Clinical Psychologist 8a / Preceptorship

The post is based in the Stockport Community Neuro Rehab team (CNRS). We are an innovative team who are focused on working with people who have a range of neurological presentations, including stroke, life limiting conditions, head injuries, and functional neurological disorders. We are seeking a psychologist with experience of working with this client population, who is passionate about excellent patient care and promoting psychological understanding and support in an interdisciplinary setting. Applications are welcomed from both current band 7/8a as well as on a preceptorship basis for newly qualified psychologists. Psychologists in the team offer assessment and formulation for patients, working closely with occupational therapy, physio, speech and language and nursing colleagues to form an MDT provision. Your role will be to provide psychologically informed support through individual and group based clinical work as well as supporting the team through consultation and team
formulation., A successful applicant would deliver psychological provision within the Community Neurorehabilitation service here in Stockport NHS Trust, an integrated community stroke and neurorehabilitation team. The post-holder will enjoy a broad and stimulating range of clinical work, both directly with service users and their carers/families and indirectly through consultation, training, supervision and service development. Given the breadth of the service, an excellent range of neurorehabilitation experience will be available (including acquired brain injuries, progressive and degenerative conditions and functional neurological disorders). To be employed at an 8A level, it is expected that you will have completed at least one year of the Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Clinical Neuropsychology with financial support provided for the final year of training. We would also be happy to receive applications from clinicians without this level of experience but, if successful, they would be appointed on

an 8A preceptorship post, and paid as a Band 7, until meeting the aforementioned requirement. Funding for the PGDip would be subsidised by the Stockport Community Neurorehabilitation Service.

CNRS is a friendly and welcoming multidisciplinary team, where psychology input is very well established and appreciated, and good links are in place to local mental health and third sector organisations.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt.