Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist

Principal Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology/Neuropsychologist in Neuro-Oncology
Band 8B; 0.8 WTE (30 Hours per Week) Permanent (other hours possible)
Due to expansion of our Awake Craniotomy service at the University Hospital of North Midlands (a Centre of Excellence in Neuro-Oncology, doing awake surgery for 10 years), we are seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist to be trained as part of the team providing awake craniotomies to patients with a brain tumour.
The post-holder would provide neuropsychological and psychological expertise pre-, intra- and post-operatively to patients undergoing an awake craniotomy for a brain tumour; and psychological and neuropsychological assessment, formulation, therapy and rehabilitation for patients with cognitive, emotional and behavioural difficulties relating to a brain tumour. If not already completed, this is an ideal post for someone who would like to complete the supervised practice component of the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN). Applicants should have completed the Academic component of the QiCN. Those who have not yet completed the training could be considered for a Senior Clinical Psychologist or preceptorship (8A to 8B) role.
The Neuropsychology service in Stoke-on-Trent is a large team, including several Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologists, Principal and Senior Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists working in various specialties.
To work autonomously in undertaking highly specialised identification, assessment and management of patients with neurological/neuro-oncology conditions including the rehabilitation and psychological treatment of those conditions. The post holder will be required to provide consultation in relation to the most complex clients, where assessing and managing risk will be a high priority.
To utilise highly specialist neuropsychological skills to develop case formulations that provide detailed psychological and neuropsychological understanding of the patient’s presentation, symptoms and related management issues taking into account different theoretical models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that will inform safe and effective future care and management.
To make highly skilled decisions in advising staff in the development of evidence-based management plans for patients with a neuropsychological and/or neurobehavioural need and to sensitively monitor the efficacy of the management plans through regular consultations with staff, patients and carers, adjusting and refining psychological formulations and maintaining a number of different provisional hypotheses.
To utilise highly specialist psychological and neuropsychological skills to contribute to risk assessment, psychological formulation and treatment of complex patients, placing particular demands on the post-holder’s professional judgements, decision-making and clinical skills.
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.