Clinical Psychologist Lecturer (Neuropsychology) / Senior Lecturer (Neuropsychology)

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About Us

The IoPPN is a Faculty of King's College London and the largest academic community in Europe devoted to work contributing to the understanding, prevention and treatment of mental illness and other conditions that affect the brain. The IoPPN's greatest strength is the interdisciplinary nature of both its research strategy and educational activities, providing unique opportunities for students and staff. Link to IoPPN webpage: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/index.aspx

The postholder will work within the Department of Psychology:

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/mental-health-and-psychological-sciences/about/dep...

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinical academic in neuropsychology (Lecturer or Senior Lecturer depending on qualifications, skills & experience) with strong research and clinical experience to join the Department of Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London (IoPPN-KCL). It is a full-time position shared by IoPPN-KCL with the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), with five half-day sessions allocated to the academic and clinical roles respectively.

In this role, you will build a research programme in an area of neuropsychology. If successful, you will attract external funding as principal investigator, as well as collaborating with other research groups.

This is a full time, and you will be offered an indefinite contract

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Doctoral level professional qualification in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy or equivalent) and registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
2. PhD in topic relevant to Clinical Neuropsychology
3. Ability to develop and write competitive funding applications to a range of research organisations
4. Ability to produce nationally and internationally excellent scientific outputs
5. Strong research record, with peer-reviewed publications as a key contributor & evidence of potential to attract research funding.
6. Highly specialist clinical assessment and treatment skills as applied to neuropsychology and post-qualification clinical experience, working under supervision (L/SL), with experience of providing supervision to pre- and post-qualification psychologists (SL)
7. Experience of delivering excellent quality teaching or training to undergraduate and/or postgraduate students (Essential for Senior Lecturer, Desirable for Lecturer)
8. Commitment to improving equality, diversity and inclusion

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of supervising post-graduate research students (L); experience of supervising DClinPsy research dissertations and/or PhD students to completion (SL).
2. Experience of designing course curriculum, content and assessments
3. Post-doctoral training in neuropsychological practice
4. At Lecturer level: Working towards or planning to undertake the British Psychological Society's Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN) (supervision will be available). At Senior Lecturer level: Working towards or having completed the QiCN
5. Recognised HE teaching qualification or appropriate HEA fellowship

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

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