Principal Psychologist - Llanelli

Brainkind

The closing date is 31 May 2024

Job summary

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 youll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

The Role:

Brainkind is looking for a Principal Psychologist who wants to develop their experience by working in our highly regarded service at TY Aberdafen.

Ty Aberdafen works with people who have to cope with a range of cognitive, physical and / or emotional symptoms following a severe brain injury. Rehabilitation is based on a neurobehavioral approach and focuses on enabling service users to function more independently and to participate in as many of their previous roles and activities as possible, while developing their lives with privacy, dignity and respect.

You will provide strategic, professional leadership to the multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team, which includes Assistant Psychologists, Rehabilitation Support Workers, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include:

ensuring the provision and development of high quality, innovative, and evidence based neuropsychological rehabilitation practice.
providing specialist psychological assessment of our service users, using psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report scales, structured observations and interviews; - formulating and implementing specialist psychological treatment plans for mental health and adjustment difficulties based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence-based best practice;
contributing highly specialist psychological advice to the multi-disciplinary formulation of appropriate therapeutic approaches or intervention plans, and supervising their implementation; - undertaking psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant service users and advising team members appropriately;
participating in multidisciplinary team meetings concerned with the delivery and development of clinical services; - Supporting Service Managers/Regional Managers in all aspects of managing the service and to report to the Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist.

About us

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. Its 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.

Date posted

10 April 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience £58,972 - £68,525 DOE FTE

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0462-24-0034

Job locations

Brainkind

The Avenue

Llanelli

SA15 2DP

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN PURPOSE

To provide strategic, professional leadership to the multi/inter disciplinary team within the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Brainkind, ensuring the planning and development of a systematic response to service need. To interpret professional policies, ensuring that the services operate at the highest level of quality and current best practice. Research and development will be a major responsibility as will taking a major role in the development and implementation of policy for the service system as a whole. To provide clinical services at a high level of expertise, supporting and advising colleagues on all issues concerned with neuropsychological clinical practice and providing expert clinical consultation and professional guidance to clinical neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists and other clinicians within BIRT. To provide clinical leadership and direction for the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Brainkind service across a designated service, including the clinical leadership of the multi/inter disciplinary team and support worker staff within designated service and other related BIRT services in the region.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To ensure the development of high quality, innovative, and evidence based neuropsychological rehabilitation practice within BIRT. To support the Service Manager/Registered Manager/Regional Manager in all aspects of managing the service. To function as a member of the Clinical Executive of consultant clinicians within Brainkind.

To externally represent and promote Brainkinds approach to psychology. To work with the service and regional managers to strategically promote appropriate referrals to the service, with development of clinical governance in line with Brainkind policies and directives.

Clinical / Professional Practice

To provide a high level of expertise for specialist psychological assessment and neuropsychological assessment of adults with acquired brain injury referred to (insert service location) 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 complete preadmission assessments, developing highly specialist, collaborative and holistic neurobehavioural formulations of an individuals rehabilitation needs, including the development of SMART goals.
To be competent to support development of neurobehavioural rehabilitation within the Service, supported by the clinical director and clinical leadership team.
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 highly 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. You will take the lead in very complex cases, over see the care plans and neurobehavioural rehabilitation guidelines, providing support to other psychologists and the rest of the multi/inter disciplinary team.
To lead on supporting the multi/inter disciplinary team in developing personal goals with service users and translate this to specific, measurable, achievable, relevant timed SMART goals with the team.
To support the multi/inter disciplinary team in the process of developing person centred, holistic goals based around personal values and social participation.
To be responsible for providing a highly specialist psychological and neuropsychological perspective in the multi/inter disciplinary assessment of service users and their families particularly for complex cases. You will contribute highly specialist psychological and neuropsychological advice to the multi/inter disciplinary formulation of appropriate therapeutic approaches or intervention plans, and to be involved in, or oversee specialist psychological aspects of their implementation in collaborations with other staff, particularly in complex cases.
To understand and communicate the BIRT whole team, holistic, neurobehavioural approach, to the clinical team, rehabilitation support workers.
To be responsible for relevant data collection on work activities, as required.
To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant clients and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi/inter disciplinary team.
To consult with and provide specialist neuropsychological guidance to carers and families of service users within BIRT.
To lead the Clinical Team and ensure that the Rehabilitation Support workers understand and implement the neurobehavioral rehabilitation approach. To do this by leading team meetings, ensuring staff have tutorials, group work, SMART goals and that other materials are available for supporting the clinical model within the service. To support colleagues in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy to working within the BIRT Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation Model, and to encourage specialist learning and research within these professions.
To proactively liaise effectively with referrers and purchasers of BIRT services, to develop commissioning links with NHS and other providers via linking in with relevant regional and other structures where possible.
To develop service delivery in conjunction with managers and clinicians, that meets CQCs and clinical governances standards of excellence.

