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Clinical Psychologist

North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub

Workington, Kendal

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GBP 70,000

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7 days ago
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Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join their dedicated team in Workington. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact by providing high-quality psychological assessments and interventions to individuals with learning disabilities and autism. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring that service users receive tailored support that enhances their quality of life. With a focus on professional growth, this position provides numerous opportunities for career development and training, making it an exciting step in your career. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to delivering exceptional care and support.

Benefits

Annual salary of £70,000
33 days annual leave including birthday off
Free meals
Wellbeing support
Career development and training
Pension contribution
Life Assurance
Enhanced Maternity Package
Retail discounts
Holiday financing

Qualifications

  • Experience in psychological assessments and interventions.
  • Knowledge of evidence-based practices in learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct individual and group psychological interventions.
  • Perform diagnostic assessments and manage complex cases.

Skills

Psychological assessment
Individual and group interventions
Cognitive assessments
Multidisciplinary team working
Risk assessments
Research and project work
Evidence-based psychological practice

Education

BPS recognised psychology degrees
Post-graduate qualifications
Chartered Psychologist status

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join Elysium Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare services in the UK. The successful candidate will work across two specialist Learning Disabilities and Autism services in Kendal and Workington, providing high-quality psychological assessments, interventions, and support to service users with complex needs.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for conducting individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, multidisciplinary team working, and risk assessments. You will also facilitate staff reflective practice sessions and deliver training. The role requires a strong understanding of evidence-based psychological practice, experience working with clients with cognitive deficits, and a proven track record of research and project work.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is 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 career growth and development.

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Clinical Psychologist looking to take the next step in your career? If so, joinAnn House in Kendal and Gregory House in Workington. Both Ann House and Gregory House areLearning Disabilities and Autism services.

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.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Clinical Psychologist looking to take the next step in your career? If so, joinAnn House in Kendal and Gregory House in Workington. Both Ann House and Gregory House areLearning Disabilities and Autism services.

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.

Your Psychologist career at Ann Housewill be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills throughout your time with us. Your professional growth is valued and there are numerous career development opportunities on offer. There is an extensive range of courses designed to help you grow and succeed in your career.

It's a career that brings pride and fulfilment, a true representation of what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

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 guidelinesand 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.

Ann House provides a specialist provision with enhanced levels of support which allows people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs to be cared for in the least restrictive setting possible, but within a service which is robust and structured enough to meet their ongoing needs and risks.

You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team to ensure people lead good and meaningful everyday lives, where they have choice and control, accessing mainstream services and facilities, engaging in work and training, in leisure opportunities, hobbies and areas of personal interest. Ann House encourages people to be as independent as possible with the long-term aim of people moving onto a more independent living setting.

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.

You will work alongside the team at Gregory House, helping to provide a specialist provision. The service has an enhanced level of support to allow people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs to be cared for in the least restrictive setting possible, but within a service which is robust and structured enough to meet their ongoing needs and risks.

The service ensures people lead good and meaningful everyday lives, where they have choice and control, accessing mainstream services and facilities, engaging in work and training, in leisure opportunities, hobbies and areas of personal interest. Gregory House encourages people to be as independent as possible with the long-term aim of people moving onto a more independent living setting.

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 should also be an approved supervisor within the guidelines of the BPS and relevant division.
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.

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