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Clinical Psychologist York, England

The Disabilities Trust

Full Time York, England 41659 - 47672 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Clinical Psychologist

York

Salary: £41,659 - £47,846 per annum *Golden Hello Bonus £6000* (Subject to T & C's)

Hours: Flexible working hours available.

The Disabilities Trust is looking for a Clinical Psychologist who wants to share their experience by working at our service, York House.

We assess and provide rehabilitation primarily for service users with an acquired brain injury using the neuro-behavioural model of social rehabilitation. The aim is to provide a continuous link for each service user through their pathway of care from our rehabilitation services through to re-integration into the community.

You will work as part of a dynamic Multi-disciplinary Team, which includes a Consultant Neuropsychologist, Senior 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.

“Our flagship hospital at the Chocolate Works will open in late 2023, on the former Terry’s Chocolate Factory in York. The development will provide leading edge facilities and support for the rehabilitation and treatment of people with a brain injury.”

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/clinical lead.
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 a range of 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.
To contribute specialist psychological advice to the multi/inter disciplinary formulation, appropriate therapeutic approaches or intervention plans, and be involved in, or oversee specialist psychological aspects of their implementation in collaborations with other staff.
To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant service users and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi/inter disciplinary team.

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

Benefits Include:

38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
Salary: £41,659 - £47,846 per annum
*Golden Hello Bonus £6000* (Subject to T & C's)
Excellent training and support
QiCN Sponsorship
Group life assurance
Eye voucher scheme
Long service and staff awards
Nationwide employee staff discounts including discounted gym membership, 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.

The successful candidate will be financially supported on achieving QiCN should they wish to pursue this. There will be opportunities to be involved on research projects, some of them conducted together with the University College London or University of Glasgow.

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, click the Apply Now button

Please note: we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

*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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