Practitioner Psychologist in Neuropsychology

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified practitioner psychologist with a strong interest paediatric neuropsychology to work within a small but vital specialist service at the Evelina London Children's Hospital. We pride ourselves on providing expert neuropsychological assessment and consultation that is formulation driven and compassionate. As an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist you will have the opportunity to develop your existing neuropsychology skills by providing assessments and consultations to children and young people with a range of neurological and other health conditions. You will act as the point of contact for referrals from the neuroinflammatory service, developing specialist knowledge of these conditions and supporting the development of pathways of care for patients with neuroinflammatory conditions., The post holder will provide neuropsychological assessment and consultation for children with a range of medical backgrounds, with a particular focus on those with neuroinflammatory conditions. There will also be opportunities to develop resources to meet the needs of children and young people seen within this service. This post will be particularly of interest to candidates who wish to explore whether they would like to continue down the BPS QiCN route. There will be opportunities to develop supervision skills through supporting undergraduate student placements within the service.
The ideal candidate will be systematic and well organised, able to self-manage, creative, with excellent communication skills. We recognise that specialist paediatric neuropsychology placements are not always available in training and therefore will consider candidates who have clearly demonstrated an interest and commitment to the area and have some generalizable neuropsychology skills and experience.
The post holder will join a small team of practitioner psychologists from clinical and educational psychology backgrounds. The team sits within Evelina Neurosciences, which has a strong psychology presence. Within the Evelina London Children's Hospital and Community Services there is a larger psychology service covering Paediatrics, NICU and Cleft. We also have the benefit of working with our paediatric psychology colleagues from the Royal Brompton and Harefield., Please see the attached Job description and Person Specification for full details of these posts.
This post is a key member of the team delivering paediatric neuropsychology assessments and consultations for patients referred by medical services at Evelina London, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will:
· Provide neuropsychological assessments for children referred to the Paediatric Neuropsychology service, including consultation and liaison as appropriate.
· Provide specialist neuropsychological consultation, offering advice on patients' psychological and neuropsychological care to the wider paediatric teams, and working autonomously within professional practice guidelines and the overall framework of the Guy's and St. Thomas' psychology team's policies and procedures
· With the support of a more senior team member, act as the point of contact for referrals from the neuro inflammatory service.
· Work with patients from across the multiple catchment areas of Evelina London
· Utilise research and development skills for audit, policy, service development and clinical research within the service area
· Contribute to and develop policy and treatment pathways for children and young people treated at the Evelina London
· Work effectively as a member of the team, delivering supervision and training, and attending virtual and physical multidisciplinary team meetings as required.
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.