Leadership

To be responsible for promoting and implementing agreed developments in brain injury rehabilitation service provision on behalf of Brainkind.
To be responsible for ensuring that the policies and procedures of Brainkind, the profession and the service are properly implemented by the neuropsychological practitioners.
To take a leading role, in collaboration with other senior staff, in the planning and development of services for people with acquired brain injury.
To communicate through a variety of methods (written, virtual, verbal) to a high standard, in a timely and appropriate manner, in line with confidentiality policies to ensure to delivery of a high-quality service.

Evidence, Research and Development

To take a leading role in the evaluation of BIRT Services by initiating, designing and implementing service-related research and evaluation projects with approval via the relevant processes.
To provide leadership and management with regard to the selection and design of complex audit projects, guiding and supporting colleagues to develop service provision.
To develop a high profile at a local and national level through engaging in relevant professional activities.

To be responsible for maintaining a high standard of clinical record keeping in accordance with Brainkind, professional and national standards for Health Care records.
To keep abreast of developments in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, particularly in the field of neurorehabilitation.
To participate fully in supporting the activities of the Psychology profession within Brainkind, including attending relevant meetings.

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN PURPOSE

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical / Professional Practice

To provide a high level of expertise for specialist psychological assessment and neuropsychological assessment of adults with acquired brain injury referred to (insert service location) 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 complete preadmission assessments, developing highly specialist, collaborative and holistic neurobehavioural formulations of an individuals rehabilitation needs, including the development of SMART goals.
To be competent to support development of neurobehavioural rehabilitation within the Service, supported by the clinical director and clinical leadership team.
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 highly 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. You will take the lead in very complex cases, over see the care plans and neurobehavioural rehabilitation guidelines, providing support to other psychologists and the rest of the multi/inter disciplinary team.
To lead on supporting the multi/inter disciplinary team in developing personal goals with service users and translate this to specific, measurable, achievable, relevant timed SMART goals with the team.
To support the multi/inter disciplinary team in the process of developing person centred, holistic goals based around personal values and social participation.
To be responsible for providing a highly specialist psychological and neuropsychological perspective in the multi/inter disciplinary assessment of service users and their families particularly for complex cases. You will contribute highly specialist psychological and neuropsychological advice to the multi/inter disciplinary formulation of appropriate therapeutic approaches or intervention plans, and to be involved in, or oversee specialist psychological aspects of their implementation in collaborations with other staff, particularly in complex cases.
To understand and communicate the BIRT whole team, holistic, neurobehavioural approach, to the clinical team, rehabilitation support workers.
To be responsible for relevant data collection on work activities, as required.
To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant clients and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi/inter disciplinary team.
To consult with and provide specialist neuropsychological guidance to carers and families of service users within BIRT.
To lead the Clinical Team and ensure that the Rehabilitation Support workers understand and implement the neurobehavioral rehabilitation approach. To do this by leading team meetings, ensuring staff have tutorials, group work, SMART goals and that other materials are available for supporting the clinical model within the service. To support colleagues in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy to working within the BIRT Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation Model, and to encourage specialist learning and research within these professions.
To proactively liaise effectively with referrers and purchasers of BIRT services, to develop commissioning links with NHS and other providers via linking in with relevant regional and other structures where possible.
To develop service delivery in conjunction with managers and clinicians, that meets CQCs and clinical governances standards of excellence.

Leadership

To be responsible for promoting and implementing agreed developments in brain injury rehabilitation service provision on behalf of Brainkind.
To be responsible for ensuring that the policies and procedures of Brainkind, the profession and the service are properly implemented by the neuropsychological practitioners.
To take a leading role, in collaboration with other senior staff, in the planning and development of services for people with acquired brain injury.
To communicate through a variety of methods (written, virtual, verbal) to a high standard, in a timely and appropriate manner, in line with confidentiality policies to ensure to delivery of a high-quality service.

Evidence, Research and Development

To take a leading role in the evaluation of BIRT Services by initiating, designing and implementing service-related research and evaluation projects with approval via the relevant processes.
To provide leadership and management with regard to the selection and design of complex audit projects, guiding and supporting colleagues to develop service provision.
To develop a high profile at a local and national level through engaging in relevant professional activities.

To be responsible for maintaining a high standard of clinical record keeping in accordance with Brainkind, professional and national standards for Health Care records.
To keep abreast of developments in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, particularly in the field of neurorehabilitation.
To participate fully in supporting the activities of the Psychology profession within Brainkind, including attending relevant meetings.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good honours degree in Psychology i.e. 2 ii or above.
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (BPS accredited) or its equivalent to meet requirements to register as a practitioner psychologist with the HCPC.
Post Graduate training in Neuropsychology through an accredited route for the QiCN (e.g. PG Dip).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good honours degree in Psychology i.e. 2 ii or above.
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (BPS accredited) or its equivalent to meet requirements to register as a practitioner psychologist with the HCPC.
Post Graduate training in Neuropsychology through an accredited route for the QiCN (e.g. PG Dip).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).