Principal Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Neuropsychologist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Neuropsychologist (grade 8b) to join the Clinical Neuropsychology service at the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE). The OCE is a specialist in-patient rehabilitation unit serving the Wessex region.

The post holder will join an established and well-integrated team of Clinical Neuropsychologists working at the OCE, where psychological input is highly valued. The OCE Neuropsychology team is part of the Oxford Psychological Medicine Centre that provides an integrated psychology and psychiatry service across the OUH Trust.

The post holders will join a large team of Clinical Psychologists and Neuropsychologists working in a range of specialties across the four OUH hospitals. We are looking for an experienced Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist, who enjoys working as part of a team.

Main duties of the job

You will, in collaboration with the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the inpatient service, other Clinical Psychologists and two Assistant Psychologists, contribute to the provision of a high-quality, evidence-based psychological service to the inpatient neurorehabilitation team. The role will include direct clinical input to patients with the most complex levels of neurological disability and their families and carers, extensive working within the IDT, clinical supervision, teaching and staff training.

As such you should have significant experience of working within a neurorehabilitation / neuropsychology setting, be proficient in a wide range of neuropsychological assessments and delivering direct and indirect neuropsychological interventions in the context of an IDT. You will also have significant experience of managing complex clinical problems, including risk assessments, mental capacity assessments and managing behaviour that is challenging.

Clinical supervision, peer support, and regular opportunities for CPD are valued and supported within our team. We have close links with the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and regularly provide specialist clinical placements and doctoral research supervision.
Applications from experienced Psychologists/Neuropsychologists currently employed at an 8A level will be considered.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and most respected NHS teaching trusts, providing world-class healthcare across four hospitals: the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Horton General Hospital and over one hundred satellite sites. Find out more information here OUH at a Glance 2026/27

You'll become part of an organisation at the forefront of patient care, research, education and innovation. You'll have access to excellent learning and development opportunities, work alongside highly skilled multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to services that make a real difference.

Our commitment to Delivering Compassionate Excellence is at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence, we strive to create an environment where staff feel supported, valued and empowered to thrive. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel and the OneTeamOneOUH - LIVING OUR VALUES video.

We are committed to creating an inclusive, respectful and safe workplace for everyone. As signatories to the NHS Sexual Safety Charter, we have a zero-tolerance approach to inappropriate behaviour and are dedicated to fostering a culture where all colleagues feel welcomed, respected and able to be themselves. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or a statement of equivalency in clinical psychology awarded by the BPS Committee for Scrutiny of Individual Clinical Qualifications (CSICQ) for those with qualifications obtained oversees
• Full member of the BPS Division of Neuropsychology

Desirable criteria

• Post-doctoral and post graduate training/ study in neuropsychology or applied neuroscience
• Member of the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists held by the BPS.

Other

Essential criteria

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of delivering invited presentations at key neuropsychological conferences/meetings.
• Record of having published in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist in in-patient neuro-rehabilitation settings
• Experience of delivering direct and indirect highly specialist neuropsychological assessment and treatments.
• Experience of working with clients presenting with complex neuro-disability across the whole life course, and their families presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of applying the mental capacity act in the context of brain injury and management of risk
• Relevant post-qualification experience of providing clinical supervision of other clinical psychologists, including trainee and assistant psychologists in Clinical Neuropsychological practice.
• Experience of working within a MDT and chairing complex treatment planning / discharge meetings with team member and patients.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist in outpatient or community-based neuropsychology services.
• Evidence of experience in service development within neuro rehabilitation service contexts

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management with service users with complex neurological conditions.
• Highly -developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable criteria

• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in 'specific and difficult to treat' groups (e.g. personality disorder, challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities, functional overlay and/ or functional neurological conditions).

Personal

Essential criteria

• Ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• Ability to interact and to build and sustain relationships with people with acquired brain injuries and their families.
• Is a team player and has demonstrated ability to work and deliver to team and organisational objectives.
• Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary neuro-rehabilitation services and to outside agencies.
• Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism and to reflect on and manage own emotions and those of others when faced with highly distressing circumstances and situations on a frequent basis.
• Adaptable and able to work flexibly when required (e.g. in the light of service priorities) Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently, and with initiative in circumstances where the post holder has discretion to work within team and Trust policies, service principles, professional codes of practice and other appropriate parameters, and to determine how objectives agreed with manager are best achieved.
• Capacity for tolerating frustration, change and high levels of demand with an ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Ability to accept and use clinical supervision appropriately and effectively.

Desirable criteria

• Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of experience of managing complex ethical and treatment issues in the context of neuropsychological rehabilitation
• Evidence of experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the psychological care and treatment of referred clients and of supervising MDT members whilst carrying responsibility for the psychological aspects for the MDT care plan.

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.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.

Documents to download

• OCE IP 8B JD (PDF, 240.4KB)
• OCE IP 8B PS (PDF, 368.6KB)