Job Title: Clinical Psychologist

Job Title: Clinical Psychologist - Preceptorship Opportunity
Location: Blackheath, London
Full time/Part time: Full time
Sector: Neurological Rehabilitation
Specialisms: Clinical Neuropsycholology
Salary: Up to £63,043
Employment Type: Permanent

Introduction

We’re offering a unique opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to make a real and lasting impact in a setting where autonomy, collaboration, and professional growth are at the heart of everything we do. Say goodbye to red tape and hello to the freedom to make swift, effective decisions that truly enhance patient care.

You’ll be supported by experienced Consultant Neuropsychologists as you develop your expertise in clinical neuropsychology, working alongside a multidisciplinary team that delivers high-quality, holistic care. We’re passionate about professional development and offer full funding to complete your QiCN, along with a structured preceptorship pathway to help you progress confidently to Band 8a.

If you’re driven by a commitment to exceptional patient care and eager to grow in a supportive and dynamic environment — we’d love to hear from you.

Job Purpose

Working as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality psychological assessments, formulating individualised treatment plans, and providing evidence-based therapeutic interventions. Your expertise will help service users rebuild their lives, regain independence, and achieve their full potential in a safe and supportive environment.

This is a highly rewarding role where your clinical insight and compassionate care will have a direct and lasting impact—not only on the lives of service users, but also on their families and support networks.

 

You will be responsible for:

• Provide specialist neuropsychological assessment and intervention for inpatients with neurological conditions (such as head injury, cerebral tumours and stroke)
• Develop, implement and monitor the effectiveness of rehabilitation and condition management programmes for patients with neuropsychological disorders

• Undertake assessment of capacity for individual patients and provide advice to other health professionals on psychological aspects of capacity assessment and appropriate means of enabling patients with reduced capacity to engage in informed decision making

• Develop, implement and monitor formal psychological intervention plans for a patient's emotional difficulties

• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice to other health professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management

• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other health professionals contributing directly to patients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan

• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, formulation and clinical interventions with patients, seeking appropriate supervision for clinical decision making

• Provide appropriate verbal and written symptom management advice to patients, their families or carers as appropriate

• With appropriate supervision, maintain and promulgate the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing, and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with the BPS professional codes of practice and our policies and procedures

• Keep people safe from any harm and protect their human rights.

 

You must be:

• HCPC registration
• Enrolled or interested in post-doctoral training in Clinical Neuropsychology
• Experience of clinical practice within a neurological service setting at a pre or post-qualification level
• Band 8a candidates will require experience in carrying out and interpreting neuropsychological assessments
• Well-developed communication skills and the ability to effectively deliver complex and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers, and colleagues
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

 

Why Join?

• Generous holiday allowance and birthday off
• Wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• 5% matched pension
• Access to medical care
• Rewards incentive
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits