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Clinical Psychologist Leeds, England

The Disabilities Trust

Full Time Leeds, England 41659 - 47672 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Clinical Psychologist

Leeds

Salary: £41,659 - £47,672 DOE

Hours: Flexible working hours

This opportunity is based in 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.

We will train you to provide personalised support and you will follow individual support plans to meet the needs and aspirations of each person. The focus is developing independent living skills: personal hygiene, meal preparation, exercise, leisure activities, socialising, accessing the local community – the daily routine of regular life.

Why join us?

The Disabilities Trust 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:

As a Clinical Psychologist you will work as part of a multi disciplinary team to provide clinical psychology and neuropsychology input to service users with acquired brain injury. You will liaise with internal and external professionals, family members and service users.

Main Responsibilities:

To provide specialist psychological/neuropsychological assessment of adults with acquired brain injury referred to BIRT and related services, utilising and interpreting information from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self report scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service user’s care.
To coordinate Service User’s care as appropriate and agreed with your supervisor, in the role of keyworker
To formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological and/ or neuropsychological intervention to support the neurorehabilitation of adults with acquired brain injury as part of the multi/inter disciplinary team, based on current evidence-based best practice.
To elicit personal goals from service users and translate this to specific, measurable, achievable, relevant timed SMART goals with the team.
To undertake psychological therapeutic and rehabilitation interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual, family and group) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual and the context and ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention.

About you:

We're looking for someone with the following skills and qualities:

Degree in Psychology, accepted by BPS
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent)
HCPC registered

Rewards:

A competitive salary of £41,659 - £47,672 DOE dependant on experience (pro rata)
38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) (pro rata)
QiCN Sponsorship and supervision
Opportunities to participate in research
Excellent training and support
Group life assurance
Eye voucher scheme
Long service and staff awards
Nationwide employee staff discounts including discounted eating out and shopping
Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store

All clinical roles have CPD opportunities, and we may support further professional development

We will consider applications from candidates who require sponsorship. To join our friendly team please press Apply Now.

*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*

The Disabilities Trust are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. The Disabilities Trust is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It’s a place where we recognise, celebrate and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.

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