Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thrivingdepartmentof Psychological Medicinein a largeUniversity HospitalNHS Trust in a temporary capacity. We are looking for an enthusiastic and able individual to work in the adult clinical neuropsychology team.

As an integral part oftheadult clinical neuropsychology team the postholder will provide neuropsychological assessment of patients referred within the Oxford Neurosciences Centre, by neurologists, neurosurgeons, clinical nurse specialists, GPs and AHP colleagues. This is a temporary 6 month post to provide cross-cover and waiting list management in the Adult Neuropsychology service.

The post holder will work closely with other health professionals (e.g.neurologists, neurosurgeons, clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists).

The post holder will be a valued member of the Psychological Medicine Centre which encompasses Clinical Health Psychology, Children's PsychologicalMedicineand Psychiatry.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

CLINICAL

• Toundertake highlyspecialist neuropsychological and psychological assessment and communicate a clinical opiniontoinform and/or develop a medical diagnosis and/or case formulation to guidepsychological intervention/consultation. Assessment will bebased on analysis interpretationand integrationofhighlycomplexinformation from a variety of sources including clinical interview, direct observation, questionnaire measures,neuropsychological tests,literaturereview,andpsychometric assessment-incorporatingmedical investigationsif relevant. To give an opinion based on this in cases where professional opinion may differ, and in which a judgmentmustbe made about the significance of data where data may be unreliable/missing.
• As an integral part ofcompletinga neuro/psychological assessment, to simultaneously exercise well-developed manual skills (i.e. accurate manipulation of a wide range of test materials, including physical materials),whereaccuracy is important and it is often necessary to take account of interfering factors (such as patient distractibility, or level of comprehension).
• To developspecialisedplans for formal neuro/psychological interventionand/or management of the patient’s neuro/psychological difficulties, based on the individual assessment and formulation, and making use of an informed judgment of evidence of treatment efficacy and psychological principles.
• Tobe responsible forimplementing a range of neuro/psychological interventions, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models andmaintainingseveralprovisional hypotheses.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment optionsconsideringboth theoretical and therapeutic models andhighly complexfactors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family,carersor group.
• To support the work of the multidisciplinary team, providing training,supervision,and consultancy asappropriate.
• To communicate effectively, empathically and clearly withpatients and family membersregarding neuro/psychological or medical matters which will regularly be highly complicated (such as explanation of multi-faceted clinical formulations including neuro/psychological principles, medical factors, personal and family psychological factors, and the implicat