Senior Practitioner Psychologist

An opportunity has arisen in a thriving neuropsychology team offering excellent support and professional development within our Psychological Services Network in the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Stroke team at Northwick Park Hospital. The post includes providing assessment and support to patients and families using Brent and Harrow ESD Stroke team. The role includes opportunities to develop teaching, service development, supervision skills and benefit from internal and external CPD. We support clinical psychologists to gain professional qualifications in clinical neuropsychology. As a Trust, we aspire to ensure our workforce represents the diverse communities we serve and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME and LGBT+ communities. Applications from these groups are welcomed., Provide a highly specialist psychology service to stroke patients including specialist assessment, treatment planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. Contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe and informed environment. Initiate and collaborate in service evaluation, audit, and research. Provide clinical supervision, consultation, and training, functioning as a lead specialist in neuropsychological assessment of stroke patients. Work as an autonomous professional within the guidelines and policies of the BPS, HCPC and LNWH, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters. Agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.