Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

Leeds Children's Hospital is seeking to recruit an Assistant Psychologist to work within the Paediatric Neuropsychology Team. Leeds Childrens Hospital is one of the largest paediatric centres in the country, providing a range of specialty clinical services. The role is based in Martin Wing, in Leeds General Infirmary.

Main duties of the job

Paediatric Neuropsychology has a well-established relationship with the Paediatric Neurology Team and works closely with the Medical Consultants, Specialist Nurses and therapists. The post-holder will offer predominantly out-patient neuropsychological assessment and clinical support to the Neuropsychological Team.

Clinical work includes administrating and scoring a range of neuropsychological tests with patients presenting with various neurological disorders; providing research assistance for the neuropsychological assessment of participants enrolled in clinical trials; data collection and analysis; and assistance with writing papers and research proposals. This will include the use of a database (Excel); advanced systematic literature searches and retrieval; data collection, entry and analysis using SPSS and liaison with a variety of professions.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: Sarah Goodfellow

Position: Lead Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychologist

Email: (apply through the link on this page)

Phone number: (apply through the link on this page) Interview Date: 20th October

Why you should join our Team

This post is hosted in the Department of Paediatric Psychology (DPP), which currently has over 30 clinicians working in specialty teams, who have been at the forefront of digital developments (digital clinics, short courses and record keeping). The DPP is academically ambitious with links to the expanding DClinPsych Programme and Schools of Psychology, Medicine and Healthcare at the University of Leeds.

This role is based in the Martin Wing, Leeds General Infirmary and the post holder will be mainly working on site from the team office, shared with other teams within the Paediatric Psychology department. The team is friendly and supportive and will provide the opportunity for the postholder to develop their skills within the role.

The Trust offers child-care voucher and cycle-to-work schemes, a salary-sacrifice, lease car arrangement and a healthcare-fund program, as well as on-site facilities (such as day care nurseries and gyms).

Please note, the opportunity to apply for this post may be closed early depending on the number of applications received.

What you will bring to the role

To undertake neurocognitive assessments of paediatric patients and research participants

To undertake data collection, data entry and analysis.

To undertake searches of evidence-based literature.

To provide coordination and assist in the running of the research activities.

To be responsible for organising and co-ordinating own workload.

To work constructively with other staff involved in the research project.

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society, Trust and Department policies and procedures.

To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade, which may be required from time to time by the Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychologist.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.