Job Purpose/Summary • To provide specialist psychological/neuropsychological assessment of adults with acquired brain injury referred to BIRT 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 coordinate Service User’s care as appropriate and agreed with your supervisor, in the role of keyworker/clinical lead. • 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 contribute specialist psychological advice to the multi/inter disciplinary formulation, appropriate therapeutic approaches or intervention plans, and 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/inter disciplinary team. Qualification and Experience required for Clinical Psychologists: - HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist Desirable: • You will be required to effectively manage your time to balance the demands of this role in an environment that can have unpredictable work patterns during your working time, changing priorities and frequent interruptions. You should be able to quickly and effectively adapt your working practices to meet the needs of the service user you are working with. • As a result of their condition or associated psychological factors, some service users may exhibit challenging behaviours such as swearing, disinhibited behaviour and aggression. You will need to be able to manage these behaviours with compassion and professionalism. In some settings you may also be required to use appropriate physical intervention techniques once trained and competent.