Job Title: Assistant Psychologist
Agency: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Location: Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 31,049 – 37,796 £ / Year

Job Summary

Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre is a 17-bedded unit providing specialist neurorehabilitation for people with complex needs following a neurological event/diagnosis, e.g., Acquired Brain Injury or spinal injury. The service also includes the Rakehead Community Neurorehabilitation Team (RCNT), which provides a service to patients across East Lancashire. The post is split across both the inpatient and community teams. We are looking for a team player to help us build on our achievements and to ensure that we respond to the challenges of people with complex rehabilitation needs.

Our patients present with a combination of physical, psychological, and cognitive impairments requiring the support of a dedicated MDT committed to supporting them to achieve their optimum level of independence. Whilst experience in this area is desirable, we are looking for a candidate who is enthusiastic about working in this specialist area.

If this is you, then we would love to hear from you.

This post requires a motivated, positive person with previous experience of working in a healthcare setting and an understanding of the Rehabilitation process, management of complex neurological conditions, and challenging behaviour. Applicants will be committed to inter-disciplinary team working and the empowerment of individuals.

Main duties of the job

To assist the qualified Clinical Neuropsychologist at Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre (RRC) / Rakehead Community Neurorehabilitation Team (RCNT) to provide a high-quality, effective Clinical Neuropsychology Service. Main duties will include assessment and formulation of need, organisation, and delivery of components of individual and group treatment programmes, audit, service evaluation, maintenance of databases, conducting triage and follow-up assessments, development of self-help materials for patients & administration and scoring of psychometric questionnaires and standardised cognitive assessments, all under supervision appropriate to band level. As this post involves working in a community setting, you must have a full driving licence and access to a car.

How to Apply;

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