Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Specialist Memory Service

Job overview

Are you an experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to join a service at a time of exciting change?

Here at CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles. Various prominent leadership roles within the Trust are currently held by Psychologists including: Director of Strategy and Integration, Chief Information Officer, & Clinical Directors. We facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas.  The professional group is led by our Director of Therapies and our Chief Psychologist, both Consultant Clinical Psychologists.

We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic Psychologists and Therapists who are committed to delivering patient-focused care and treatment. We are looking for well-rounded and experienced practitioners.

Our staff work pro-actively, with confidence, motivation and initiative We find that they are often flexible, robust and resourceful and able to manage the challenges of working in an environment which can be demanding.

We prioritize collaboration within our team and with our community partnerships, so we are hoping to find candidates who have the required communication and interpersonal skills that will allow them to thrive when working within their own team and with external partner organizations, in order to provide a meaningful service to the diverse populations we serve.

Main duties of the job

This post is responsible for providing high quality psychology and neuropsychology services to the Milton Keynes Specialist Memory Service.

The team provides assessment and intervention to people living in Milton Keynes with suspected dementia and with a diagnosis of dementia. The service also provides support to the families and carers of people with dementia. This post also involves offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to the carers of service users, and working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Teams’ policies and procedures.

The service functions in both outpatient clinic and community settings. The post holder will work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team, comprising of psychiatry, nursing and occupational therapy, in order to ensure the highest standards of care. The post holder will be required to complete home visits where indicated and may be required to travel to different sites within CNWL for meetings.

Supervision and support will be provided by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Older Adults.

The post holder will need to be a qualified and registered therapist or psychologist , with the HCPC or equivalent.

Please note: The job description for this post is based on Band 8a competencies.  However, newly qualified applicants will also be considered at Band 7 with a preceptorship period.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see individual job descriptions for information as to each role. If candidates are interested in more than one role, please do contact the Lead Psychologist, as there may be opportunities to blend roles or work across more than one team depending on interest and experience.