Band 8d Divisional Lead-Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist

• Have an understanding of the national perspective and future strategy for the NHS and related areas of health to ensure that staff in your team/s are fully aware of the implications and can contribute effectively to service improvement.
• Develop and empower all members of your team/s to perform to high standards and innovate.
• Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out personal development reviews for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team have annual PDRs resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans in line with the Knowledge and Skills Outline Framework.
• Responsible for leading in training and development of identified staff.

Essential

• A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, HCPC registration, preferably specialist clinical health and or neuropsychology training, with eligibility for the neuropsychology register and significant post-qualification experience. (applications will be considered from candidates approaching completion of, or at the final stage of, their QiCN clinical portfolio--please clearly outline your current stage within your application).
• Advanced expertise in complex clinical health or neuropsychological assessment and intervention, alongside strong skills in communication, research, consultation, and supervision.
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of neuropsychological practice.

Essential

• Assessed extensive experience of working as a registered clinical neuropsychologist, including extensive post qualification experience
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, acrs a range of care settings ( outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care) including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' neuropsychological care and treatment, within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan and team.

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical neuropsychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation
• Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical neuropsychology.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client groups
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
• Formal training in supervision of other neuropsychologists.
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialising behaved neuropsychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised neuropsychological therapies and assessment methodologies.

Essential

• Enthusiasm for a broad range of neuropsychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical neuropsychology services.
• Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others.
• A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi professional and uni-professional audit, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.

Essential

• Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
• Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical neuropsychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
• Ability to travel regularly across the Trust as required
• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books