Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

We wish to recruit an experienced, creative and enthusiastic Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join the Older Adult Pathway in Northumberland. This post will largely be based at Ashmore House in Ashington, covering South Central Northumberland, but with flexibility to pick up cases as required across other areas within Northumberland.

The person appointed will be working across the Community Treatment Team and the Northumberland Memory Service. As part of the Community Treatment Team the person appointed will be providing psychological assessment, formulation and treatment for older adult clients and families experiencing a variety of complex mental health difficulties. In addition, they will provide supervision and scaffolding to members of the Community Treatment Team.

A substantive part of this post will be as part of the Northumberland Memory Service, providing detailed and comprehensive neuropsychological assessments and reports as part of the diagnostic pathway. In addition, the person appointed will also provide neuropsychological assessments of cognitive functioning as part of the Community Treatment Team to inform formulations and care plans. Experience and confidence in conducting and interpreting neuropsychological assessments is an essential competence for the role.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.