Clinical Psychologist - Liverpool
Posted 4 hours 27 minutes ago by NHS
Hours: 18 hours per week.
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 will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
Brainkind is a Disability Confident Employer. 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, with inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.
Main duties- To work as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team, providing clinical psychology and neuropsychology input within the Brainkind neurobehavioral model to service users with acquired brain injury. You will consult with internal and external professionals, family members and service users, engage in relevant research and advise other professionals as appropriate.
- 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 users care.
- To coordinate Service Users 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 multidisciplinary 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, with ongoing evaluation of outcomes.
- To contribute specialist psychological advice to the multidisciplinary 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 multidisciplinary team.
- To maintain a high standard of clinical record keeping in accordance with Brainkind, professional and national standards for Health Care records.
- To participate in regular on-call support for the unit on a rota basis and to communicate through a variety of methods (written, virtual, verbal) to a high standard, ensuring confidentiality.
- To consult with and provide specialist psychological guidance to carers and families of service users.
- To exercise autonomous professional judgement and responsibility for the psychological management of service users on own caseload, seeking appropriate supervision as required.
- To demonstrate a duty of care to equipment and resources supplied by Brainkind and remain informed of current research to support evidence-based practice.
- To contribute to project management, complex audits, and data collection as required, and coordinate administration of agreed outcome measures.
- With approval, initiate and conduct psychologically based research relevant to the care of adults with acquired brain injury, as agreed with the Consultant Neuropsychologist.
- A competitive salary of £28,136 per annum (Actual Salary)
- 38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) (pro rata)
- Buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave
- Health Cash Plan
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Excellent training and support
- Group life assurance
- Free parking
- Company Pension
- Long Service and Staff Awards
- Degree in Psychology, accepted by BPS for Graduate Basis Registration (GBR) or equivalent.
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (BPS accredited) or its equivalent to meet requirements to register as a practitioner psychologist with the HCPC.
- Registered with the HCPC
- Knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to the service user group.
- Relevant experience in producing clinical reports.
- An understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and an alignment to Brainkind values.
- Ability to communicate at all levels, both oral and written to a range of audiences.
- Ability to research, analyse and manage complex multi-factorial clinical information from a range of sources.
- Resilient with the ability to work with unpredictable service users (e.g., demanding, verbally and physically aggressive).
- Ability to effectively work as part of an interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary team.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Depending on experience, £28,136 per annum (Actual Salary)