Psychologist - Outpatients

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

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Priory Group Division

Salary: up to £75 an hour

Hours: Sessional

Vacancy Type: Sessional

Job Advert Location Description:

For this role you must hold active HCPC registration.

This role is Hybrid - applicants must live local to the hospital address, as role is face to face & virtual sessions.

Job Advert Role Description:

We are looking to employ a sessional Psychologist in an exciting role which is an opportunity to provide psychological therapy to patients receiving outpatient treatment within our Private therapy services. It is a hybrid role offering face to face and remote sessions across two of our outpatient service sites at Bristol Hospital and Park Clinic. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as “good”.

About us:

The Priory purpose is to make a real and lasting difference for everyone we support through supporting our service users to ‘Live Your Life’. Our values are;

• Striving for excellence
• Putting people first
• Acting with integrity

Bristol Hospital (Stapleton, M32):

Our Grade II listed hospital building is set in extensive grounds, just off the M32 and less than three miles from the centre of Bristol, with free on-site parking. We offer 77 beds over seven wards, providing a wide range of services, including Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU), eating disorders, acute care, rehab and recovery. Our collaborative environment fosters opportunities to gain experience in various services.

Situated in the north of Bristol, near Bradley Stoke and Patchway. It is close to the M4, M5 motorways and the Almondsbury Interchange. The clinic is easily accessible by car, bus, and train, making it a convenient location for both staff and clients.

Priory Hospital Bristol is looking to recruit a sessional Psychologist to our general psychiatry outpatient service. The team works with clients with complex mental health problems including, complex emotional needs, psychosis, bipolar affective disorder, recurrent depression and complex PTSD. We are interested in candidates with specialist training in DBT. Additional training in other psychotherapies such as CBT, CBTp, MBT, CAT, EMDR and ACT would be a bonus.

Main duties of the job:

The suitable candidate will be working across our two esteemed locations, and your role will be focused in our Private Outpatient Treatment Service. You'll work with dedicated therapy teams known for delivering the highest quality care. Offering specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment for clients with complex mental health needs.

Job responsibilities:

• To provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention to patients attending the service.
• To provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to client’s formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose difficulties are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
• To administer Psychometric tests and other evidence-based assessments as clinically indicated.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients.

Person Specification:

• HCPC registration
• Prior experience in outpatient mental health services

Please note: Priory Healthcare is a smoke free environment.

Disclosure:

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.