Clinical Psychologist
Job Title Clinical Psychologist
Location Leeds
Job Type Permanent
Speciality Clinical Psychologist
Rates £41,659 - £47,846 per annum

Description

We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist who wants to share their experience by working at our service.

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.

For more information, contact Gaurang Barot on +44(0) 203 411 5531 or email on gaurang@permanenthire.co.uk