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The Disabilities Trust
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Valley, Gwynedd
Clinical Psychologist - Milton Keynes
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Exciting opportunity for Clinical Psychologist working in brain injury rehabilitation The Disabilities Trust is looking for a Clinical Psychologist who wants to develop their experience by working in our highly regarded service Thomas Edward Mitton House. Thomas Edward Mitton provides care and support for up to 16 people who have acquired brain injury and have a range of cognitive, physical and/or emotional symptoms following their brain injury. Your responsibilities will include: * Providing specialist psychological assessment of our service users, using psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report scales, structured observations and interviews with all stakeholder; * 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; * 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; What are we looking for? The successful applicant will have a doctorate in clinical psychology (or equivalent) accredited by BPS. It's essential you have the ability to communicate well at all levels and are able to gather, analyse and interpret complex multi-factorial clinical information. We are also looking for an individual who has excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with complex emotive subjects. You'll need excellent organisation skills, the ability to prioritise workloads as well as the ability to administer and interpret a range of psychometric test material. Benefits include: * A salary of 37,000 - 42,000 per annum * 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) * Excellent training and support * Group life assurance * Eye voucher scheme * Long service and staff awards * free parking * Nationwide employee staff discounts including discounted gym membership, eating out and shopping. Hours: This is a permanent position, working Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. If this position sounds of interest to you, apply with your CV to lee.holt@thedtgroup.org today! Please Note: This post is subject to a DBS check and references.