NRC Clinical Psychologist in Rehabilitation

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Main area Surgery Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  

Site National Rehabilitation Centre Town Loughborough Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

Are you ready to join a team of pioneers ready to revolutionise the future of rehabilitation? Do you have a passion for transforming the lives of people who have experienced severe injury or illness? Here at the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) you will join an innovative, forward thinking team with the collective objective of providing first class rehabilitation to our patients.

The Psychological Health team at the NRC undertakes highly specialist assessment, formulation, and intervention, with patients with musculoskeletal, spinal and/or brain injury. Whilst you will work with the whole range of conditions, it is hoped that you will develop a special interest in musculoskeletal injury, and be at the forefront in developing this new specialism in Psychology at Nottingham.

This post is entirely based at the NRC, but organisationally it sits within the Department of Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. This means that there are excellent opportunities for professional support, CPD and networking.

Why choose the NRC? You will be at the forefront of big change over the next few years. Your contribution will be vital but not only that, you will be supported to grow and learn through our many developmental programmes at the NRC as well as to engaging in research an innovation.

Your will provide highly specialist Clinical Psychology assessment, intervention and advice, working directly with patients and their families. You will also work indirectly, providing advice to other NRC staff in order to meet the psychological needs of patients.

You will contribute to the teaching and training of NRC staff in order to develop their skills and knowledge, in meeting psychological need.

You will provide direction and clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists within the team, and may be the primary supervisor for a trainee Clinical Psychologist on placement with us.

You will contribute to the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of the service.

You will contribute to, lead and/or supervise research activities.

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification documents.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team  are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

The NRC building should be ready in the summer of 2026. This role may be temporarily based at our current unit Linden Lodge at City Hospital until we move to the 70 bed NRC facility .

You will be a member of the Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Department, working in the NRC Psychological Health team, and/or other specialisms as directed by the Head of…