Clinical Psychologist

Active Care Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join their supportive team at Holybourne Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing and developing treatment plans for adults with severe mental health conditions. This role offers a positive work-life balance and numerous benefits including professional development opportunities, enhanced sick pay, and a pension scheme. If you want to make a positive impact on the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges, this is your chance.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Training and development opportunities

Discounts through Active Reward App

Employee Assistance Programme

5% matched pension scheme

Medicash Health Plan access

Active Awards program

Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Membership with BPS is a must.
• Experience working in an adult mental health inpatient setting.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and formulate treatment plans for patients.
• Provide evidence-based treatment programs.
• Ensure adherence to BPS and HCPC guidelines.

Skills

HCPC registration

BPS membership

Experience in adult mental health

Job description

Come and join one of the UK’s largest providers of complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people -no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

We are currently seeking a Clinical Psychologist (experience equivalent to Band 7)to join our caring and supportive team at Holybourne Hospital.

Located in Roehampton, Holybourne is an Adult Mental Health hospital for people of all genders with severe and complex mental health conditions. We are committed to providing high quality intensive treatment in a clinically safe, caring, and secure environment. We play a crucial role in supporting the NHS when intensive care needs cannot be met locally.

As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be part of a friendly, collaborative multi-disciplinary team supporting people over the age of 18 who may be admitted to us informally or may be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007). We can also admit patients who require detoxification from alcohol or drugs or patients who are under a revoked Community Treatment Order (CTO).

Holybourne Hospital boasts 41 beds distributed across four wards, each equipped with exceptional facilities, including a therapy suite, gym and enclosed sports area, designated art room, therapy kitchen, multi-faith room, and a beautiful therapy garden.

If you want to make a positive impact on the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges, we encourage you to explore this rewarding opportunity further.

What you'll be working :

This role is hours per week, initially fixed term for 12 months with the possibility of extending further.

We understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

What you'll be doing :

• Keep people safe from any harm and protect their human rights
• Complete assessment and clinical formulation of patients’ problem behaviours and treatment needs
• Provide evidence based individual and group treatment programmes to address or reduce the negative impact of difficulties
• Evaluate the effectiveness of individual and group treatment programmes
• Direct and support others to carry out evidence-based clinical psychology interventions
• Ensure all practice complies with BPS and HCPC guidelines
• Take personal responsibility for ensuring that appropriate security procedures are adhered to at all times and that risks are continuously assessed and managed
• Maintain CPD of an HCPC Registered Practitioner Clinical Psychologist and to ensure competence in relation to the administration and scoring to psychological assessments and risk assessments
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, visitors, and carers

What you'll have :

• HCPC registration
• BPS membership
• Experience of working within an adult mental health inpatient setting
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

What to look forward to :

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• Asalary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group