Overview
In this role you support older adults across East Surrey with mental health needs, memory concerns and dementia-related behaviour within community and inpatient settings. You join a team of later-life psychologists and contribute to innovative care, professional development and supervision. You will lead autonomous assessments, formulate plans and deliver therapeutic and neuropsychological interventions, while collaborating with families, carers and multi-disciplinary teams. There is a clear path for leadership, service development and contributing to later-life psychology provision.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible working
- free parking
- excellent health and wellbeing support
- staff networks
- progress opportunities
- development opportunities
Responsibilities
- Conduct detailed assessment and formulation for older adults in the local community
- Deliver therapeutic interventions and neuropsychological assessments
- Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary teams
- Provide clinical leadership to embed psychosocial approaches in practice
- Supervise pre-qualified and qualified psychology staff at 8a level
- Lead quality improvement projects and contribute to service development for later-life psychology
- Support staff development through training and supervision opportunities
- Travel across Surrey to meet service needs
Key requirements
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Experience with people across the life span and varied cognitive profiles
- Experience with multiple psychological models (systemic, behavioural, individual)
- Post-registration/clinical experience in later life
- Driving licence and access to a vehicle
- leadership and supervisory capabilities
- collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams
- strong communication with families and carers
- neuropsychological assessment
- various therapeutic models (systemic, behavioural, individual)
- clinical leadership in teams
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