Clinical Psychologist

Location Glasgow
Job type Permanent
Salary £37560 - £43772 per annum + Dependant on experience
Reference HQ00102345_1579704341

Sanctuary Health is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Clinical Psychologist to work full-time in Glasgow.

The salary for this permanent Clinical Psychologist job is £37,560 - £43,772 per annum, depending on experience.

Main Purpose:

  • To work as part of an interdisciplinary team, providing clinical psychology input within the BIRT neurobehavioural model to service users with acquired brain injury. To liaise with internal and external professionals, family members and service users. To engage in relevant research and advise other professionals as appropriate.

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

  • To provide specialist psychological assessment of adults with acquired brain injury referred to BIRT (location of unit) 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 user's care.
  • To formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological treatment or management of service user's neuropsychological and mental health problems based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence-based best practice.
  • 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 and ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention.
  • To exercise autonomous professional judgement and responsibility for the psychological management of service users on own case load.
  • To be responsible for providing a specialist psychological perspective in the multi-disciplinary assessment of service users and their families.
  • To contribute highly specialist psychological advice to the multi-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.
  • To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant service users and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi-disciplinary team.
  • To consult with and provide specialist psychological guidance to carers and families of service users.
  • To participate in regular on call support for the unit on a rota basis.

Requirements of the Clinical Psychologist:

  • Be HCPC registered with a postgraduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology
  • Degree in Psychology, accepted by BPS for Graduate Basis Registration (GBR) or equivalent
  • Doctorate in clinical psychology (or equivalent) accredited by BPS
  • 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.
  • Relevant experience of training other professions on psychology assessment and treatment methods.
  • Relevant experience of, or ability to contribute to the planning and development of operational policies and service delivery.

Contact:

This Clinical Psychologist job is advertised by Marlon Sorhaindo; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.