At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead neurorehabilitation psychology and support adults with brain injuries to rebuild their lives.
- Company: Join Brainkind, the UK's leading brain injury charity with a strong reputation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 38 days annual leave, health cash plan, and excellent training opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with genuine career progression and commitment to equality and diversity.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your clinical expertise.
- Qualifications: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and experience in producing high-quality clinical reports.
The predicted salary is between 56276 - 63585 £ per year.
Brainkind is seeking an experienced and passionate Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist to join our specialist neurorehabilitation service in Llanelli, South Wales. This is a senior clinical opportunity to play a pivotal role within a highly regarded multidisciplinary team, supporting adults with acquired brain injuries and complex neurological conditions to rebuild their lives, maximise independence, and achieve meaningful personal outcomes.
This role offers the opportunity to combine clinical excellence, leadership, service development, supervision, and neuropsychological expertise within a supportive and progressive organisation. At Brainkind, we believe rehabilitation is about far more than recovery – it's about helping people rediscover purpose, confidence, and independence.
You will be joining a service where your expertise directly influences outcomes for individuals living with:
- Clinical Psychologists
- Consultant Neuropsychologists
- Speech Language Therapists
- Rehabilitation Support Staff
Together, you will deliver evidence-based, person-centred neurorehabilitation that changes lives. This is a highly influential clinical position combining direct therapeutic work, neuropsychological assessment, consultation, supervision, training, and service development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide specialist clinical psychology and neuropsychology input within Brainkind's neurobehavioural model.
- Support adults with acquired brain injuries through assessment, formulation and intervention.
- Work closely with service users, families, carers and external professionals.
- Contribute to service development, audit, research and quality improvement initiatives.
- Provide supervision, consultation and specialist guidance to colleagues across the service.
- Help shape best practice within a leading neurorehabilitation environment.
- Deliver specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessments using psychometric testing, structured observations, interviews and self-report measures.
- Support cognitive rehabilitation, emotional adjustment and behavioural management.
- Undertake psychologically informed risk assessment and management.
- Develop meaningful rehabilitation goals with service users and translate them into measurable outcomes.
Leadership, Consultation, Supervision:
- Exercise autonomous clinical judgement while working within professional standards and supervision structures.
- Contribute to the implementation of psychological approaches across the wider team.
Service Development, Research Quality:
- Contribute to audits, quality improvement projects and service development initiatives.
- Coordinate agreed outcome measures and clinical data collection.
- Initiate and participate in neuropsychology and rehabilitation research projects where appropriate.
- Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping.
- Communicate effectively through written, verbal and virtual methods.
- Maintain professional knowledge of developments within Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Psychology accepted by the British Psychological Society (BPS) for Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) or equivalent.
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (BPS accredited) or equivalent qualification eligible for HCPC registration.
- Experience producing high-quality clinical reports.
- Commitment to Equality, Diversity Inclusion and alignment with Brainkind values.
We recognise the value of our people and offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Competitive Salary (Band 8A – 8B)
- 38 Days Annual Leave (including bank holidays, pro rata)
- Buy and Sell up to 5 Days Annual Leave
- Health Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Excellent Training Professional Development
- Group Life Assurance
- Company Pension
- Eye Voucher Scheme
- Free On-Site Parking
- Long Service Staff Awards
- Discounts on Leading Brands and Services
Career Development:
- Ongoing CPD and training opportunities.
- Genuine opportunities for career progression.
If you are looking for a senior clinical role where you can combine specialist neuropsychology expertise with meaningful leadership and life-changing rehabilitation work, we would love to hear from you.
Enhanced DBS/PVG checks. Brainkind is a Disability Confident Employer.
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Brainkind is an exceptional employer, renowned for its commitment to delivering life-changing rehabilitation and care within a supportive and progressive environment. As a Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist in Llanelli, South Wales, you will benefit from a competitive salary, extensive annual leave, and a comprehensive training and development programme, all while working alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary team to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with acquired brain injuries. Join us to not only advance your career but also to contribute to a mission that prioritises purpose, confidence, and independence for those we serve.
