Assistant Psychologist

The Central England Rehabilitation Unit (CERU) is a national level 1 neurorehabilitation unit providing in-patient and out-patient services to individuals with acquired brain injury. The assistant psychologist will work closely with the inter-disciplinary team which includes medical staff, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and nurses with the support and supervision of experienced clinical psychologists. The duties of the post include conducting specialist neuropsychological assessments and interventions with patients under supervision; contributing to the assessment and management of behaviours of concern; provision of well-being/positive behavioural support interventions, and additional duties such as audit and service evaluation as appropriate.

To be considered, applicants must hold at least a 2:1 BPS-recognized Psychology degree and have graduate basis for membership of the BPS, as well as experience of working with patients with acquired brain injuries in neurorehabilitation settings.

To support the ongoing development and provision of clinical neuropsychological services within the Central England Rehabilitation Unit (CERU)

To assist in the assessment of emotional and cognitive disorders following acquired brain injury

To assist in the planning, implementation and delivery of anxiety, fatigue and mood interventions to support patients after acquired brain injury

To carry out cognitive screens and specific neuropsychological assessments under supervision

To carry out cognitive rehabilitation programs under supervision in order to support cognitive deficits in patients following acquired brain injury

To assist in the selection and delivery of psychological measures for assessing the effectiveness of patient work/training/group work and the development of systems to capture baseline and outcome data

To support in the development of materials and delivery of training to staff within CERU

To undertake audit and research projects, collection of statistics, teaching and project work.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey. This Can Be Accessed Via The Link Below

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Gavin Farrell Job title: Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01926317700

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