistent approach across the MDT and to further own and colleagues' continuous professional development.
To take a lead in ensuring a psychologically informed framework for the brain injury and functional neurological disorder MDTs within the Lishman Unit.
To take a lead in further developing th

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