Senior Clinical Psychologist ***£6000 Welcome Bonus (Subject to T & C'S)Leeds Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 DOE Band 8aThe salary for this role will be reviewed once the NHS release their 2024/25 Agenda for Change (AfC) Hours: Flexible working hours available Brainkind is looking for a Senior/Principal Psychologist who wants to share their experience by working at our service at Daniel Yorath House. Daniel Yorath House is a unit in Leeds providing rehabilitation to people with acquired brain injury. You will work as part of a dynamic Multi-disciplinary Team, which includes a Consultant Neuropsychologist, Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists, a Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. Along with our Rehabilitation Support Worker team we deliver a neurobehavioural rehabilitation service for people with acquired brain injury and complex needs. Why join us? Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you’ll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other. The Role: Your responsibilities will include:
1. Providing specialist psychological assessment of our service users, using psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report scales, structured observations and interviews with all stakeholder;
2. Contributing highly specialist psychological advice to the multi-disciplinary formulation of appropriate therapeutic approaches or intervention plans;
3. Undertaking psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant service users and advising team members appropriately;
4. Participating in Multi-disciplinary Team meetings concerned with the delivery and development of clinical services;
About you: The successful applicant will have a doctorate in clinical psychology (or equivalent) accredited by BPS. It's essential you have the ability to communicate well at all levels and are able to gather, analyse and interpret complex multi-factorial clinical information. We are also looking for an individual who has excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with complex emotive subjects. You'll need excellent organisation skills, the ability to prioritise workloads as well as the ability to administer and interpret a range of psychometric test material. Rewards:
5. 38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
6. ***£6000 Welcome Bonus (Subject to T & C'S)
7. QiCN Sponsorship
8. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
9. Excellent training and support
10. Group life assurance
11. Company Pension
12. Eye voucher scheme
13. Long service and staff awards
14. Free parking
15. Nationwide employee staff discounts incl. eating out and shopping
16. Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store
We will consider applications from candidates who require sponsorship.