Band 7/8A Counselling/Clinical Psychologist

Pulse; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is seeking an empathetic Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join their innovative team in Hertfordshire. The successful candidate will work in a full-time capacity, providing high-quality psychological assessments and interventions for children facing severe mental health challenges. With opportunities for professional development and a focus on teamwork, the role promises a rewarding experience within a multidisciplinary environment. Candidates must have HCPC registration and relevant experience.

Benefits

First class support from experienced consultants

£300 recommend a friend bonus scheme

Access to CPD training events

Variety of payment methods

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with eating disorders in a CAMHS environment.
• Ability to conduct psychological assessments and interventions in a clinical setting.
• Strong skills in supervision and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality psychology service to young people and their families.
• Conduct clinical-related research and development activities.
• Support development of team psychologists and participate in audits.

Skills

Psychotherapy for children and young people

In-depth risk-assessments

Care planning

Managing complex caseload

Monitoring clinical progress

Engaging with children and young people

HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist

Job description

Are you an empathetic Clinical / Counselling Psychologist looking for an exciting new role?

We are now recruiting for a Band 7 / 8a Psychologist to join an innovative team, to join a well-established Private Sector based in Hertfordshire. The role is available to start as soon as possible, and the appointed candidate will need to work full time hours per week for an initial 6 month period.

As a Qualified Psychologist with experience of working with Children with eating disorders in a CAMHS environment, join the team and provide highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions.

You will be responsible for conducting clinical-related research, development and clinical audits to support recovery, Service User participation, and line management and supervision of specialist clinical, trainee or assistant psychologists within your team. This includes supporting their further development.

This will suit someone who is passionate about delivering a high-quality psychology service to young people and their families, and enjoy providing supervision and working as part of a multidisciplinary team on some of the challenges facing mental health services for children and young people.

You will receive regular supervision and line management from a Principal Clinical Psychologist, as well as having access to a strong network of CAMHS psychologists who work closely together. There are also excellent opportunities for professional development.

As a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, you will deliver and offer contributions to the development of the specialist treatment pathway, which will see you create working relationships with local community teams, paediatric and other inpatient psychiatric wards.

As you help others to focus on improving their wellness, it’s our job can to take care of you. As you will have continuous access to inclusive training, staff benefits and career progression tailor-made for you. So you can focus on delivering great healthcare as it should be.

The successful Psychologist will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing assessments to a caseload of children and young people with a range of mental health conditions. Applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Skills and experience needed :

• Providing a highly specialist brief, medium or long-term psychotherapy for children and young people with severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, learning difficulties and / or developmental problems
• Providing in-depth risk-assessments of young people who are at risk to themselves and to be able to formulate more short-term crisis planning
• Contribute to the process of care planning
• Manage a complex caseload as the individual therapist working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Monitor clinical progress through regular reviews of psychotherapy treatment
• Engage and work with children and young people with a range of learning and developmental difficulties, drawing upon your wealth of theoretical and practical knowledge
• HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist

What next?

If you are an enthusiastic Psychologist with excellent rapport building skills and would like to learn more, please apply today or contact a member of our team for more information.

Why Pulse?

• First class support and advice from our team of dedicated and experienced consultants
• £300 recommend a friend bonus scheme
• Have access to ipoint our Electronic timesheet processing app
• Variety of work opportunities in both the NHS and private sectors
• Access to high-quality CPD training events
• Different payment methods available PAYE, Umbrella, PSC and LTD
• Terms and conditions apply

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