Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist

The Priory; New Forest; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

The Priory Hospital Southampton seeks a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join their dedicated psychology team. This part-time role involves providing individual and group therapies, particularly for service users with eating disorders. Ideal candidates should possess HCPC registration and experience within NHS services, contributing to excellent care standards for inpatient admissions.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Funded CPD after probation

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Free parking

Qualifications

• HCPC registered psychologist with background in therapy.
• Interest or experience with eating disorders is required.
• Experience in NHS settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individual and group therapies for service users.
• Conduct assessments to ensure care quality.
• Facilitate reflective practice sessions.

Skills

Experience in CBT

Experience in DBT

Experience with eating disorders

Effective communication

Education

HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Job description

Priory Hospital Southampton, Marchwood Park, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4DA

Priory Group Division

Hours

15

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Part Time

Priory Hospital, Southampton is seeking an enthusiastic HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our psychology team. This role involves delivering individual therapy, group therapies, and assessments to ensure excellent standards of care for NHS service users requiring inpatient hospital admission.

• Job Title: Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
• Location: Priory Hospital, Southampton
• Hours: 15 hours per week (part-time, permanent)
• Flexibility: Ideal for those seeking flexible working alongside another job role or other commitments

What you’ll be doing:

• Individual Therapy: Exclusively with service users on our specialist eating disorder ward, Skylark. We seek a psychologist with an interest or previous experience in working with individuals suffering from eating disorders.
• Group Therapy: Conducting group therapy across our three wards delivering evidenced based therapeutic interventions across inpatient Eating disorder and adult acute settings.
• Reflective Practice: You will have the opportunity to facilitate and be a part of reflective practice, including involvement in our weekly DBT consult run by our Psychology Lead.
• Delivering groups derived from CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy), and/or ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) approaches.
• Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services, given the NHS-facing nature of this role within an inpatient context.

What’s in it for you:

• Opportunities for continuing professional development
• Gain distinct experience in working with acute distress and eating disorders, with potential for specialism
• Clear salary progression plan
• Clear career pathway
• Funded CPD following probation
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to Priory Benefits Portal
• Funded DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service)
• 33 day’s annual leave (including Bank Holidays)
• Free parking

What we hope you do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

About us

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your Pre-Employment checks. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements. We thank you for your understanding.

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

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact [e-mail] and feel free to apply to be considered for shortlisting.