Job Title | Principal Psychologist |
Location | Leeds |
Job Type | Permanent |
Speciality | Principal Psychologist |
Rates | £53,168 - 62,001 per annum |
Description
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.
What are we looking for?
• The successful applicant will have a doctorate in clinical psychology (or equivalent) accredited by the BPS. It is essential that you are able to gather, analyse and interpret complex multi-factorial clinical information, and formulate this so as to effectively direct team working.
• We are looking for an individual who has excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to deal with complex and emotive subjects.
• You will have excellent organisation skills, the ability to prioritise workloads, the ability to administer and interpret a range of psychometric tests, and a track record of conducting clinical research or audit.
• We are looking for a clinical psychologist with experience in neurorehabilitation, an interest in neuropsychology, and motivated to develop an excellent service further.