Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist
Llanelli, South Wales
Band 8A – 8B | Competitive Salary
2 - 3 days a week, on site
Lead Neurorehabilitation Psychology at the UK's Leading Brain Injury Charities.
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.
As the UK's leading brain injury charity, Brainkind has an outstanding reputation for delivering life-changing rehabilitation and care. This role offers the opportunity to combine clinical excellence, leadership, service development, supervision, and neuropsychological expertise within a supportive and progressive organisation.
Why Join Brainkind?
At Brainkind, we believe rehabilitation is about far more than recovery – it's about helping people rediscover purpose, confidence, and independence.
You'll be joining a service where your expertise directly influences outcomes for individuals living with:
- Acquired brain injury
- Traumatic brain injury
- Neurological conditions
- Cognitive, emotional and behavioural challenges following injury or illness
Working within our established neurobehavioural model, you'll collaborate with a skilled interdisciplinary team including:
- Clinical Psychologists
- Consultant Neuropsychologists
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Speech & Language Therapists
- Assistant Psychologists
- Rehabilitation Support Staff
Together, you'll deliver evidence-based, person-centred neurorehabilitation that changes lives.
The Opportunity
This is a highly influential clinical position combining direct therapeutic work, neuropsychological assessment, consultation, supervision, training, and service development.
You will:
- 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
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Assessment & Intervention
- Deliver specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessments using psychometric testing, structured observations, interviews and self-report measures
- Formulate complex presentations and develop evidence-based intervention plans
- Coordinate care as appropriate alongside the multidisciplinary team
- Deliver individual, family and group interventions tailored to service user needs
- 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
- Provide specialist psychological advice and consultation across the service
- Support families and carers through guidance and psychoeducation
- Supervise assistant psychologists, trainees and relevant clinical staff
- 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
- Remain informed of current research and evidence-based practice
- Initiate and participate in neuropsychology and rehabilitation research projects where appropriate
- Contribute specialist expertise to ongoing development of Brainkind's services
Professional Practice
- Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping
- Communicate effectively through written, verbal and virtual methods
- Ensure compliance with professional, organisational and national standards
- Demonstrate responsibility for resources and equipment provided by Brainkind
- Maintain professional knowledge of developments within Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation
About You
Essential 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
- Current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
Experience & Knowledge:
- Experience producing high-quality clinical reports
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to the client group
- Ability to analyse and manage complex clinical information from multiple sources
- Strong communication skills across a variety of audiences
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams
- Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and alignment with Brainkind values
Desirable:
- Interest in Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation
- Previous experience within a neuropsychology setting
- Experience conducting research within neuropsychology or acquired brain injury services
Personal Attributes:
- Resilient and adaptable
- Compassionate and person-centred
- Comfortable working with complex and occasionally challenging presentations
- Collaborative and relationship-focused
- Passionate about improving outcomes for people with brain injuries
Rewards & Benefits
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
- Clinical Supervision & Support
- Group Life Assurance
- Company Pension
- Eye Voucher Scheme
- Free On-Site Parking
- Long Service & Staff Awards
- Discounts on Leading Brands and Services
Career Development
At Brainkind, investment in our people is a priority.
You'll benefit from:
- Outstanding clinical supervision
- Access to specialist neuropsychology expertise
- Ongoing CPD and training opportunities
- Opportunities to contribute to research and service innovation
- A supportive, inclusive and collaborative culture
- Genuine opportunities for career progression
Apply Today
If you're looking for a senior clinical role where you can combine specialist neuropsychology expertise with meaningful leadership and life-changing rehabilitation work, we'd love to hear from you.
Please note: We review applications and interview on a rolling basis. Early applications are strongly encouraged.
Important Information
All successful candidates will be subject to compliance checks, including:
- Enhanced DBS/PVG checks
- Three years of satisfactory references
Brainkind is a Disability Confident Employer. We guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to thrive.
