Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist

Employer heading Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist Band 8c Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion. With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team. Job Overview The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist to provide clinical and professional leadership within Neuro Oncology, with a specialist focus on the Awake Craniotomy pathway. This senior role offers the opportunity to lead and shape a highly specialised neuropsychology service, supporting adults with brain tumours and epilepsy across the full surgical pathway—from pre-operative assessment and preparation, through intra-operative cognitive monitoring, to post-operative rehabilitation and outcome evaluation. The post holder will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and evidence-based care in a complex, high-risk neurosurgical context, while contributing to service development, governance, and strategic planning. We are looking for an individual with extensive post-qualification experience in neuropsychology within neurological or neurosurgical settings, who brings advanced expertise in complex assessment and intervention, alongside strong leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will be confident operating autonomously at consultant level, committed to maintaining high clinical standards, and motivated to drive innovation, workforce development and service improvement within a dynamic and evolving specialty. Main duties of the job Provide consultant-level clinical leadership for Neuro Oncology neuropsychology servicesLead and oversee neuropsychological input into the Awake Craniotomy pathwayDeliver expert consultation on complex cases involving cognition, capacity, communication and riskDevelop and implement clinical pathways, protocols and competency frameworksEnsure services meet governance, safety and quality standardsLine manage and supervise senior neuropsychology staff, supporting workforce developmentLead audit, evaluation and outcome monitoring to inform service improvementContribute to strategic planning, business cases and service developmentWork collaboratively with neurosurgery, oncology and multidisciplinary teamsSupport education, training and dissemination of specialist expertiseInterview Date Tuesday 10 November 202615 Hours/WeekYou will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy NO AGENCIES PLEASE Working for our organisation As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from: Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)Freeman HospitalNewcastle Dental HospitalCramlington Manor WalksUrgent treatment centresNewcastle Fertility CentreNorthern Centre for Cancer Care, North CumbriaNorthern Genetics Service These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites. Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’. For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities Takes responsibility for neuropsychology provision within the Awake Craniotomy and Neurooncology Service Is expected to manage the care of the most challenging and complex presentations within the Awake Craniotomy and Neurooncology Service. Is required to provide management and supervision of recently qualified clinical psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists. Will be expected to develop and innovate methods in service provision for people with primary brain tumours and to support staff, relatives and, were appropriate, other services in providing care to this group of patients. Providing specialist neuropsychological and clinical psychological assessment, formulation and therapy, including awake craniotomy Offering advice and consultation on patient’s neuropsychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service. Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. Person specification Essential Requirements Essential criteria Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, including specifically, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies as accredited by the British Psychological Society.HCPC RegistrationEligible for registration for the British Psychological Society Specialist Register of Clinical NeuropsychologistsPost qualification experience of working with people with neurological conditionsExperience of specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, and in-patient settings.Experience of working with a wide variety of people with neurological and /or genetic conditions, with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.Has a significant amount of consolidated post qualification experience and application of specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients in health care servicesHas a significant amount of consolidated post qualification experience and application of specialist neuropsychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients in health care servicesSkills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.Well-developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, relatives and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.Demonstrable skills in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive material and challenging behaviourThe post holder has completed further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for Doctoral trainees and maintains these skills through regular training updatesThe post holder will have received a substantive number of years of clinical supervision (post qualification).Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groupsDoctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.Has demonstrable skills in waiting list management.Has evidence of learning and development in relation to leadership/managementHas knowledge of good practice in recruitment and retentionHas skills in audit, clinical governance and resource managementKnowledge of the theory and practice of neuropsychological and psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groupsKnowledge of the theory and practice of neuropsychological and psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groupsAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.Computer literate – competent use of email/internetComputer literate – competent use of email/internet Desirable criteria Post graduate experience in NeurooncologyKnowledge and experience of awake craniotomy surgery.Has a track record of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologistsRecord of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books. Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed. Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay. Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful. Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Documents to download Job Description (PDF, 238.6KB)Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB) Apply online now Further details / informal visits contact Name Dr Lisa Galloway Job title Consultant Neuropsychologist Email address Lgalloway1@nhs.net Telephone number 0191 2824081