Consultant Clinical Psychologist - Expiring soon!
Posted 14/08/2024 by Search
Job Title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £56,333 to £71,979 plus a £6,000 welcome bonus* (T&C'S apply)
Working Hours: 28 hours per week
About our client:
We are pleased to be representing a charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Their assessment centres, rehabilitation units, and hospitals offer expert neurorehabilitation to help individuals regain the skills they have lost due to trauma, illness, substance abuse, and more. You will be joining a team of employees who are incredibly passionate about their roles, fostering a strong team spirit and a supportive environment across all services.
About the role:
We are seeking an experienced and qualified Consultant Clinical Psychologist to join our clients highly regarded service in Birmingham. The successful candidate will provide strategic, professional leadership to their multidisciplinary rehabilitation team, ensuring the provision and development of high-quality, evidence-based neuropsychological rehabilitation practices.
Your Responsibilities as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist will include:
Strategic Leadership: Provide professional and clinical leadership to the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) through the Clinical Executive, ensuring the highest standards of quality and current best practices are met across the service.
Service Development: Lead the planning and development of a systematic response to service needs, interpreting professional policies and contributing to the implementation of service-wide policies with a strong emphasis on research and development.
Expert Consultation: Offer clinical services at a high level of expertise, supporting and advising colleagues on neuropsychological clinical practices. Provide expert clinical consultation and professional guidance to clinical neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, and other clinicians within BIRT.
Multidisciplinary Leadership: Lead the multidisciplinary team, including clinical and support staff, to ensure the delivery of high-quality neurorehabilitation services. Offer clinical leadership across relevant regional BIRT services.
About you:
Essential Qualifications:
- Degree in Psychology accepted by the British Psychological Society (BPS) for Graduate Basis Registration (GBR) or equivalent.
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS.
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Essential skills:
- Ability to comprehend and communicate highly complex and sensitive information, both verbally and in writing, tailored to various settings and audiences, including those with significantly impaired communication capacities.
- Expertise in analysing and managing complex multi-factorial information from clinical and organisational sources, integrating and formulating it from various psychological perspectives, and making expert professional judgements about appropriate actions in a public service context.
- Strong skills in managing specialist professional staff, overseeing the day-to-day management of clinical services, and handling financial resources.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act, and its implications for clinical practice and professional management in relation to the service user group.
- Experience working as a Consultant or extensive experience as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in a relevant setting.
What are the benefits included?
- 38 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays (pro rata).
- Access to their Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) along with excellent training and support.
- Group life assurance, company pension, eye voucher scheme, long service and staff awards, and free parking.
- Nationwide employee staff discounts, including eating out and shopping, and eligibility for a Blue Light Card.
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- 14/08/2024 10:1
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- Req/657292_1723627372
- Job ID:
- 222164263
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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