Principal Psychologist

Brainkind; Llanelli; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a passionate Principal Psychologist to join a dedicated team in neurorehabilitation. This role focuses on improving the lives of individuals with acquired brain injuries, providing leadership and expert psychological assessments. You will work in a supportive environment that values innovation and evidence-based practices, ensuring the highest quality of care for service users. With a commitment to professional development and a range of employee benefits, this position offers a fulfilling career path where your contributions will make a significant impact. Join a charity that truly makes a difference in the lives of those affected by brain injuries.

Benefits

38 days annual leave

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Excellent training and support

Enhanced group life assurance

Free parking

Enhanced Company Pension

Long Service and Staff Awards

Enhanced Sickness Entitlement

Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by BPS is essential.
• Experience in neurorehabilitation and interest in neuropsychology.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team.
• Conduct psychological assessments and formulate treatment plans.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and support service management.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Clinical Research

Psychometric Testing

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Tools

Psychological Tests

Self-Report Scales

Job description

Principal Psychologist ***Welcome Bonus £6000***(Subject to T&C'S)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and qualified Principal Psychologist in neurorehabilitation to join us and help change the lives of people living with acquired brain injury (ABI).

We are seeking a Principal Psychologist capable of ensuring the provision and development of high quality, innovative and evidence based neuropsychological rehabilitation practice.

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’ll 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.

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 you:

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.

Rewards:

• A salary of £62,215 - £72,293 per annum DOE (PRO RATA)
• QiCN Sponsorship
• 38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) (pro rata)
• Buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave
• Health Cash Plan (available from June 2025)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Enhanced group life assurance
• Free parking
• Enhanced Company Pension
• Long Service and Staff Awards
• Enhanced Sickness Entitlement
• Medical Insurance

All clinical roles have CPD opportunities and we may support further professional development.

**We will consider applications from candidates who require sponsorship.

If this position sounds of interest to you, apply today by clicking Apply Now button.

Please note: we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

*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 is 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.