Clinical Psychologist

Elysium Healthcare; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 47,000; Full time

Job description

Job summary

This is an opportunity to work as a Clinical Psychologist at Potters Bar Clinic, a service for young people and adults with acute mental health needs and personality disorders. You will be responsible for individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, MDT working, and risk assessments. You will also facilitate staff reflective practice sessions and design and deliver training.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Psychologist at Potters Bar Clinic, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service user's caseload, including assessing complex needs and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatments to support their care plans. You will be participating in the assessment of referrals, undertaking high-quality direct and indirect specialist psychological interventions, and formulating and implementing plans of specialist psychological treatment or management of patients' mental health needs based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence-based best practice.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for professional growth and development.

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Psychologist looking to take the next step in your career? If so, join Potters Bar Clinic in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire a service for young people and adults with acute mental health needs and personality disorders in an established 24-hour care environment. This is an opportunity to change lives for the better and help some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Reporting directly to the Lead Psychologist, you will be responsible for individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, MDT working and risk assessments. You will also facilitate staff reflective practice sessions and be requested to design and deliver training.

As a Psychologist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service user's caseload, including assessing complex needs and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatments to support their care plans.

Your Psychologist career at Potters Bar Clinic will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills throughout your time with us. Your professional growth is valued and there are numerous career development opportunities on offer. There is an extensive range of courses designed to help you grow and succeed in your career.

It's a career that brings pride and fulfilment, a true representation of what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

As a Psychologist you will be:

• Participating in the assessment of referrals, and to provide initial assessment service users referred to the service.
• Undertaking high quality direct (assessment & therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory, and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions and making autonomous clinical decisions.
• Working therapeutically with service users with complex presentations, undertake the assessments using a broad range of structured psychometric and semi structured clinical methods.
• Formulating and implementing plans of specialist psychological treatment or management of patients' mental health needs based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence based best practice.
• Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care.
• Maintaining high standards of care in all areas of practice and in accordance the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Company Policies and Procedures.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• Have BPS recognised psychology degrees
• Be HCPC registered
• Have Chartered Psychologist status and appropriate post-graduate qualifications
• Be an approved supervisor within the guidelines of the BPS and relevant division
• Have understanding of evidence-based psychological practice
• Have experience of applying psychological knowledge to a psychiatric setting
• Be experienced working with clients with cognitive deficits
• Have previous experience of conducting research and project working

Where you will be working:

Location: 190 Barnet Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2SE

Join the team at Potters Bar Clinic providing care for young people and adults with acute mental health needs and personality disorders in an established 24-hour care environment. The CAMHS Tier 4 Low Secure services are for young people aged 13-18. Potters Bar Clinic is located in a residential area, only one minute drive from the M25 and a short bus ride from Potters Bar Train Station, with a bus stop right outside, making it an easy commute for most.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £46,800
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• You will need to have BPS recognised psychology degrees, be HCPC registered, have Chartered Psychologist status and appropriate post-graduate qualifications, be an approved supervisor within the guidelines of the BPS and relevant division, have an understanding of evidence-based psychological practice, and have experience of applying psychological knowledge to a psychiatric setting.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Hertfordshire

EN6 2SE

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