About this role
Job summary
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic clinical psychologist/neuropsychologist to join our Early Supported Discharge (ESD) stroke service within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Department of Psychological Medicine. This is a permanent 0.7 WTE post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a highly specialist clinical psychology / neuropsychology service to patients who have suffered a stroke and their families. As an integrated member of the Early Supported Discharge team, the post holder will deliver direct assessment and intervention alongside consultation and supervision to the wider team. The post holder will be required to work with patients, families across a range of contexts including acute medical wards and community settings (homes, residential services, community hospitals).
About us
The post holder will be fully embedded within our supportive and cohesive Early Supported Discharge (ESD) team, working closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues. In addition, the post holder will sit within the wider Department of Psychological Medicine - an innovative and dynamic team of psychologists and psychiatrists co-located within the medical environment providing services to patients across the lifespan. The department has close links with the Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology and regularly contributes to teaching and supervision of trainees.
Job description Job responsibilities
To provide a highly specialised paediatric clinical psychology/neuropsychological service to children and young people with brain tumours, including assessment, intervention, and consultation, participating in relevant service development and research, and undertaking supervision and training. To work autonomously as an independent practitioner within professional guidelines and the services policies and procedures, fully accountable for professional actions, and collaboratively with other professionals in health, education, and social services.
Person Specification
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Oxford Centre for Enablement, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Windmill Road
Oxford
OX3 7HE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)