Clinical Psychologist

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join Elysium Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare services in the UK. The role involves providing specialist psychological interventions and assessments to individuals with learning disabilities and autism at two of Elysium's services in Cumbria.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, multi-disciplinary team working, and risk assessments. They will also facilitate staff reflective practice sessions and design and deliver training. The role requires experience in carrying a service user's caseload, assessing complex needs, and delivering specialist psychological treatments.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is a well-established and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales. They are part of the global Ramsay Health Care group, which employs over 86,000 people worldwide. Elysium is committed to providing high-quality care and supporting the professional development of its staff.

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will support across two of our services: Gregory House in Workington and Ann House in Cumbria. The successful applicant will work on either a permanent basis, spending 3 days per week at the closest service and 2 days at the other, or on a part-time basis at either service.

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 Clinical 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.

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 practise.
• 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:

• To have BPS recognised psychology degrees
• UK HCPC registration
• To have Chartered Psychologist status and appropriate post-graduate qualifications
• To be an approved supervisor within the guidelines of the BPS and relevant division
• To have understanding of evidence-based psychological practice
• To have experience of applying psychological knowledge to a Learning Disabilities and Autism setting
• To be experienced working with clients with cognitive deficits
• To have previous experience of conducting research and project working

Where you will be working:

Location: Ann Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6AA

You will be working at Ann House, a Learning Disability and Autism service which provides care and support to 16 adults who have a learning disability and/or mental health needs.

Location: Furness Road, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 3PD

You will be working at Gregory House, a Learning Disability and Autism service, providing care and support to 24 adults who have a learning disability and/or mental health needs.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £70,000
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals
• 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 and special offers, car leasing without a credit check, holiday financing 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. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you'll need to have BPS-recognised psychology degrees, UK HCPC registration, Chartered Psychologist status, and appropriate post-graduate qualifications. You'll also need to be an approved supervisor within the guidelines of the BPS and relevant division, have an understanding of evidence-based psychological practice, and experience of applying psychological knowledge to a Learning Disabilities and Autism 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.