Clinical Psychologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Peartree House Neurological Rehabilitation Service for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our highly developed inter-disciplinary community team on a part-time basis. This role is being offered as a Band 6 or 7. This would be an ideal role for a newly qualified clinical psychologist who would like to develop a career in neuropsychology.

Peartree House is an independent specialist unit based in Southampton, dedicated to providing assessment and rehabilitation to people with an acquired brain injury or neurological condition, with the aim of reintegration into the community, family, social, education and work settings. The post-holder would have opportunities to work with our community service. The post-holder will be supervised by our community manager and work closely alongside our dynamic and supportive multi-disciplinary team, which includes Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, and Nursing. The post-holder would be supported to pursue formal training in neuropsychology (QiCN) with protected study time and opportunities for the service to contribute towards course fees., The post-holder will help provide a neuropsychology service to Peartree House clients, whilst also offering assessment/intervention to those who are supported within our Peartree Community service. This may require some travel to see clients in their own homes.

You will be expected to work autonomously whilst providing a range of specialist cognitive, behavioural and emotional assessments and rehabilitation to clients. You will need to demonstrate the ability to communicate complex, sensitive and emotive information to a range of people, some of whom may have serious neurological, cognitive, and/or behavioural difficulties.

The role extends to supervision of an Assistant Psychologist, working with families and support networks (where appropriate), key-working, liaison with other agencies, opportunities for running therapeutic groups, consultation, as well as training/provision of support to other staff., We benefit from strong links with Southampton Universitys Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme, affording opportunities for teaching, training and supervision of trainee clinical psychologist placements. We are also a research active service and can provide support for pursuing relevant research projects. Peartree House fosters a learning environment and actively supports CPD for all staff. There is a keen interest in developing and sharing knowledge, with regular opportunities to complete in-service training and attendance at conferences/courses.

The post offers a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively within a highly-skilled and experienced multi-disciplinary team, promoting psychological approaches to assessment and intervention within neurorehabilitation. All applicants must have HCPC registration. Excellent teamworking, communication and organisational skills are essential.

Peartree House Rehabilitation is a forwarding thinking organisation with a large supportive therapy team. There is a strong emphasis on MDT and CCG collaboration, as well as the development and training of healthcare staff. Individuals working with us will benefit from ongoing professional development opportunities. There are opportunities to work across both our inpatient and community service, providing an excellent mix of clinical presentations and associated clinical work which will be ideal for those undertaking neuropsychology training.