Inpatient Adult Psychologist Flexible Part-Time Role

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options to support w–

27 days’ annual leave rising with long

Excellent learning and career develop.

Cycle to Work and car leasing (incl. E

Wellbeing tools and services

Retail discounts across retailers

Staff networks for equality and armed_

Generous maternity, paternity, leave

Free parking across Trust sites

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Reading is seeking a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to support an adult acute psychiatric inpatient ward as part of the Mental Health Inpatients Psychological Therapies Team at Prospect Park Hospital. The role offers flexibility in clinical work and part‑time options, with supervision and opportunities for service development.

The post involves direct clinical work with adults with complex mental health presentations, consultation to hospital

Qualifications

• Postgraduate doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent).
• Experience working with adults and/or older adults with complex mental health problems and strong therapeutic/management skills.
• Enjoys working in teams and providing psychological consultation, teaching and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Work on allocated adult acute mental health ward.
• Offer psychological consultation to hospital staff (e.g. team formulation, teaching sessions, joint working, supervision and staff support groups).
• Clinical work with service users and carers involving assessment (including behavioural support assessments), formulation and interventions with varied and complex mental health presentations.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives in a ward/community team and to projects from the Inpatients Psychological Therapies Team.

Skills

Teamwork & supervision

Psychological consultation

Teaching abilities

Boundary management

Creativity in engagement

Education

Postgraduate doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Job description

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Reading is seeking a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to support an adult acute psychiatric inpatient ward as part of the Mental Health Inpatients Psychological Therapies Team at Prospect Park Hospital. The role offers flexibility in clinical work and part‑time options, with supervision and opportunities for service development.

The post involves direct clinical work with adults with complex mental health presentations, consultation to hospital