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SalaryClinical Psychologist
Ely
Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 DOE *Golden Hello Bonus of £6000* (Subject to T&C'S) - *The salary for this role will be reviewed once the NHS release their 2024/25 Agenda for Change (AfC)*
Hours: Flexible working hours
Why join us?
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of peoplewith 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:
This opportunity is based in Fen House, Ely which provides rehabilitation to up to 25 individuals with an acquired brain injury. It is a unique community where the people we support can address their cognitive, behavioural, physical, and emotional difficulties. You will work alongside occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists who work collaboratively with support workers to enable individuals to achieve their goals, such as regaining the ability to walk, talk or re-learn daily skills.
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 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 £43,742 - £50,056 DOE (pro rata)
- *Golden Hello Bonus of £6000* (Subject to T&C'S)
- 38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) (pro rata)
- QiCN Sponsorship and supervision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Excellent training and support
- Group life assurance
- Company Pension
- Eye voucher scheme
- Long service and staff awards
- Free parking
- Nationwide employee staff discounts incl. 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*
Brainkind 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. Brainkind 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.
