Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Essential

• Postgraduate doctoral-level training in clinical psychology, or equivalent, conferring eligibility for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.

Essential

• Experience of working with adults presenting with a wide range of clinical needs and levels of complexity, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in highly emotive or distressing situations. Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision while working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology assessment, intervention and outcome measures with patients with neurological conditions.
• Experience of working at a specialist/highly specialist clinical psychologist level in neurological rehabilitation setting
• Experience of working within and actively participating in a team environment and contributing a psychological perspective within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
• Experience of teaching, training and supervision of health care professionals and/or assistant/trainee psychologists

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Current national policy, legislation and clinical guidance relevant to community neurorehabilitation and stroke, including relevant NICE guidance. Highly specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for patients with neurological problems and neuropsychological rehabilitation
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology

Essential

• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
• Effective leadership skills and commitment to team working
• Flexible and autonomous approach to clinical work.
• Ability to interact effectively with other team members and other health professionals.
• Ability to recognise cultural differences and needs of people from different cultures
• Personable, friendly and active team member, showing a willingness to adapt to a changing environment.