Assistant Psychologist Research - Horsham

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you’ll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other. We make a real difference to the lives of our service users, and our Central Recruitment team plays a key role in supporting our operational services.

The Role

• Partly based in Horsham (partly Hybrid working), but with national responsibilities, this role will support the Clinical Director and Research Fellow working on service evaluation and research projects.
• You will be a fundamental part of the team and will have a direct impact on the services and resources we provide to our service users.
• In your role, you will be responsible for assisting senior staff in the collation and analysis of clinical outcome data from Brainkind services nationwide and for developing group resource materials for use with adults with acquired brain injury.
• Your work will support a range of clinical research projects with a view for wider dissemination.
• You will gain skills and experience of research within a clinical setting which are relevant to those pursuing a career in Clinical Psychology.
• To assist with the research design, literature review, participant recruitment, and assessment, data entry and analysis and preparation of manuscripts for publication in a range of projects.
• To collate and analyse outcome data from all BIRT services and to utilise this data to produce high quality reports.
• To assist the Clinical Director in conducting clinical audit of Brainkind services.
• To develop resource materials (including multimedia) for use in the rehabilitation of adults with acquired brain injury.
• To edit resource materials and present them in accessible form.
• To collect feedback from individual Brainkind services about resource materials and to make alterations to these resources if necessary.
• To support and facilitate research and innovation within Brainkind and the sharing of new approaches to rehabilitation.
• To undertake any other duties as may from time to time be specified by Brainkind, that is within the level and responsibility appropriate to the grade of the post.
• To undertake any reasonable travelling requirements, in order to fulfil the tasks and responsibilities of the role.

About you

• Upper second class or first class honours degree in psychology.
• Ideally you will have a Masters in Research Methods or other clinically relevant topic, though this is not essential.
• Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Experience of working as part of a team.
• Ability to carry out research under direction and supervision.
• A Full driving licence and the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.

Benefits

• A competitive salary of £25,147 per annum.
• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
• Excellent training and support.
• Group life assurance.
• Company Pension.
• Eye voucher scheme.
• Free parking.

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS / PVG checks. Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.

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