About this role
Job summary
Looking for a new job for 2026 in a fabulous city? We have an opportunity for a the lead psychologist in community stroke services. This is a permanent 8b role (0.8wte) working across the Community stroke pathway (inpatient rehab unit, community stroke psychology service & community stroke psychology outpatient service). The successful applicant will join the stroke psychology team (qualified, assistants and trainees) & will be an integral part of the wider MDT. This post contributes to the development of stroke psychology locally, regionally and nationally.
As well as delivering a clinical psychology (both therapy and neuropsychology) service to stroke patients & their families, the post-holder supervises psychological professionals and leads on quality improvement initiatives. There may be opportunities for further training e.g. Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology.
As part of the Older Adult and Neurological Conditions (OA&NC) psychology department you will have access to strong psychology support and leadership. The OA&NC department are a group of psychologists working into a range of settings (older adult mental health, dementia, stroke, brain injury, long term neurological conditions), allowing you access to a wealth of experience (CBT accredited supervisors, neuropsychology supervision, EMDR trained psychologists).
Please contact Dr Shonagh Scott, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Head of Service for more information: [email protected]; 0114 2263131
Main duties of the job
To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to service users of the community stroke pathway, which includes SPARC rehabilitation wards, Community Stroke Service and Stroke Psychology Outpatient Service
To provide specialist neuropsychological assessment and interventions. To offer highly specialised advice and consultation on service users' psychological care to psychologist & non-psychologist colleagues alike, and to non-professional (informal) carers. In common with all Clinical Psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with good practice.
To provide clinical supervision to less experienced psychologists, assistant(s), trainee(s) or other professionals. The postholder is responsible for the co-ordination and organisation of the work of other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically informed care and treatment.
About us
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.
It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
Job description Job responsibilities
To provide highly specialist neuropsychological assessment and interventions to service users referred to the community stroke pathway. This will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the persons care.
To assess , formulate and identify the relevant treatment and/or management of a service users problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the persons problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across a full range of care settings.
To work on a daily basis in face-to-face individual, family and/or in group therapy settings with service users presenting with highly complex and sometimes distressing psychological problems.
To be responsible for implementing an appropriate range of specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of different provisional hypotheses.
To evaluate and make decisions about neuropsychological assessment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning cultural, historical, developmental processes and acquired disabilities that have shaped the individual, family or group.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
oRegistration with the HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist oFormal training in supervision of other psychologists.
Desirable
oAdditional qualification in Neuropsychology oAdditional, post-qualification short courses.
Knowledge Essential
oWell-developed, high-level skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. oSkills in providing highly specialised consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. oEvidence of significant continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. oWell-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies/psychosocial interventions in specific complex groups including stroke and other neurological conditions. oEvidence of significant experience working within specialist older adult or physical health services, specifically including stroke services.
Experience Essential
oSignificant experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings. Including experience of working with clients with stroke, other neurological conditions oAbility to work with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties. Ability to work with the potential of individuals or their carers becoming abusive and aggressive oSignificant experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups that reflect the full range of clinical severity oSignificant evidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams oSignificant further training/experience normally through clinical supervision of working as a clinical psychologist oExperience of providing teaching and/or training oExperience of providing clinical supervision
Desirable
oExperience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care. oExperience of the application of (neuro)psychology in different cultural contexts.
other Essential
oAbility to plan, prioritise and organise own workload and co-ordinate that of others oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain own clinical practice and to co-ordinate to that of others oAbility to exercise judgement when presented with highly complex facts or situations requiring the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
Desirable
oExperience of working within a multicultural framework
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 Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Michael Carlisle Centre
Nether Edge Hospital
Sheffield
S11 9BF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)