Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology (Stroke Services)

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

We are delighted to be recruiting for a Clinical Psychologist to work within the friendly and skilled Lincolnshire Stroke Service (LSS). The service works out of four bases across our beautiful rural county, supporting patients in the community seamlessly after discharge from their acute phase of care. It hosts a full multidisciplinary team of specialist physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, assistant practitioners and rehabilitation assistants. The service has recently undergone a significant period of transformation in order to reduce length of stay in Acute care and be able to offer specialist rehabilitation to all Stroke survivors. As a part of that service development we are able to present this exciting opportunity to help shape the provision of psychology services to stroke.
LSS sits within Lincolnshire Community Health Service. The post holder will employed by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and will be part of the Neuropsychology Team, working alongside a Consultant Neuropsychologist in Stroke who will provide regular supervision.
The post is banded at an 8a but we would be happy to offer a Band 7 preceptorship for the right candidate. This would include funding for the PgDip in Clinical Neuropsychology to support skill development.
Please do get in touch if you have any questions or queries – we would be more than happy to tell you more about our lovely team and our aspiration
To offer a professional and specialised clinical psychology service to the community multidisciplinary Lincolnshire Stroke Service. This will include:
Providing a specialist clinical psychology perspective in complex multi-disciplinary assessments including with outside agencies
Facilitating staff training and support on neuropsychological issues, including collaborative development of interventions
Carrying a specialist caseload as an autonomous clinician to provide psychological and neuropsychological assessments, including assessment of risk to patients and cognitive assessments where appropriate
Attend weekly community stroke MDT meetings
Implementation of triage and intervention pathways based on holistic formulations and assessment
Supervision of assistant psychologists, junior or trainee clinical psychologists
Thorough record keeping
Evaluation of service outcomes including neuropsychological input, in line with national guidelines
Maintaining activity levels in accordance with Service Level Agreements as commissioned
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .
This post is for a Clinical Psychologist to work within the community multidisciplinary Lincolnshire Stroke Service (LSS) providing specialist neuropsychological knowledge for:
staff training and support, triage of patients referred to the team, developing neuropsychological formulations and therapy intervention plans, appropriate signposting of patients to onward services, psychological/cognitive assessment, supervision of assistant psychologists, junior or trainee clinical psychologists, service audit and service development, including collection of good outcome data,
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Please refer the Job description for details