Job overview

This post offers the opportunity to work across our countywide community neuropsychology service (3 days) and work into a specialised neurorehabilitation unit at Lincoln County Hospital (2 days).

We are looking for candidates who share our values of exceptional clinical integrity, creative and critical thinking, and holistic, patient-centred care. We have remarkable staff retention rates with clinicians citing the supportive, cohesive and friendly nature of our team.  All team members are guaranteed regular and personalised supervision and development plans.

We are offering preceptorships from band 7-8a if applicable, which would include funding and support to complete the knowledge component of the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology. We would therefore welcome final year clinical psychology applicants and those recently qualified.

Our psychology led service is well established with links to a range of related clinical areas including rehabilitation medicine and neurology. The broad remit of our service affords the opportunity for wide ranging experience, spanning both community and inpatient settings, working with patients with a variety of acquired brain injuries and neurological conditions.

We encourage interested applicants to contact us on 01522 508323 to discuss further. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be supported to maintain an independent caseload of people presenting with a wide variety of neurological conditions. 

Clinical work will include provision of neuropsychological assessment, formulation and intervention, and will include both direct and indirect working in community and inpatient settings.

The post holder will form a crucial part of the neuropsychology team, receiving regular supervision and opportunities for continuing professional development.    

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.